I really enjoyed this one, and can tell I’m going to come back often to review parts of it as I move forward in personal-development work. While technically this book is for authors, it’s really a book about the Enneagram. It’s focused on authors, but even non-authors can get a lot of value from it. I know a lot of people view the Enneagram on the same level as, say, astrology or the MBTI, but one of the things I really like about Enneagram work is that it’s about GROWTH. It’s about taking a long, hard look at ourselves, asking “based on my type, what are some of the problematic patterns and blind spots in my life?”, and then working to move past them. I’m still at the very beginning of my Enneagram journey (I’ve been exploring it for a little over a year), and found Claire’s book extremely helpful to go beyond the 101-level stuff I see around the internet a lot. As Claire says in her last chapter, learning about the Enneagram is 20% of the work, and the other 80% is putting it into practice: connecting with our head, heart, and body centers; paying attention to our blind spots; interrupting unhelpful patterns and replacing them with new ones; etc. I already have a few ideas for myself, and look forward to pursuing them as I move toward a new and hopefully better me.