Episode 117

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Published on:

6th Feb 2025

Knowledge is Power: ATA Recommended Books

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora and Seth “Creek” Creekmore explore a list of books that have had the biggest influence on Mario and the way he thinks about the Enneagram. Even though none of the books are about the Enneagram, they have influenced how Mario thinks about concepts, such as cognitive dissonance and social psychology.

TIMESTAMPS

[00:01] Intro

[02:04] Knowledge is power

[07:09] Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

[11:34] The Demon-Haunted World

[22:42] Philosophy and the Real World

[25:58] The Selfish Gene

[36:13] Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

[39:20] Sacred World

[44:47] The Essential Drucker

[56:44] Other book recommendations

[59:29] Outro


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Books:

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Philosophy and the Real World: An Introduction to Karl Popper by Brian Magee

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryū Suzuki

Sacred World: The Shambhala Way to Gentleness, Bravery, and Power by Jeremy and Karen Hayward

The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker

The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights by Thomas Gilovich and Lee Ross

How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards Heuer

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

Behave by Robert Sapolsky


Mario Sikora: 

IG: @mariosikora

TikTok: @mariosikora

Web: mariosikora.com

Pod: Enneagram in a Movie

Substack: mariosikora.substack.com


Maria Jose Munita: 

IG: @mjmunita

Web: mjmunita.com


Seth "Creek" Creekmore: 

IG: @_creekmore

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About the Podcast

The Awareness to Action Enneagram Podcast
Mario Sikora, Maria Jose Munita and Seth Creekmore exploring the Enneagram through the Awareness to Action model. Giving you simple, precise and effective tools to use in your own becoming

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Mario Sikora

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Seth "Creek" Creekmore

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Seth Creekmore, or “Creek,” as he is known by most of his friends has been studying the Enneagram for almost 10 years now. Having completed training under Lynda Roberts & Nan Henson, he continued learning the Enneagram through a smattering of other teachers and books and eventually completed the Awareness to Action program. He was one of the original founders of the popular Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast and now serves as the resident Millennial for the Awareness to Action Podcast. He creates Cinematic Folk music under the name Creekmore and enjoys, hiking in cold places, cooking in warm places and traveling to all the places.