Enneagram Handbook by dejahkutrovski

HANDBOOK 1

By H B Co n s u lt i n g

The best way to describe the Enneagram (from the Greek, meaning nine points) is nine points of view or nine opinions on life. Nine ways to interpret information. This is a quick guide to the Enneagram and those nine viewpoints. A reference book to give you useful information for yourself and for those you have relationship with. I have compiled what I have found are the most relevant and understandable tools for using the Enneagram to help in your own life, family and work. I believe these are the most useful of the Enneagram tools to implement effectively and quickly. However this is just the tip of the iceberg, this is a guide to point you in the right direction on the Enneagram journey. There are suggested resources on the following page to help you as you continue to learn and use the Enneagram. My heart in creating this course is to give the basics and most valuable aspects of the Enneagram in one place. I desire to put these tools into the hands of busy professionals for their own personal growth and the growth of those they work with and lead. I came up with this method to increase efficiency and productivity. To take things to the next level of excellence in how we interact with others and honor each person’s uniqueness. As you follow this guide you can grow your success as an individual and as a team. I want to give you room to provide a more secure and structured place for you to function with those you work with. To allow you to gain knowledge and competency and joy in your interactions with others. Providing an environment of peace for each person on your team.

WHAT IT IS A guide to help you diagnose current patterns and growth opportunities within your personality. It can be a roadmap to change and can provide motivation to be the healthiest version of yourself. It can be used to strengthen and grow a team and organization.

WHAT IT IS NOT An excuse to stay in negative patterns saying, “this is just who I am”. It is not a solution to all problems, sometimes therapy is what is needed as well. The Enneagram can help you with issues but can not fix them. It should not be used to judge, label or put others in a box.

HOW ENNEAGRAM CAN HELP • It can be a catalyst for growth and transformation - for individuals, families, teams and organizations. • Determines our growth edges - helps you give voice to things that make you feel out of your depth, pulls emotions from you, points out where the demands of the moment are greater than your ability or natural capacity. • Shows us where we get pushed to depletion - with this you will be more aware of how you can get unhealthy or grow. • Defines your sub-conscious, shows you areas were you can retreat into when faced with a growth edge. • Defines how you see the world and interpret information and helps you understand that in other people. • Guide you to be your most authentic self. • Brings validation - to who you are, who your team is, etc. • Helps you to understand others better.

ENNEAGRAM RESOURCES AND REFERENCES BOOKS

The Complete Enneagram - Chestnut 9 Types of Leadership - Chestnut The Road Back to You - Stabile and Chron The Path Between Us - Susanne Stabile The Essential Enneagram - Daniels and Price The Wisdom of the Enneagram - Riso and Hudson Personality Types - Riso and Hudson

WEBSITES

theenneagraminstitue.com yourenneagramcoach.com 3

There are two helpful tools to deepen your understanding of the Enneagram: Stances and Triads. These tools are a way to identify your type and gain a quick understanding of how people function. The descriptions of each type then give deeper understanding. Starting with Stance and triads is an efficient way to use the enneagram quickly.

Stances - How a person gets through life, moves through the world, their (stand, attitude or bearing) “stance” on getting their needs met. There are three stances in the Enneagram:

AGGRESSIVE/ASSERTIVE DEPENDENT/DUTIFUL WITHDRAWN

AGGRESSIVE/ASSERTIVE STANCE (3,7,8)

Move against to get their needs met, they get what they want by asserting themselves. Future oriented.

An individual in this stance might display some or all of the following traits: 1. When they walk into a room they garner attention quickly without looking like they are putting forth the effort to do so. 2. Spend most of their time thinking about the future, what to do, what’s happening next, what does next month, next year, next ten years look like. 3. Appear to have never-ending energy. 4. Skilled at convincing others of their ideas and are excellent at reframing and reshaping situations into a positive light or to their point of view. 5. Big picture, strategic and visionary thinkers who can at times come off as pushy. 6. Protect themselves with humor to tone down the intensity of their personality. 7. Upbeat and optimistic and make people feel safe but don’t intuitively connect with the feelings of others. 8. All about control and accomplishment, often feeling that other people move too slowly for them 9. React to stress or difficulty by boosting/expanding their sense of self rather than backing down or withdrawing. 10. Show up in strong ways and accomplish something when faced with difficulty.

