This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister.

This is the first of two episodes on the Enneagram Personality Type. The Enneagram is possibly the most complicated personality type out there. This week we go over what the 9 types are and a little bit about each of them. Next week, we'll go into more details on the intricacies of the Enneagram and which types we are. 

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Show notes are located at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/22.

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This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week.

Last week:  The details of Clifton Strengths (a.k.a. Strengths Finder). We at least touch on all 34 strengths. We go into details on a few of them. And, we separate all of the strengths into four different categories. These categories are similar to the four quadrants in quadrant theory, and we talk about how that's true.

Next week: We'll be going over Enneagrams (pronounced ANY-uh-grams). The kids mentioned that they remembered that Alyssa was the best version of Malachi. Tune in next week to see how that's sorta true.

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This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister.

This is the conclusion of our podcast on Clifton Strengths (a.k.a. Strengths Finder). There's a lot of meat in this show. We go over all 34 Clifton Strengths, at least a little bit. We dig into a couple of our own strengths. And, we talk about the separation of strengths into groups that are kinda like Quadrant Theory.

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Show notes are located at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/21.

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Alyssa Hosts this is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week.

Last week:  The basics of Clifton Strengths (a.k.a. Strengths Finder) and the philosophy behind it.

Next week: We'll go over every one of the 34 Clifton Strengths, separate them into 4 quadrants, and talk about the kid's strengths. It may end up being a little long.

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**NOTE** There was an issue with the audio sometime between release and now. I re-uploaded the audio and that seems to have fixed it. Sorry for the inconvenience.

This week, Alyssa, Malachi, and Leonard Nieman are joined by Kelly Nieman-Anderson, Leonard's sister.

We are continuing on our series about personality types and talking about Clifton Strengths. This is only Part 1 on strengths because we went into so much cool stuff this time that we didn't actually get to the 34 different strengths. Instead, we gave an overview of Clifton Strengths (a.k.a. Strengths Finder) and talked about Leonard and Kelly's strengths. 

Enjoy the show.

Show notes are located at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/20.

Support us at www.Patreon.com/UnderstandLife.

This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. 

Last week:  Top Brain, Bottom Brain is a theory about 4 cognitive modes which line up with using only the top, only the bottom, both, or neither parts of your brain. Using each part of your brain takes energy, so there is an ideal amount to be in each of the cognitive modes. Most people are not in each mode the ideal amount of time, rather they rely too much on primarily one of the modes and secondarily another more than they should.

Next week: Clifton Strengths (i.e. Strengths Finder) identifies 34 different strengths that people have in four different categories. Tune in to find out the basics of the different strengths and categories.

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This week, it's just Alyssa and Leonard: no Malachi. 

We are continuing on our series about personality types and talking about some neuroscience research from earlier this decade about how our brains work and are divided into a top and bottom section. We relate the scientist's work on cognitive modes to personality types and then compare it to our last personality type podcast: quadrant theory. 

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Show notes are located at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/19.

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I had high hopes of getting a podcast out this week, but that did not happen. 

Sorry. 

On another note, the release date of the podcast is moving to Fridays (instead of Wednesdays). Could be anytime on Friday, so keep your eyes pealed. 

Thank you for your patience. 

 This is a short episode which goes over the highlights of last week and touches on what we are going to talk about next week. 

Last week:  The Quadrant Theory of Personality Types: Four types (i.e. 1, 2, 3, and 4) are a combination of a bunch of personality systems which all have 4 types and generally all have types that focus on fun, love and belonging, getting things done, and being perfect.

Next week: Forget right brain and left brain, let's be thinking about top brain and bottom brain. What the latest FMRI research shows about how our brains work and what that means for personality types.

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This week we talk more about personality types. 

First, we recap Meyer's Briggs (MBTI).

Then, we spend most of the episode discussing what I call "Quadrant Theory" of personalities: essentially breaking personalities down into four high level traits: fun, love, accomplishment, and perfection. We discuss a few specific quadrant theories and how we utilize this at our hosue to discuss how people are different. 

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See the show notes at www.leonardnieman.com/podcast/18.

Support us at www.Patreon.com/Understandlife