The keycodes to YOUR personality

and how it can help you build better relationships with EVERYONE

How can personality typing help you

We already think of ourselves as types because our everyday language is littered with ‘type’ words.

Is she my type?   The actor is typecast, he’s not the type to do this and ‘oh that’s so typical of him’

The Enneagram divides the human personality into 9 basic types which are referred to by number and often by descriptive names.  Whilst all of us have the seed of the 9 types inside us we are each influenced by a core type of behaviour and that becomes our Enneagram type.

As you study the Enneagram with us and discover your type, you’ll soon find yourself talking in Enneagram because it makes sense.   ‘Oh I’m not surprised she did that she’s a 4’ or ‘Of course he would want it to happen that way ‘he’s an 8’ and so on.  

This way of seeing others and yourself is very addictive because it explains so much.

We will also teach you how to have great relationships with people no matter what their type. 

Some people believe that we are born with our basic type template and others believe that it begins to develop from within the womb or early childhood. in reaction to what’s going on around us. 

However we formed we each have a particular set of coping strategies to help us live in the world.

The Enneagram pinpoints the characteristics and coping strategies of each personality type

Upside Downside

All 9 types have distinct up and down sides.

When we are driven by the more down sides  of our type we become more anxious, angry or and emotional and less able to enjoy life to the full.    

As we get to know ourselves and and actively work on developing our potential, we gain more access to the positive characteristics and the negative ones go to sleep.  

And when we relate from the positive aspects, we are much more attractive.

Getting to know other people via their type will open you to the qualities that they have and which may be lying dormant in you.   And as you become more able to access the qualities of each type, your relating skills will sky rocket.

Gift of the Gods

Each type has an amazing gift to bring to the world.   And that means YOU do too!  Every one of us is striving deep down to find that gift.

The 9 types

At the top level we have the 9 types each of whom believe they have to be a certain way to be accepted in the world

Type 1 - You believe you have to be perfect.  You have a perfect idea of how the world should be and want to make everyone including you live up to it. You can teach people about integrity and doing a job well whilst learning to be more accepting of your own mistakes

Type 2 - You believe you have to be loving.  You look for love by helping people and trying to anticipate what everyone else wants and meeting their needs.  You can teach people to be more loving whilst learning to love yourself more and accept loving acts from others

Type 3 – You believe you have to be materially successful.  You seek to accomplish things and are often driven by what you think others value.  You can teach people to set goals and achieve what they want whilst allowing yourself some time to chill and do nothing

Type 4 – You believe you have to be unique and different.  You spend time exploring their inner world looking for meaning and sometimes you get caught up in drama and pain.  You can teach people to feel more and appreciate the depths of their soul whilst learning to spend more time just enjoying here and now

Type 5 – You believe you have to accumulate knowledge.  You try to make sense out of you life by accumulating information and are in danger of distancing yourself from human contact in the process.  You can teach people the value of intellectual pursuit whilst learning to be more comfortable in general social interaction

Type 6 – You believe you  have to be prepared for anything.  You  question everything and try to forsee problems.  And sometimes you worry so much you're afraid to do anything or conversely you rush headlong into danger to try and quell their fears.  You can teach people to troubleshoot whilst learning to be more courageous in a non-madcap way

Type 7 -  You believe you  have to put a positive spin on life.  You like new experiences, fun and variety and sometimes you don’t take enough time to follow through or to feel for other people.  You can teach people to have more fun whilst learning to access your feelings more fully and be more studious

Type 8 – You believe you have to be in control.   You are an action packed powerhouse  who  wants to take charge of your life  and sometimes you ride roughshod over othe r people’s lives too.  You can teach people to access their own power whilst learning to become more of a pussy cat yourself

Type 9.  You believe you have to keep the peace no matter what. To avoid conflict you go with the flow and like comforting routines and sometimes you try so hard to fit in they forget that they have needs too.  You can teach people to see different viewpoints whilst learning to be more assertive about what YOU wany

Last Updated Monday, December 28 2009 @ 07:46 PM GMT