DEPENDENT/DUTIFUL STANCE (1,2,6)

Move towards others to get their needs met. Present oriented.

An individual in this stance might display some or all of the following traits: 1. Think “What should be done now?”. 2. Place their life’s reference point outside of themselves and are all about other people. 3. Spend most of their time focused on the present. Sometimes getting lost in what is right in front of them. 4. Concerned about people’s feelings and want to respond to other people in a way that is good for everyone. 5. Good at connecting everyone and everything and sometimes chain things together that are not related at all. 6. Have trouble with their own boundaries and people with established boundaries often hurt their feelings. 7. Spend lots of mental energy assessing problems, with systems, people and situations. 8. Highly adaptable. Will adapt to a situation to get needs met. 9. Can become highly organized when they need security. 10. Good at troubleshooting.

WITHDRAWN STANCE (4,5,9)

Move within to get needs met. Past oriented.

An individual in this stance might display some or all of the following traits: 1. Independent and non-aggressive, count on their own strength and knowledge to deal with stressful situations. 2. Comfortable with a slower pace of life and less tasks to do, so they can have freedom to do whatever they want. 3. Have an ideal world that they want to live in. They retreat to their thoughts for that ideal world. 4. Their inner world is their real world because they can trust their thoughts and internal process. 5. Can at times handle difficult situations with resentful accommodations. 6. Have lots of daydreams and inner thoughts and deal with stress by pulling back and not dealing with it. 7. Compartmentalizing internally is a part of their coping strategy for stress and anxiety. 8. Hard time doing tasks that they don’t like, will busy themselves with other things. 9. Thinking about the past - because it is safe and already known, believing it will help with the future. 10. Have a limited amount of energy for people, tasks and emotions. 11. Can have a hard time making decisions.

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Triads - a group of three connected types of Enneagram numbers with similar ways to filter/understand life. There are three triads (also called centers of intelligence) in the Enneagram:

BODY TRIAD HEAD TRIAD HEART TRIAD These triads are determined by which center of a person’s intelligence they filter life through initially. All three are used by everyone but processed differently. A person in the Body/intuition triad has a gut reaction first and immediately wants to do something about it. How they think and feel about it are second. An individual in the Head triad filters information through their thoughts first, before deciding how to feel or react to it. Someone in the Heart triad filters the information through their emotions first, they feel it, then react and think about it.

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BODY TRIAD (8,9,1) A person in the body triad might: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Feel the world with their bellyband / or intuition and have true gut instincts for situations, people and decisions. Want to control both their inner world and their outer world. Believe they can control both and will exert energy to do so. Convert many emotions into anger by acting it out, repressing it or ignoring it. Be lead by an instinctual hunch. Do their part and everyone else’s part, go over and above often. Want to impact the world and sometimes dismiss others in the process. Feel it is important to be given worth and respect and give that to others.

HEAD TRIAD (5,6,7) A person in the head triad might: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Make mental connections that are not easily seen by others. Have a specific plan they like to live by. Have no idea how much they are truly valued because their focus is often outside of themselves. Keep thinking on something after others have moved on. Be suspicious of other’s motives Spend time analyzing, planning and imagining. Struggle with fear and feeling secure. Worry that they are wrong and have made bad decisions.

HEART TRIAD (2,3,4) A person in the heart triad might: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Believe that connection with others is more important than anything else. Be concerned about how they are perceived. Walk out their emotions by externalizing them, internalizing them, or forgetting them altogether. Be familiar with worry and how it affects them. Have a hard time asking for help. Need to be relationally connected. Feel it is important to be loved and admired.

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THE RATIONAL, IDEALISTIC TYPE

AT THEIR BEST: Wise, discerning, realistic, and noble. Can be morally heroic. TRAITS: Conscientious and ethical, with a strong sense of right and wrong. Always striving to improve things, but afraid of making a mistake. They typically have problems with resentment and impatience. Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic. Well Organized, Orderly, they maintain high standards. Can slip into being critical of self and others. CORE FEARS: Being wrong, bad, evil, inappropriate. Making mistakes. Not being good enough and that no one cares. VALUES/DESIRES: Excellence. Being ethical and correct. Making everything better. To be good, have integrity and to be balanced.

