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Enneagram

The enneagram is a wonderful tool for learning more about yourself. For questionnaires to help you ascertain your type, go to www.enneagraminstitute.com/Tests_Battery.asp.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The official web-site of the Myers & Briggs Foundation is www.myersbriggs.org/. If you want to sit an unofficial questionnaire, try www.keirsey.com/.

Multiple Intelligences

Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences can help you recognize new talents you haven't previously acknowledged. Of Gardner's books, my personal favourite is Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi. Gardner himself cautions against the use of questionnaires to identify one's intelligences. If, however, you want to try one, go to www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/miinventory.php.

Martin Seligman

Seligman is a towering figure in modern psychology. His book Authentic Happiness is a wonderful read, full of practical guidance. A tool that many have found particularly useful is the VIA Signature Strengths Survey: www.authentichappiness.org/perl/Strengths.pl.

Lawyers

So many lawyers are unhappy in their careers that Seligman devotes a whole chapter of Authentic Happiness to them! Lawyers looking for new ideas on reinvigorating their careers will find plenty of good material at:

• www.transformingpractices.com - Steve Keeva is the author of Transforming Practices: Finding Joy and Satisfaction in the Legal Life
• www.lawyerswithalife.com/resources.html - Simon Tupman is the author of Why Lawyers Should Eat Bananas
• www.lawyerslifecoach.com/resources.html - Ellen Ostrow is a coach specializing in women lawyers
• www.decisionbooks.com/resources.shtml - career resources for lawyers.