A lecture: Discovering Oneself and Understanding Others;The Enneagram-An Exploration into 9 Basic Personality Types.

By He Zhuandi

At 7p.m on Tuesday night, October 16, a lecture, named "Discovering Oneself and Understanding Others; The Enneagram-An Exploration into 9 Basic Personality Types", was given by Mr. Brian Harrison in Liyun A202.

In this lecture, Mr. Brian Harrison mainly introduced nine basic personality types through the enneagram diagram. At the beginning, he explained the meaning of each personality type and illustrated the characteristics of each personality with his family members or friends. He said his mother is an idealist who always wants to do everything in the right way, while he defined himself as an achiever. In fact, he is an individualist. He also said, he liked the feeling of being different from others, which was also one of the reasons why he came to China. At the latter part of the lecture, he divided those personalities into three other types, namely emotional, rational and the type between the two.

In the last section, many of students were very active to propose their questions, and Mr. Brian Harrison was delighted to answer the questions. All the students enjoyed Mr. Brian Harrison’s lecture and were impressed by his humor and fantastic stories.