GROWTH TO 7: can become spontaneous and joyful. STRESS TO 4: can become moody and irrational

FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Sees error, notices imperfections and gaps and what needs to change. MOTIVATION: To be right, improve everything and be beyond criticism. Justice. STANCE: Reactive/Dependent

THE CARING, INTERPERSONAL TYPE

GROWTH TO 4: self nurturing and emotionally aware. STRESS TO 8: domineering and aggressive.

AT THEIR BEST: self-accepting, authentic, everything they seem to be—role models who inspire others. Can be self-less. TRAITS: Adaptable, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious. Self-assured, and charming. Ambitious, competent, and energetic. They are diplomatic and poised, but can also be overly concerned with their image and what others think of them. They typically have problems with workaholism and competitiveness. CORE FEARS: Being exposed and labeled as incompetent, inefficient or worthless. Failure. Being worthless or unsuccessful.

THE SUCCESS-ORIENTED, PRAGMATIC TYPE

VALUES/DESIRES: To be and appear successful. Be valuable and worthwhile. FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Tasks at hand. What to accomplish to receive praise and recognition. Image. Competition with others and self.

GROWTH TO 6: become more cooperative and committed to others. STRESS TO 9: suddenly become disengaged and apathetic.

MOTIVATION: Success and affirmation. Be admired, have attention and impress others. STANCE: Aggressive

AT THEIR BEST: Unselfish and altruistic, they have unconditional love for others. TRAITS: Generous, Demonstrative, People-Pleasing, and Possessive. Empathetic, sincere, and warm-hearted. They are friendly, generous, and self-sacrificing, but can also be sentimental, flattering, and people-pleasing. They are well-meaning and driven to be close to others, but can slip into doing things for others in order to be needed. They typically have problems with possessiveness and with acknowledging their own needs.

VALUES/DESIRES: Being loved and loving others. Relationships. FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Seeing and meeting the needs of others. MOTIVATION: To be loved and valued by others. To be needed and appreciated. STANCE: Reactive/Dependent

CORE FEARS: Being rejected and unwanted, labeled as worthless, needy, inconsequential, dispensable and unworthy of love

THE SENSITIVE, INTROSPECTIVE TYPE

GROWTH TO 1: objective and principled. STRESS TO 2: over-involved and needy.

AT THEIR BEST: visionary pioneers, often ahead of their time, and able to see the world in an entirely new way. Extremely insightful and caring.

GROWTH TO 8: self confident and decisive. STRESS TO 7: hyperactive and scattered.

THE INTENSE, CEREBRAL TYPE 14

TRAITS: Perceptive, Innovative, Secretive, and Isolated. Alert, insightful, and curious. They are able to concentrate and focus on developing complex ideas and skills. Independent, innovative, and inventive, they can also become preoccupied with their thoughts and imaginary constructs. They become detached, yet highstrung and intense. Can often seem stand-offish, guarded and judgmental, though they are only trying to protect their inner resources. CORE FEAR: being depleted of energy or resources. Thought of as incapable or ignorant, being assigned unwanted obligations, having personal space and time invaded and being taken advantage of. VALUES/DESIRES: To be capable and competent. Independence. FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Observe and detach to maintain boundaries and privacy and gain understanding and knowledge. MOTIVATION: To possess knowledge, to understand the environment and have everything understood to protect self from threats on time, focus and energy. STANCE: Withdrawn

AT THEIR BEST: Inspired and highly creative, they are able to renew themselves and transform their experiences and positively impact their world and relationships . TRAITS: Expressive, Dramatic, Intense, and Empathetic. Self-aware, sensitive, and often reserved. They are emotionally honest, creative, and personal, but can also be moody and self-conscious. They tend to believe that there is something deeply wrong with them. CORE FEAR: Being ordinary, like everyone else, having no personal significance. Being defective, flawed and insignificant. Their emotions not being validated or acknowledged.

VALUES/DESIRES: Depth, emotion, connection and significance. FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Search for what is missing or unsaid/unseen. Fulfillment of depth, beauty, meaning and purpose. MOTIVATION: To be unique and different. Express themselves. STANCE: Withdrawn

AT THEIR BEST: Internally stable and self-reliant, courageously championing themselves and others. TRAITS: Engaging, Loyal, Anxious, and Suspicious. Asks questions to keep mental and emotional security and safety. Discerning, courageous, committed. Context and group orientated. Reliable, hard-working, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent “troubleshooters,” they foresee problems, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious, if there are no set solutions to those problems. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious. They typically have problems with self-doubt and suspicion. CORE FEAR: Fear itself, being without support or guidance, left alone or abandoned. VALUES/DESIRES: Safety and security. Support from others, team. The common good. FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Worst case scenario. On the group/team. MOTIVATION: To have security and feel supported by others. STANCE: Reactive/Dependent

GROWTH TO 9: Relaxed and optimistic. STRESS TO 3: Competitive and arrogant.

