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This site/forum helped me, maybe it will help you, too:

 

Personality Cafe

 

It's neat to read comments, thoughts, experiences from real folks "just like you and I", navigating through relationship challenges (dating, friends, family, colleagues, etc) and better understand why you are the way you are, and why another person is the way they are. For me, is was very cool to see and hear from people who are just like me, who have experienced relationships with the same types I have.

 

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I also highly recommend GLS and their Talmetrics Assessment. It is a fantastic assessment that looks at not just thinking style, but an integration of thinking, behavioral and motivational style. It is geared mainly for the workplace, or should I say utilized more, but it is very applicable for personal relationships as well.

 

I have learned a lot and definitely can start telling what types people are and what makes them tick. :D

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I also highly recommend GLS and their Talmetrics Assessment. It is a fantastic assessment that looks at not just thinking style, but an integration of thinking, behavioral and motivational style. It is geared mainly for the workplace, or should I say utilized more, but it is very applicable for personal relationships as well.

 

I have learned a lot and definitely can start telling what types people are and what makes them tick. :D

 

Yup, I have seen these. I've had Myers Briggs done on my a few times, and DiSC, at previous employers. Both, were spot on.

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I read a great article today that kind of talks about personality types and relationships:

 

"Around the globe, young men and women have listed attraction and love as the top criteria for marriage, ranking it above personality traits (1). However, research suggests that the most happily married people are those who, regardless of what they think they want, simply end up with spouses who have excellent personality traits. In particular, a spouse’s emotional stability and agreeableness have been clearly linked to marital and sexual satisfaction (2). Surprise, surprise—it’s better to have a warm, cooperative mate than an unstable, disagreeable one!"

 

How to End Up With the Right Partner | Psychology Today

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Another great relationship book as well as a book on self-awareness is The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman Language Profile | The 5 Love Languages®. Can't recommend this book enough!!

 

I was introduced to it by a therapist when my ex and I were going through counselling to try and save our marriage.

 

"The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate is a 1995 book by Gary Chapman. It outlines five ways to express and experience love that Chapman calls "love languages": gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, and physical touch. Chapman argues that, emotionally, people need to receive love. He also writes that people should not use the love languages that they like the most but rather the love languages that their loved ones can receive."

 

As it turns out, my predominant love language is physical touch. My ex husband's was acts of service. A match made in...hell :D(not really but it just sounded more funny that way)

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Another great relationship book as well as a book on self-awareness is The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman Language Profile | The 5 Love Languages®. Can't recommend this book enough!!

 

I was introduced to it by a therapist when my ex and I were going through counselling to try and save our marriage.

 

"The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate is a 1995 book by Gary Chapman. It outlines five ways to express and experience love that Chapman calls "love languages": gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, and physical touch. Chapman argues that, emotionally, people need to receive love. He also writes that people should not use the love languages that they like the most but rather the love languages that their loved ones can receive."

 

As it turns out, my predominant love language is physical touch. My ex husband's was acts of service. A match made in...hell :D(not really but it just sounded more funny that way)

 

I actually have this book on my bookshelf at home right now, glad to hear that it helped you :laugh:.

 

I haven't read it yet since I have about eight other books that I have in queue that I want to read first but cannot wait to get to that one.

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Accidentally wrote husband, oops!
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I actually have this book on my bookshelf at home right now, glad to hear that it helped you :laugh:.

 

I haven't read it yet since I have about eight other books that I have in queue that I want to read first but cannot wait to get to that one.

Yeah, same here, too many self help and introspective books in the queue!

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