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Summary: Beware - wolf in sheep's clothing
Review: A good book to read for those interested in behaviors and motivations of people. Reiss has laid out a great source of fundamental information on desires and happiness. Reading the book helps engender thought and facilitate introspection as to who we are and why we are."Although we hate to admit it, getting even is fun for many people and a need for many others. In the warped mind of the attackers, they were just having `fun.' Everybody knows that the students killed out of vengeance. But everybody does not realize that there may be no deeper explanation. The desire to get even is a basic human need. It may have been stronger in these two students than in most people. These people were born to hate."
Steven Reiss on the Columbine High School attack in Littleton Colorado In a world that sometimes makes little sense, the information Steven Reiss, PH.D. has offered is an asset to those interested in life and understanding it as best as one can. If you appreciate Victor Frankl's work, you will enjoy this book as it reinforces what makes our lives meaningful.
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Summary: An interesting angle on behaviour
Review: Give Dr. Reiss a chance, and he will tune you in to what really turns you on. We each have a distinctive motivational profile, but this book is really about relationships. Learning about what motivates others, and how they differ from us, goes a long way towards building better relationships -- regardless, of whether we're working as part a team or trying to understand our own family. I recommend this book to everyone I can. I also use it in my professional business coaching practice as a tool to help team members know each other better.
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Summary: A useful exercise for understanding teammates.
Review: Give Dr. Reiss a chance, and he will tune you in to what really turns you on. We each have a distinctive motivational profile, but this book is really about relationships. Learning about what motivates others, and how they differ from us, goes a long way towards building better relationships -- regardless, of whether we're working as part a team or trying to understand our own family. I recommend this book to everyone I can. I also use it in my professional business coaching practice as a tool to help team members know each other better.
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Summary: The most useful TYPE lexicon
Review: I have read a number of books which attempt to expand on the notion that people are (often irretrievably) unique individuals. I rate these works on their ability to explain real life relationships. Myers-Briggs is mildly useful, but I find Reiss's explanations much more useful in understanding and working with human individuals.
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Summary: Essential reading, but repetitive
Review: I have read many books about self help, psychology, and human behavior, and I believe I learned more from this one than from any other book. Reiss's theory is that all human beings are motivated by sixteen basic desires, and your personal prescription for happiness depends on the relative strengths of these desires. He argues that these desires are genetically determined. I believe that the science behind the "Reiss Profile" is sound, unlike the many other similar books that claim to tell you about yourself. The theory of personality originated with William James; Reiss has extended this work and in this book makes his important findings available to the general reader. My only complaint about this book is that it is very wordy, which is so absolutely typical of self-help books. He presents the theory concisely and clearly, then goes on to apply the theory to many different areas of human behavior. This seems excessively detailed and it makes for tiresome reading, so I skimmed much of the second half of the book. At times the book approaches a catalog in unreadability. By all means get the book and answer the questions to determine your own desire profile. I believe you will learn more about yourself, more quickly, than you have ever done before.
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Summary: Essential reading, but repetitive
Review: I have read many books about self help, psychology, and human behavior, and I believe I learned more from this one than from any other book. Reiss's theory is that all human beings are motivated by sixteen basic desires, and your personal prescription for happiness depends on the relative strengths of these desires. He argues that these desires are genetically determined. I believe that the science behind the "Reiss Profile" is sound, unlike the many other similar books that claim to tell you about yourself. The theory of personality originated with William James; Reiss has extended this work and in this book makes his important findings available to the general reader. My only complaint about this book is that it is very wordy, which is so absolutely typical of self-help books. He presents the theory concisely and clearly, then goes on to apply the theory to many different areas of human behavior. This seems excessively detailed and it makes for tiresome reading, so I skimmed much of the second half of the book. At times the book approaches a catalog in unreadability. By all means get the book and answer the questions to determine your own desire profile. I believe you will learn more about yourself, more quickly, than you have ever done before.
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Summary: The Basis For Why Humans Do What They Do
Review: Who Am I is a great introduction into the core motivators of the human psyche. While this book may not be the end all on human motivation is does provide detailed insight to what motivates us based on scientific study. The most interesting and enlightening thing about the book is coming to the realization that we are all motivated and driven by different desires and that what motivates us in not by itself right or wrong. This not only helps you understand yourself and make effective changes in your life, it also allows you to understand others without judging them.
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