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Take a free online test to find out which of the nine Enneagram personality types suits you best and how you can develop your strengths and overcome your challenges. Learn about the Enneagram system, its history, its triads, wings and arrows, and how to use it for personal growth and happiness.
- 1 THE REFORMER. The Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic.
- 2 THE HELPER. The Caring, Interpersonal Type: Demonstrative, Generous, People-Pleasing, and Possessive.
- 3 THE ACHIEVER. The Success-Oriented, Pragmatic Type: Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious.
- 4 THE INDIVIDUALIST. The Sensitive, Withdrawn Type: Expressive, Dramatic, Self-Absorbed, and Temperamental.
- 1w2 and 1w9. Type Two: The Helper. Enneagram type Twos, or the "Helpers," are characterized by a need to be needed and serve others. They are friendly, loving, and eager to help other people but can often wind up ignoring their own needs in the process.
- 2w1 and 2w3. Type Three: The Achiever. When it comes to Type Threes, also known as the "Achievers," this Enneagram type is all about what they can do in the world to receive recognition.
- 3w2 and 3w4. Type Four: The Individualist. Type Fours, or the "Individualists," according to the Enneagram system, are independent and free-spirited, but this also means they often feel misunderstood by everyone else.
- 4w3 and 4w5. Type Five: The Investigator. In the Enneagram, Type Fives, or the "Investigators," are inquisitive, analytical, and pretty reclusive.
- The Reformer. The rational, idealistic type: Principaled and purposeful but can be self-controlled and perfectionistic. Ones are ethical and conscientious with a strong sense of right and wrong.
- The Helper. The caring, interpersonal type: Generous and demonstrative but can be people pleasing and possessive. Twos are empathetic, sincere and warm-hearted.
- The Achiever. The success oriented, pragmatic type: Adaptable, excelling type but can be driven and image-conscious. Threes are self-assured, attractive and charming.
- The Individualist. The sensitive, withdrawn type: Fours are self-aware, sensitive, reserved and quiet. They are self-revealing, emotionally honest and personal but they can also be moody and self-consciouos.
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- The Three Instincts
- Typing Yourself and Others
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No one is a pure personality type: everyone is a unique mixture of his or her basic type and usually one of the two types adjacent to it on the circumference of the Enneagram. One of the two types adjacent to your basic type is called your wing. Your basic type dominates your overall personality, while the wing complements it and adds important, so...
There is an internal structure within each personality type. That structure is the continuum of behaviors, attitudes, defenses, and motivations formed by the nine Levels of Development which make up the personality type itself. This discovery (and the working out of all the traits that comprise each type) was originally made by Don Riso in 1977, an...
As we have seen with the Levels of Development, the nine personality types of the Enneagram are not static categories: they reflect our change over time. Further, the sequence of the types and the arrangement of the inner lines of the symbol are not arbitrary. The inner lines of the Enneagram connect the types in a sequence that denotes what each t...
The three Instincts (often erroneously called “the subtypes”) are a third set of distinctions that are extremely important for understanding personality. A major aspect of human nature lies in our instinctual “hard wiring” as biological beings. We each are endowed with specific instinctual intelligences that are necessary for our survival as indivi...
Once you have taken the Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI® version 2.5) to discover your dominant type, and perhaps also the Instinctual Variants Questionnaire to further refine your understanding of the Enneagram types, you may be curious about the personality types of others. Since you will usually not be able to administer the RHETI® o...
Learn the basics of the Enneagram, a system of nine personality types with unique strengths and challenges. Discover your basic type, the Centers, the Levels, the Wings, and more.
Learn about the 9 Enneagram Types and discover your dominant Type with the RHETI, a trusted and accurate test developed by leading Enneagram scholars. The Enneagram Institute also offers the IVQ test to measure your instinctual intelligences and workshops to help you apply the Enneagram in your life.
Enneagram of Personality. Enneagram figure. The Enneagram of Personality, or simply the Enneagram, [1] is a model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types. [2]
