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    The document discusses the Enneagram, an ancient system that maps nine personality types. Originating in Afghanistan over 2000 years ago, the Enneagram was developed by Sufi mystics to help understand human nature. It consists of three psychological orientations called triads that influence how people interact with the world. The nine personality types describe patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that can guide self-improvement and better relationships. The Enneagram combines ancient wisdom with modern psychology to provide insights into different personality styles.

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    The document discusses the Enneagram, an ancient system that maps nine personality types. Originating in Afghanistan over 2000 years ago, the Enneagram was developed by Sufi mystics to help understand human nature. It consists of three psychological orientations called triads that influence how people interact with the world. The nine personality types describe patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that can guide self-improvement and better relationships. The Enneagram combines ancient wisdom with modern psychology to provide insights into different personality styles.

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    The document discusses the Enneagram, an ancient system that maps nine personality types. Originating in Afghanistan over 2000 years ago, the Enneagram was developed by Sufi mystics to help understand human nature. It consists of three psychological orientations called triads that influence how people interact with the world. The nine personality types describe patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that can guide self-improvement and better relationships. The Enneagram combines ancient wisdom with modern psychology to provide insights into different personality styles.

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    THE ENNEAGRAM and friends and cope with the wide variety of

    interpersonal relationships which we all


    The enneagram, a Greek word for nine (ennea) and experience in the modern world.
    figure (grammos) maps nine personality styles of
    human nature and their interrelationships. Personality Types of Enneagram
    The Enneagram of Personality types is almost as
    old as Christianity, originating in all probability in Type 1 – The Reformer
    Afghanistan.
    Type 2 – The Helper
    The Enneagram is alleged to be a 2000 year old Type 3 – The Motivator
    Sufi system of personality types from Islamic Type 4 – The Artist
    mystics who lived before the time of Christ.
    Type 5 – The Thinker
    The Enneagram is a circle, meant to symbolize the
    Cosmos and the "one-ness": this comes from a Type 6 – The Loyalist
    monist perspective (Pacwa: 2008). Type 7 – The Generalist
    The Sufis are monists believing that we are all one Type 8 – The Leader
    with each other and with the universe and at the Type 9 – The Peacemaker
    same time pantheists believing that the universe is
    god. Application to Business
    The enneagram consists of three centers called
    triads, which specify a fundamental psychological Enneagram has so many practical applications
    orientation and ways individuals make contact with because it is a framework that clarifies the
    the outer world (Waldberg, 1973). mutually sustaining, self-balancing components
    that are part of any complex process.
    The triads consist of a continuum of positive and
    Enneagram can be used as a guide in establishing
    negative traits, related to selfimage (Feeling triad),
    a business.
    thought processes (Thinking triad), and instinctual
    traits (Doing/Moving triad) (Matise, 2007).
    For example:
    The Enneagram describes the nine personality
    To start and operate a successful enterprise,
    types as patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.
    one needs vision and confidence (Type Eight)
    By revealing these patterns clearly, the Enneagram
    is used to guide people in overcoming weaknesses The ability to bring people together and to listen
    and capitalizing on strengths, to understand and to them (Type Nine)
    develop compassion in relationships of all kinds, Ethical standards and quality control (Type One)
    and to understand oneself in one’s own personal
    growth and relationship to God. The ability to serve people and anticipate their
    needs (Type Two)
    The Enneagram combines the best of ancient
    wisdom with the insights of modern psychology to Promotional and communication skills (Type
    give us a wonderfully accurate way of Three)
    understanding the variety of personality styles we a well-designed product and a sensitivity to its
    all encounter every day of our lives (Fitzgerald, emotional impact on individuals (Type Four)
    2007). Technical expertise and innovative ideas (Type
    Five)
    It is a sophisticated and practical method of helping
    teamwork and self- regulating feedback (Type
    people discover their inner selves, enabling them to
    Six)
    deal with their problems, understand their family

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