THE COMMITTED, SECURITY-ORIENTED TYPE 15

THE BUSY, VARIETY-SEEKING TYPE

GROWTH TO 5: focused and settled. STRESS TO 1: Critical and perfectionistic.

AT THEIR BEST: They focus their talents on worthwhile goals, becoming appreciative, joyous, and satisfied. TRAITS: Quick thinking, visionary, Spontaneous, Adventurous, Versatile, and Scattered. They can read situations well and often know when something won’t work. Extroverted, optimistic, playful, and practical, they can also misapply their many talents, becoming over-extended. They constantly seek new and exciting experiences, but can become distracted and exhausted by staying on the go. They typically have problems with impatience and impulsiveness. CORE FEAR: Being deprived, being meaningless, trapped in emotional or situational pain, missing out, being restricted. VALUES/DESIRES: To be satisfied and content - to have freedom and their needs met. FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Best case thinking, Planning, excitement/fun. Making the situation better through options, vision and/or positivity. MOTIVATION: To maintain freedom and happiness, to avoid missing out on worthwhile experiences and life. To be excited and busy to avoid pain. STANCE: Aggressive

THE POWERFUL, DOMINATING TYPE

GROWTH TO 2: open hearted and caring. STRESS TO 5: secretive and withdrawn.

AT THEIR BEST: Strong, steadfast and all-embracing, they are able to bring people together and heal conflicts. TRAITS: Receptive, reassuring, agreeable, non-confrontational. Can pick up tension and see all sides of a situation. Understand people and perspectives. Accepting, trusting, and stable. They are usually creative, optimistic, and supportive, but can also be too willing to go along with others to keep the peace. They want everything to go smoothly and be without conflict, but they can also tend to be complacent, simplifying problems and minimizing anything upsetting. They typically have problems with inertia and stubbornness. CORE FEAR: Conflict, tension, discord, loosing connection with others, being overlooked and separation. VALUES/DESIRES: To have both inner peace and peace in relationships.

THE EASYGOING, SELF-EFFACING TYPE

GROWTH TO 3: self-developing and energetic. STRESS TO 6: anxious and worried.

FOCUS OF ATTENTION: On other people’s agenda and how to connect with it to avoid conflict. To keep the peace. MOTIVATION: To maintain and create harmony in their environment, to avoid conflict and disruption. STANCE: Withdrawn

AT THEIR BEST: Self- mastering, they use their strength to improve others’ lives, becoming heroic, magnanimous, and inspiring.

VALUES/DESIRES: To be in control of their own life and destiny. To be against. To stay in control and to lead.

TRAITS: Self-Confident, Decisive, Willful, and have no problem with conflict or confrontation. Strong and assertive. Protective, resourceful, straight-talking and driven, but can also be ego-centric and domineering. Sometimes intimidating to others. Typically have problems with their tempers and with allowing themselves to be vulnerable and slow down.

FOCUS OF ATTENTION: Power dynamics and who needs protection and injustice.

CORE FEAR: Being controlled, betrayed, manipulated, powerlessness, taken advantage of.

MOTIVATION: To be self reliant, independent, strong. STANCE: Aggressive

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No one is a pure personality type: everyone is a unique mixture of his or her basic type and usually one of the two types adjacent to it on the circumference of the Enneagram. One of the two types adjacent to your basic type is called your wing. Like right and left hand, you will have one dominant wing (or personality aspect). They are used to accomplish or enhance our personalities. We use them in different ways. Though we may use both, our core motivations don’t change. Your basic type dominates your overall personality, while the wing complements it and adds important, sometimes contradictory, elements to your total personality. Your wing is the “second side” of your personality, and it must be taken into consideration to better understand yourself or someone else. People can have a single dominate wing or use both wings. In some cases they don’t use their wing.

