Enneagram Fives are born truth-seekers and are in search of knowledge all the time. According to the Enneagram Institute, Enneagram Fives function on the “basic desire to be capable and competent.” Keeping your brain occupied can help with its neuroplasticity, and the science behind the book, “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers,” is based on this notion. Dr. Norman Doidge — who is a psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst — uses real-world stories of miraculous developments in the brain that have changed people’s lives for the better to explore this concept in-depth.
In the book, you can learn how IQ scores go up, stress goes down, and how “lifelong character traits [are] changed” through the practice of neuroplasticity (per Amazon.com). If you’re in search of a self-help book that will teach you more than a few simple tips to maximize your productivity, this book is the one for you. With lessons in neuroscience and human nature, you’ll truly be investigating your mind, body, and the hows and whys behind them both.
