| Any strength in excess becomes a weakness! Yup, that’s right. As important as it is to leverage your strengths, relying on them too much will produce blind spots. When left unchecked, your blind spots can become your downfall! Nothing teaches us this better than the Enneagram. The Enneagram is your own personal map of self-awareness, self-discovery, and self-liberation from your patterns of thinking, acting, and feeling that are NOT helping you…even when you think they are! The Enneagram is awesome at helping you explore the polarity within your Enneagram type and how NOT to overdo it on your strengths. Let’s look at the Action Center Types: 8 , 9, and 1. FYI: the Enneagram divides the 9 types into 3 centers: the Action Center (Types 8 , 9, and 1), the Feeling Center (Types 2, 3, 4) and the Thinking Center (Types 5, 6, 7). Type 8 The Active Controller: 8s are naturally strong leaders. With the motivation to be in control and avoid vulnerability, they are decisive, honest, assertive, and get stuff done! They are also extremely sensitive, generous, and have a huge heart…but don’t often show it! That is why their strengths of boldness and assertion can become a weakness! It is difficult for 8s to show their softer side and share their fears, yet that is exactly what they need to do if they want to grow as a human. Type 9 The Adaptive Peacemaker: 9s are easy going, inclusive, and conflict avoidant. With the motivation to keep the balance and peace, they are empathetic, even keeled, and calm. However, when they choose to keep the peace rather than speak up, they can bottle up anger and become passive aggressive. They may take action by choosing inaction. So while 9s have the potential to be amazing leaders when they can balance taking consistent inspired action with empathy and inclusivity, they must make sure their knack for harmony does not turn into angry complacency. Type 1 The Strict Perfectionist: 1s have very high standards, love attention to detail, and want to do the right thing. With the motivation to be perfect and good, 1s are excellent with structure, discipline, and following the rules. However, with this high standard, it can lead to an extremely harsh inner critic, black or white thinking, and judgment of others when they don’t measure up in their eyes. When 1s focus too much on getting it right or perfect, they miss out on how wonderful life can be as is. See videos of panel interviews with the Action Center types below. Next time we will focus on the Feeling Center types (2 , 3, 4) and how their strengths in excess can turn into weaknesses. If you’re curious how to use your Enneagram type to develop into your best self, CHECK OUT THE ENNEAGRAM GROUP THAT STARTS SEPTEMBER 22, 2020. |
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