General Interest Books

Princess and Her Garden is a fable that reflects the stories of many women—and some men—who learn to put other people's needs before their own, until one day they come to realize they feel lost or unhappy because they have forgotten, or perhaps never learned, how to care for themselves.

In this original work, based on 20 years of research, Carol Pearson shows that the heroic quest is available to every person.

In this groundbreaking work, author John Giannini offers an in-depth and often philosophical and autobiographical exploration of psychological type that seeks to reconcile type and archetype in Jung's original and subsequent works.

Discover your own hero's journey and how to encourage others on their paths to self-understanding. In Depth Coaching, author Pat Adson explores the skills and attitudes needed to assist people in developing their full potential.

It’s not easy being a teen. Looking back on those days we often say, "If only I knew then what I know now." That statement resonates even more when we think about all the insights gained from our knowledge of personality type.

Midlife is a time of transformation and an opportunity for renewal and growth. For many, it is also a time tempered by angst and trepidation.

Written at the elementary school level, Exploring Personality Type: Discovering My Best and Your Best is about how students might like to learn, think, and act.

"My Father was killed the first night the Marines landed on Saipan. I was two months old. He was twenty-three. This is the story of my search for him and, finally, for myself.

Based on the ground-breaking LifeKeys guides to self-discovery, this book is an ideal tool for parents, counselors, youth pastors, and Christian schools seeking a resource to help guide teens, age 15 and up, through tumultuous times.

This fun, practical workbook distills key information and exercises from Find Your Fit into a comprehensive career exploration tool for teenagers.

Finding the Fit: Helping Clients Clarify MBTI® type includes advice on giving feedback, describing types, exploring type in different contexts, observing behavior, and investigating the implications of type dynamics and development.

“In the zone” – we know it when it happens, especially if we just let go. Our senses are heightened, our minds are clear, our vision is focused, and everything blends in a way that makes our work seem almost effortless.

Developed for use in a FLEX™ workshop, using the Flex™ Leader's Guide, this workbook teaches how to recognize your own preferred style of communication, how to recognize behavior cues that indicate personal interaction styles in others, and how to adjust—or "flex"—your style to better respond to particular individuals.

Use the Flex™ framework to apply MBTI® preferences to improve communication skills in any setting. The Flex™ Leader’s Guide will support workshops using the Flex™ Sell, Flex™ Care, and Flex™ talk workbooks.

Developed for use in a FLEX™ workshop, using the Flex™ Leader's Guide this workbook teaches how to recognize your own preferred style of communication, how to recognize behavior cues that indicate personal interaction styles in others, and how to adjust—or "flex"—your style to better respond to particular individuals.

Developed for use in a FLEX™ workshop using the Flex™ Leader's Guide, this workbook teaches how to recognize your own preferred style of communication, how to recognize behavior cues that indicate personal interaction styles in others, and how to adjust—or "flex"—your style to better respond to particular individuals.

When Isabel Myers created the MBTI® assessment it was her dream that people use type "for the constructive use of differences.

In a field where effective and empathic communication is crucial, an approach that recognizes and values different styles of communication is imperative.

Author Rowan Bayne evaluates and explores theory and practice in the world of the MBTI instrument. Bayne delves into a variety of type-related topics and prompts readers to examine the research surrounding personality terminology and descriptors.

The authors apply the 16 personality types to everyday situations — working, loving, parenting, and communicating with friends and colleagues — vividly illustrating how our personality preferences color our perceptions and experience.

This is an outstanding introduction to the inferior function - an often hidden part of our personalities that emerges most dramatically during times of stress, fatigue, and illness.

This edition of Introduction to Type® offers revised type descriptions in a new format to make the information more accessible.

This edition of Introduction to Type® offers revised type descriptions in a new format to make the information more accessible.

This unique booklet is for organizations that seek to apply the power of psychological type theory to help achieve continuous innovation, and for individuals who want to improve their potential through increased understanding of how the personality types approach the innovation process.

This booklet focuses on ways for salespeople to approach customers, gain information, and make decisions based on type differences to build strong relationships with clients.

