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Personality Intelligence
For thousands of years, personality types have offered fixed descriptions of who we are. In Personality Intelligence, award-winning author and personality expert Merrick Rosenberg—also known as the Bird Guy—takes it further and shows us how we can develop our personalities to become our best selves.
Utilizing his memorable Eagle, Parrot, Dove, and Owl personality styles, Rosenberg provides an intriguing glimpse into the neuroscience behind personality and human behavior. He introduces the idea that we can all advance through the four levels of Personality Intelligence—from struggling to express our natural talents to becoming adaptable Chameleons who are wildly successful at everything they do.
Through humorous and relatable fables, celebrity stories, and four subtly-named characters—Dawn Eagleton, Ian Parrotti, Scarlett Doveridge, and Carter Barnowl—Personality Intelligence provides a lens through which readers can clearly view their past, present, and potential selves.
In this transformative book, you’ll learn how to:
- More effectively leverage your innate strengths
- Apply personality insights to build healthy, enduring relationships at home, work, and everywhere in between
- Master all four styles so you can fluidly adapt to any situation
Personality Intelligence is the guide to unlocking the full potential of who you can be.
This discussion guide was provided by the publisher, DartFrog Books.
Book club questions for Personality Intelligence by Merrick Rosenberg
Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.
Level 1 of Personality Intelligence – The Unevolved State
• Discuss your interpretation of the Unevolved State.
• What stories or insights in the book hit home for you, and why are they particularly impactful?
• How would you describe each of the four styles—Eagle, Parrot, Dove, and Owl—when they’re operating in the Unevolved State?
• Think back to a time when you may have been in this state. What happened?
• Share a personal experience where you saw yourself stuck in an unevolved version of your style. How did it affect your behavior, your relationships, or the outcome of a situation?
Level 2 of Personality Intelligence – The Typical State
• How do you define the Typical State, and what strengths are most evident for each style when someone is living in the Typical State?
• What stories had particular meaning to you, and what did you learn from them?
• What does it look like when someone in the Typical State slips into the Red Zone?
• What stories or insights about people in the Typical State resonated with you and why?
Level 3 of Personality Intelligence – The Master State
• How do you describe the Master State?
• What does it look like when someone fully embodies the strengths of their style without being limited by it?
• What are examples from your own life when you fully embodied the Master State, and you were your best self?
• What can people do to shift from the Typical State to the Master State? What can you do?
Level 4 of Personality Intelligence – The Chameleon State
• How do you interpret the Master State?
• What can people do to authentically adapt to another style?
• What would be your most significant challenge to embodying the Chameleon State?
• What do you need to do to embody the Chameleon State?
Personality Intelligence Book Club Questions PDF
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