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Type 3: Well, I’m Great, You Know
Here’s the video clip for type 3 from understandingpersonality.com. One thing I really like about this series is the humor the interviewer brings to it. 3s are performers, and being charming is a big...
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Look, a Bird!
Everyone procrastinates at one time or another, but not everyone is a habitual procrastinator. Procrastination is a characteristic often associated with 6s. It is also quite often linked with...
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Type 4: Wheeee!
The folks in the Type 4 video from understandingpersonality.com do seem to be very dramatic. Being second best might not be ideal, but does it really stack up as a tragedy? This clip makes me wonder...
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The Categorizing Habit
Sometimes people resist learning about the Enneagram (or MBTI) because they don’t like the idea of categorizing people—and they themselves are especially reluctant to be categorized. But it turns out...
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Type 5: Sponging Everything Up
Here’s the clip on Type 5 from understandingpersonality.com. I think it’s fascinating that two of the people interviewed referred to having a “black hole” inside. The waiter I tentatively identified as...
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No ToE (Theory of Everything)
I have enjoyed learning about and working with the Enneagram for the past couple of decades because it explains—amazingly accurately—so much about how we humans actually function. I’ve gotten to know...
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Type 6: Suspicious Minds
This video clip on Type 6 from understandingpersonality.com suggests that life, for 6s, is akin to being trapped in an endless Halloween scene–or a scary fairy tale with no happy ending in sight. It’s...
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Type 7: Always Leave Them Laughing
Here’s the video from understandingpersonality.com on Type 7. 7s are pretty insistent about what’s important to them–they are, after all, one of the aggressive types. Often, as they themselves say, 7s...
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Type 8: We Get the Job Done Right
Here’s the video clip on Type 8 from understandingpersonality.com. After watching this a couple of times, I still had trouble relating to several of these people and their descriptions of their...
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Type 9: Notoriously in Need of a Nap
This is the video clip of Type 9 from understandingpersonality.com, the last one in the series. Viewing this from my perspective as an 8, I was keenly aware of being impatient at how slowly the...
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