This manual is a companion piece to Pearson's Awakening the Heroes Within. If you have been challenged by workplace dynamics — exhausted by expectations that you can do everything, surprised at the way some people act, or disliked by someone for no apparent reason — you may find this workbook very helpful.

Written by law school professors and psychological type experts Don and Martha Peters, Juris Types: Learning Law Through Self-Understanding goes beyond general study tips to help you find learning strategies ideally suited to your unique personality.

This is the true story of two brilliant women, a mother and a daughter, who made the complex concepts of C. G. Jung's Psychological Types accessible and understandable to the world.

Leadership, Type and Culture explores within each country featured the use and expansion of the MBTI instrument. The authors subscribe to the hypothesis that by using the Indicator as a universal tool, a common bond can be built across political, ethnic, and religious boundaries.

A popular introduction to type describing the preferences with styles of communication, relationships, work, and careers.

The Looking at Type® series includes one each of Looking at Type®: The Fundamentals, Looking at Type® and Careers, Looking at Type® and Learning Styles, Looking at Type® and Spirituality, and Looking at Type® in the Workplace.

Looking at Type®: The Fundamentals is designed to give a clearer picture of results from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment.

Looking at Type®: The Fundamentals is designed to give a clearer picture of results from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment or the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children® assessment.

Could your company use a little magic? Let these authors share their knowledge and investigation of how to tap creative energies and talents in the workplace.

There are so many ways to make a difference in the world. We all are hardwired to seek purpose and happiness, and what brings meaning to one person versus another remains a mystery.

The most up-to-date edition of the official reference for users of the MBTI® instrument. This third edition of Isabel Myers' original work has been fully revised and enhanced to include the history, development, and current research and applications for the MBTI assessment tool.

The Step II Manual is a comprehensive guide to understanding the depth and richness of type as reported on Form Q. Step II builds on the dynamic nature of Step I and provides a way to help respondents achieve type clarity.

Trainers, coaches, and career counselors rely on results from the MBTI® instrument to guide their clients toward satisfying career decisions.

Measuring the impact of training initiatives is no longer an elusive goal. This long-awaited book provides a compelling methodology and an easy-to-use survey instrument to definitively measure the bottom-line value of MBTI training and application.

Janet Penley, author of The M.O.M.S.® Handbook, offers MotherStyles, a new inspirational tool to help every mother understand herself, break the myth of the ideal mother, and find the strength to develop her own style.

Great mysteries are driven by great characters, and Isabel Myers' mastery of personality served her well in winning the 1929 national Detective Murder Mystery Contest with Murder Yet to Come.

Every child is unique and through the understanding of psychological type, parents can learn to recognize their children's special gifts and separate personalities.

Life presents us with many ambiguous situations in which we ask ourselves two fundamental questions: "What should I do?" and "How should I decide?" Psychological type affects our habitual patterns of ethical choice making—patterns that can be made conscious, leading to expanded knowledge of self and to greater moral integration and wholeness.

People’s behavior often seems randomly varied—but according to Carl G. Jung, behavior actually follows patterns.

This greatly expanded edition presents a more comprehensive approach to the four temperaments. In it, Keirsey continues to investigate personality differences that refine his temperament theory and define the facets of character that distinguish each of the four from another.

Through an exploration of the 16 psychological types, author Bonnie Golden offers a unique and useful guide to enhancing self-esteem.

The authors summarize more than 30 years of research with the MBTI assessment tool at the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR).

Jung reviews concepts of type in classical and medieval thought and in modern philosophy, poetry, aesthetics, psychopathology, and biography, and goes on to discuss his own epoch-shaping ideas.

Understanding others in the workplace is essential in order to succeed. Psychological Types at Work explores the effect of personality types and the relationships that form because of them.

The spirited child—often called "difficult" or "strong-willed"—can easily overwhelm parents, leaving them feeling frustrated and inadequate.

The process of grief is different for everyone and understanding how those differences are manifested in actions and thoughts can be the key to healing from the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of loss.

All too often, introverts get passed over for job offers and promotions while their more extroverted colleagues get all of the recognition.

Through stories, examples, and practical exercises, this revised edition of SoulTypes will help people discover which approach to spirituality, or "soul work," is most natural to each personality type.

