The Road to Wisdom

The Road to Wisdom unlocks the puzzle of human behavior--who am I and why do I behave the way I do--and provides definitive answers that will profoundly and forever change how you understand yourself and those around you! It takes the reader step-by-step to a new level of self-awareness and self-acceptance. This book is relevant for individuals in all positions and walks of life: leaders managers employees parents spouses/significant others brothers/sisters friends clergy educators therapists and those who are healthy or unhealthy in their emotional behavior. In the first part of The Road to Wisdom the author Dr. Dennis A. Butler presents an overview of human dynamics: how we use defense mechanisms that keep us from having insight or accepting feedback regarding our behavior; how our Perceptual World Views (shoulds oughts and musts) interfere with our interpretation of events and behavior; how we make common interpretive errors; and how 3 basic skills are needed to make lasting changes in our behavior. In addition Dr. Butler gives the reader 3 models to assist in making those changes. In the second part Dr. Butler reveals the 9 personality types prevalent in the Enneagram personality theory that unlocks the key to self-knowledge. The reader will learn the key motivators/drivers of each type their strengths/vulnerabilities tips for interacting with each type and developmental strategies that each type can use to function at a psychologically healthy level. Drawing from the innovative insights of Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson while adding his own extensive observations of human behavior Dr. Butler demonstrates how the complexity of human behavior can best be understood as existing on a continuum from healthy to slipping to unhealthy. Using self-observation while asking for feedback from others the reader will be able to determine where he/she exists on this continuum at a given time. The reader will learn how to turn their weaknesses into strengths so that they can become the person that they were meant to be! This book is a glowing example of what preventative medicine is all about--written to bring externally driven Americans back to a more internally focused definition of what it truly means to be beautiful.