<p>Plenty of books cover the Enneagram basics. Few to none address how to use it to overcome burnout and stress.</p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)">We are stressed. Far and wide in big and small ways we are under constant pressures, anxieties, and stressors. Workplace stress has reached critical levels.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)">We are burned out and burning out.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)">We have seen an explosion in stress research, and the introduction of the Enneagram into Western culture with a psychological overlay. To name a few of the most current findings:</span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">83% of US workers suffer from work-related stress, with 25% saying their job is the number one stressor in their lives.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">About one million Americans miss work each day because of stress.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">76% of US workers report that workplace stress affects their personal relationships.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Depression-induced absenteeism costs US businesses $51 billion a year, as well as an additional $26 billion in treatment costs.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Middle-aged participants had a 27% increase in the belief that their financial status would be affected by stress in the 2010s compared to the 1990s</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)">This book shows you </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)">why</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)"> we are stressed and burning out. Then, it gives you deep insight into </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)">how</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(5, 5, 5, 1)"> you make big shifts with reasonable, practical solutions. </span>This book is for everyone who wants to understand themselves better, especially in relation to others, and in relation to your stress responses.</p>