In this new edition of Statistics and Measurement: An Introduction, Ray Zeissett offers a fresh approach to the study of statistical research with step-by-step instructions, practical definitions of key terms, and quizzes to test understanding.

A follow-up book to Jeffries earlier True to Type, this book is aimed at the professional counselor and the human resources manager and answers 66 questions about administering and interpreting the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instrument.

Sundial is an interdisciplinary work about cognition and health that encompasses the disciplines of psychology, medicine, complementary healthcare, and spirituality.

A participant workbook is also available as a companion piece to The 4 Temperaments DVD presentation. In addition to basic type information, it has descriptions for each of the temperaments that include Pathways, Pitfalls, Leadership Style, Influencing Strategies, Learning Style, and Teaching Style.

An MBTI book with a dynamic explanation of psychological type and communication researched and crafted by leading type expert, Carloyn Zeisset.

Get your message across better by learning how to quickly identify important personality characteristics in others. When faced with situations where it is not feasible to administer the MBTI assessment tool, this book explains how to gauge people's values, motivations, and preferred communication styles.

Every student learns differently. The Chemistry of Personality is every teacher's invaluable guide to a powerful and simple method of understanding such diversity, exploring a positive approach to personality differences with their students, and using effective teaching methods that reach and engage every young mind.

Introverted children are often misunderstood, even by their parents, who worry about them. Parents fret that they are unhappy and maladjusted.

Calling all introverts—and you know who you are! Here's a book that will help you recognize your inner strengths and uniqueness, as well as boost your confidence as you learn to live true to form.

By combining his knowledge of psychological type and his education in philosophy with his business and financial expertise, Jim Ware has produced a book that speaks to the individual styles of investors.

The Undiscovered Self outlines one of Jung's lifelong social and psychological concerns: the relationship between the individual and society.

This book provides a groundbreaking resource for police executives, officers on the street, media representatives, trainers, and others involved in the fields of civil and criminal justice.

Self-discovery can be an elusive process. Some people never fully express their true personalities because of obstacles from the past.

Type and Culture: Using the MBTI® Instrument in International Applications will be an important addition to any practitioner's toolbox who currently uses or wants to use the MBTI instrument in other cultures or countries.

Everyone wins when personality type enters the picture in the education process. Teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and students learn there are many paths to success, and embracing differences yields a love of learning that carries on for life.

Author and artist Diane Farris uses innovative photography to illustrate four charming tales about canine friends Millie and Momo.

Author and artist Diane Farris uses innovative photography to illustrate four charming tales about canine friends Millie and Momo.

An entertaining, informative, and helpful guide for evaluating and understanding who you are and why you do the things you do.

The authors make it easy to recognize your own type and those of your co-workers through work-related type descriptions.

An updated introduction to Keirsey's temperament theory, which is based on the observation that throughout history human behavior has been repeatedly identified as consisting of four major patterns or configurations.

This revised edition of the best-selling Beside Ourselves offers the same dynamic information about the tertiary and inferior functions, but explores more deeply new information about work-related stress and what happens when we operate in the stress mode for too long.

Discover the archetypal patterns and themes that influence daily life with this new and expanded companion guide to the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator® assessment.

Although this book focuses on women, it is, in fact, a primer for anyone wishing to become a stronger leader and to excel in any competitive environment.

Is your work productive? Do you take time for play? This book examines how work shapes leisure and how it affects balance or burnout in our lives.

Learn how to break writer's block and reduce writing anxiety through the power of psychological type. This practical and enjoyable workbook helps make the writing process easier and more effective through an abundance of tools, examples, and exercises.

Based on MBTI® personality type and the 20 underlying facets of the Step II instrument, You is full of tips and tools designed to help people become more personally and professionally effective.

An innovative field guide to business success, You Are a Brand! combines today's hottest business concept with the realities of the modern workplace to help business professionals harness their personal potential, take charge of their careers, and contribute their dynamic energy to create sustainable advantage for their organizations.

Here is your chance to identify your pet's unique personality! Contains questions, answer sheet, and scoring key, plus sections on implications, eating patterns, and names (matched to the 16 MBTI® personality types).