On the enneagram there are arrows that connect each Type to other types. This is an indication of growth and stress responses to the core Type. As indicated with levels of development, each Type has a healthy, average and unhealthy response to situations, others and life. The arrows are another indication of behaviors that show when growth or stress is present in our personality. The nine personality Types are not static categories but should reflect change over time. The inner lines of the Enneagram connect the Types in a sequence that denotes what each Type will do under different conditions. Different situations will evoke different kinds of responses from your personality. You will respond or adapt in different directions, as indicated by the lines of the Enneagram from your basic Type.

Average or unhealthy Types will behave like the unhealthy Type the arrow indicates: 1-4-2-8-5-7-1 and 3-6-9-3.

Healthy Types will behave and include the healthy Type the second arrow indicates: 1-7-5-8-2-4-1 and 9-3-6-9.

No matter which personality type you are, the types in both your Direction of Growth and your Direction of Stress are important influences. To obtain a complete picture of yourself (or of someone else), you must take into consideration the basic type and wings as well as the two types indicated by the arrows. The factors represented by those five types blend into your total personality and provide the framework for understanding the influences operating in you. Ultimately, the goal is for each of us to “move around” the Enneagram, integrating what each type symbolizes and acquiring the healthy potentials of all the types. The personality type we begin life with is therefore less important ultimately than how well (or badly) we use our type as the beginning point for our growth. 21

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The Subtypes of the Enneagram is a tool to further understand the 9 types. Subtypes are instinctual drives for survival. Though we are not in a flight or fight situation, often there are still survival instincts that drive us and our personalities. They are the following:

Self Preservation — the drive to protect self and have physical needs met. Social — the drive to relate to others individually and in social groups. One-to-one — the drive for bonding and intimacy (beyond sexuality). When we understand the drive behind the personality, it furthers our understanding and insight to enable growth within ourselves and with those around us.

THE 27 SUBTYPE PERSONALITIES By Beatrice Chestnut TYPE ONE SELF-PRESERVATION ONES focus on making everything they do more perfect. They are the true perfectionists of the Enneagram. They see themselves as highly flawed and try to improve themselves and make every detail of what they do right. These people are the most anxious and worried Ones, but also the most friendly and warm. SOCIAL ONES focus on doing things perfectly in a larger sense—knowing the right way to do things—and modeling how to do things right for others. An intellectual type, these Ones have a teacher mentality; they see their role as helping others see what they already know–how to be perfect. ONE-TO-ONE ONES focus on making other people—and society as a whole—more perfect. More reformers than perfectionists, they tend to display more anger and zeal than the other Ones. These Ones focus less attention on perfecting their own behavior and pay more attention to whether or not others are doing things right. 24

TYPE TWO

TYPE FOUR

SELF-PRESERVATION TWOS seek to gain approval through being charming and youthful. Less oriented to giving and more burdened by helping, they charm others into liking them as a subconscious effort to get people to take care of them. More self-indulgent, playful, and irresponsible than the other two Twos, they are more fearful and ambivalent about connecting with others.

SELF-PRESERVATION FOURS are stoic, strong, and longsuffering—emotionally sensitive on the inside, they often don’t communicate their darker feelings to others. While they feel things deeply, and may feel sad inside, they often have a sunny, upbeat exterior, as they often received the message early on that their caretakers couldn’t handle their pain or darker emotions. They may feel anxious inside, but they tough things out and have a high tolerance for frustration.

SOCIAL TWOS seek to gain approval from others through being powerful, competent, and influential. More a powerful, leader type of person, they take charge of things and play to a larger audience as a way of proving their value. ONE-TO-ONE TWOS gain approval through being generous and attractive. They emphasize their personal appeal and promises of support to make others like them and do things for them—this is a more emotional, passionate Two who wins specific individuals over.

TYPE THREE SELF-PRESERVATION THREES work hard to assure material security for themselves and the people around them. Oriented to being good (as well as looking good) according to social consensus, they want to appear successful, but they don’t want to brag or self-promote in an obvious way (because that wouldn’t be good). SP Threes are selfsufficient, extremely hard-working, results-oriented, and modest. SOCIAL THREES work hard to look flawless in the eyes of others. Oriented to competing to win and attaining the material and status symbols of success, they focus on getting things done and always having the right image for every social context. The most aggressive, competitive, wellknown Three, Social Threes enjoy being on stage and know how to climb the social ladder. ONE-TO-ONE THREES focus on creating an image that is appealing to others and supporting and pleasing the people around them—especially partners, co-workers, and family members. They have a relationship or team mentality and work very hard to support the success of others (rather than their own).

