Enneagram/Ninehouse is an ancient science with a history of more than 2,000 years. It divides people's personality into nine types according to their habitual thinking patterns, emotional reactions and behavioral habits:
- The Reformer: Perfect, Improvement, Defending Principle, Order Ambassador
- The Helper: Those who achieve others, help others, fraternal and loving ambassadors
- The Achiever: Achiever, Practical, Practical
- The Individualist: Romantic, Artistic, Self-Type
- The fifth type of intelligence (The Investigator): observer, thinking type, rational type
- The Loyalist: The security seeker, cautious, loyal
- The Enthusiast: Creator, active, and hedonistic
- The Challenger: Challenger, Authoritative, Leader
- The Peacemaker: Maintain harmony, harmony, plain
The word 'Enneagram' comes from the Greek ennea (nine) and gram (type), and can be translated as nine houses, enneagrams or nine personalities. The Enneagram is a humanistic science developed in western India more than 2,000 years ago, and later passed down by the Sufi School.
Later, the Enneagram Personality Theory was spread to Europe and the United States and other places. American psychologist Helen Palmer used it as a professional subject for studying human behavior and psychology in his early years. It was also listed as a textbook by many American universities including Stanford University and became a psychological research course. The CIA has also used it to help agents understand the behavioral traits of heads of state. General Motors, Coca-Cola, HP and other companies in the Fortune 500 have long applied the Enneagram personality to corporate management. ,
In addition to the nine forms of personality, the encyclopedia personality also has a total of 9 levels. There are levels 1, 2 and 3 for health, generally levels 4, 5 and 6 for unhealthy, and levels 7, 8 and 9 for unhealthy. The healthiest one is level 1, and the worst one is level 9.
When personality is the healthiest, there is a possibility of personality integration at any time. For example, the 9th type has the characteristics of type 3, which has become energetic from the original introverted and conservative, and has achieved basic desires and hidden fears. A healthy personality makes people live a true self, balance psychologically, fully realize their potential and contribute to society.
Generally speaking, basic desires and basic fears emerge, and the self replaces the true self. The self is over-inflated, the self-defense mechanism appears, the psychology becomes unbalanced, and it is easy to conflict with people. In order to satisfy basic desires, you can harm people at all costs, and it is also easy to succumb to the shadow of society, and the advantages of personality are not fully utilized. An unhealthy personality can be said to be a pathological situation. The failure of the self-defense mechanism can lead to the fall of personality. For example, the fifth type of person has the shortcomings of the seventh type such as losing control, talking nonsense and luxury in life. Severe can lead to mental illness and even self-destruction. When personality is extremely healthy and unhealthy, there is integration and fall, which will lead to wrong judgment of a person's basic personality, especially when it is extremely healthy.
Enneagram Personality Chart:
- Directions of personality deterioration:
1-4-2-8-5-7-1,3-9-6-3 - Character sublimation direction:
1-7-5-8-2-4-1,3-6-9-3
The direction is the direction of personality deterioration, and the direction of personality sublimation. For example, when a No. 2 is mentally healthy, the mental health characteristics of No. 4 will appear at the same time; if a No. 2 is mentally unhealthy, the psychological unhealthy characteristics of No. 8 will appear, and so on. The same goes for the second article.
The integration direction of personality sublimation and the improvement of quality:
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1 → 7: Let go of restraint, be tolerant and optimistic, dare to try, and gain 'cheerfulness'; -
7 → 5: Reduce impulsiveness, be calm in dealing with things, think deeply, and gain “reason”; -
5 → 8: Strong, brave, decisive and confident, do your word, and gain 'prestige'; -
8 → 2: Be enthusiastic and friendly, helpful, open-minded, and gain 'innocence'; -
2 → 4: Stick to your wishes, enjoy yourself, love others and yourself, and gain “humility”; -
4 → 1: Be content with oneself, be clear about right and wrong, be objective and calm, and obtain 'balance'; -
3 → 6: Be responsible and careful, think twice before acting, be loyal, and gain 'loyalty'; -
6 → 9: Take things as you go, let go of your anxiety, convince others, and gain “trust”; -
9 → 3: Be clear in goals, be diligent and proactive, challenge yourself, and get 'decisive'.
When completing this test, please select the 'Yes' or 'No' option according to your actual situation. The purpose of choice is to understand yourself, please choose your natural preferences as much as possible.
The three personalities with the highest total score may be your main model, but please do not use this result as your ultimate goal. You should pay more attention and reflect on yourself, rather than relying on questionnaire tests only.
Please note: There is no questionnaire in the world that can tell you 100% of the standard answers, and they cannot tell you what number 100% is, because everyone has a 'standard' answer in their hearts; when doing personality assessment, we recommend not relying entirely on the questionnaire method, they can only be used as references!
