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The Enneagram is a personality test that is broken up into a set of nine distinct personality types, numbering 1-9.
1 is the Reformer. 2 is the Helper. 3 is the Achiever. 4 is the Individualist. 5 Is the Investigator. 6 is the Loyalist. 7 is the Enthusiast. 8 is the Challenger. 9 is the Peacemaker.
Points to consider from the Enneagram Institute
It's common to find a little of yourself in all nine of the types
We are born with a dominant type this inborn orientation largely determines the ways in which we learn to adapt to our early childhood environment.
People do not change from one basic personality type to another.
The descriptions of the personality types are universal and apply equally to males and females, since no type is inherently masculine or feminine.
Not everything in the description of your basic type will apply to you all the time because you fluctuate constantly among the healthy, average, and unhealthy traits that make up your personality type.
The numerical ranking of the types is not significant.
No type is inherently better or worse than any other.
The ideal is to become your best self, not to imitate the assets of another type.
Type One (The Reformer) is principled, purposeful, self-controlled, and perfectionistic.
Type Two (The Helper) is generous, demonstrative, people-pleasing, and possessive.
Type Three (The Achiever) is adaptable, excelling, driven, and image-conscious.
Type Four (The Individualist) is expressive, dramatic, self-absorbed, and temperamental.
Type Five (The Investigator) is perceptive, innovative, secretive, and isolated.
Type Six (The Loyalist) is engaging, responsible, anxious, and suspicious.
Type Seven (The Enthusiast) is spontaneous, versatile, acquisitive, and scattered.
Type Eight (The Challenger) is self-confident, decisive, willful, and confrontational.
Type Nine (The Peacemaker) is receptive, reassuring, complacent, and resigned.
Resources:
To find out your number take this free Enneagram assessment here: https://assessment.yourenneagramcoach.com/
Enneagram Institute Website: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions
Cool Enneagram Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/enneagramandcoffee/?hl=en
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