SOCIAL FOURS focus on their own emotions and the underlying emotional tone of whatever situation they are in. They compare themselves to others and tend to see themselves as less worthy or lacking in some way. They are more emotionally sensitive than most other types, they wear their feelings on their sleeve, and connect to themselves through the authenticity of their emotional truth. ONE-TO-ONE FOURS are more assertive and competitive. These Fours are not afraid to ask for what they need or complain when they don’t get it. They can appear aggressive to others, and they strive to be the best.

TYPE FIVE SELF-PRESERVATION FIVES focus mainly on maintaining good boundaries with others. Friendly and warm, SP Fives like to have a private space they can withdraw to if they want to be alone. They focus on minimizing needs, finding refuge, and having all they need within their place of safety. SOCIAL FIVES enjoy becoming experts in the specific subject areas that interest them. They like acquiring knowledge and connecting with others with common intellectual interests and causes. They may be more connected to people through a social cause. They also connect with people who have more expertise, rather than the people in close proximity in everyday life. ONE-TO-ONE FIVES have more of a stronger need to connect with other individuals–under the right conditions. These Fives are more in touch with their emotions inside, though they may not show it on the outside. They have a romantic streak that they may express through some form of artistic expression. 25

TYPE SIX

TYPE EIGHT

SELF-PRESERVATION SIXES are the more actively fearful (the phobic or “flight”) Six. They doubt and question things in an effort to find a sense of certainty and safety (that often eludes them). They seek to be warm and friendly to attract allies as a form of outside support or protection in a dangerous world.

SELF-PRESERVATION EIGHTS focus on getting what they need to survive in a direct, no-nonsense way. They have a low tolerance for frustration and a strong desire for the timely satisfaction of their material needs. They know how to do business and get things done and don’t need to talk about it very much.

SOCIAL SIXES are more intellectual types who find a sense of safety in following the guidelines of a system or way of thinking to feel protected by a kind of impersonal outside authority. They tend to be logical, rational, and concerned with reference points and benchmarks. They are more sure of things than the SP Six, who expresses more doubt and ambiguity, and can even become “true believers.”

SOCIAL EIGHTS focus on protecting and mentoring others they are connected to or anyone they view as needing their support. While they can be rebellious and assertive, they appear less aggressive as they have a softer side when it comes to taking care of others.

ONE-TO-ONE SIXES cope with underlying fear (that they may not be aware of) by appearing strong and intimidating to others. Of the “fight” or “flight” reactions to fear, they choose “fight,” and tend to be risk-takers, contrarians, or rebels. They have an inner program that tells them that the best defense is a good offense.

TYPE SEVEN SELF-PRESERVATION SEVENS are very practical. Good at getting what they want, they readily recognize opportunities and know how to make things happen, whether through pragmatic planning or a network of allies. They tend to have a talkative, amiable, hedonistic style. SOCIAL SEVENS want to avoid being seen as excessively opportunistic and self-interested, so they focus on sacrificing their immediate desires to pursue an ideal of being of service to others. They take responsibility for the group or family and want to be seen as good by easing others’ suffering. ONE-TO-ONE SEVENS are idealistic dreamers, who have a need to imagine something better than what might be true in their everyday reality. Extremely enthusiastic and optimistic, they have a passion for seeing things as they could be or as they imagine them to be (as opposed to how they really are).

ONE-TO-ONE EIGHTS have a strong rebellious tendency and like to be the center of things. More provocative and passionate than the other Eights, they like to have power over people and situations.

TYPE NINE SELF-PRESERVATION NINES focus on finding comfort in familiar routines and the satisfaction of their physical needs. Whether through eating, sleeping, reading, or doing crossword puzzles, SP Nines tend to lose themselves in whatever activities help them feel grounded and comfortable. SOCIAL NINES focus on working hard to support the groups they are a part of as a way of seeking a sense of comfort in belonging. Congenial people who like to feel a part of things, Social Nines tend to be light-hearted and fun, and expend a lot of effort in doing what it takes to be admitted to and supportive of the group or community. ONE-TO-ONE NINES tend to merge with the agenda and attitudes of important others in their lives. Sweet, gentle, and less assertive than other types, this relationshiporiented Nine may take on the feelings and opinions of the people they are close to without realizing it.

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