Enneagram:
Type One

 

The Reformer wants to make the world perfect. The Reformer has a compulsive need to live life the right way, improve the self and others, and to avoid anger.

 

Enneagram 1

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Features:

The Gut Center: Moves against others - Under Does Anger
Original Loss: "I was not perfect."
Problem Emotion: Anger
Decision: If you are perfect then you will survive and be loved.
False Claim: I know the right way.
Four Adjectives: Principled and Orderly, but Perfectionist and Self-righteous.

Self-image: "I am perfect."
Compulsion: To be perfect and make perfect (criticizes).
Avoidance: Anger.
Sin: Anger
Gift: Can visualize perfection and works to make it a reality.
Nine Wing: Cooler, more relaxed, objective, stubborn, and detached.
Two Wing: Warmer, more helpful, empathic, and controlling.
Stress Point: 4 - Emotional, melancholic, self-examining, self-pitying.
Security Point: 7 -Spontaneous, imaginative, innovative, fun, "no one right way."

Crossing the River: Looking for the perfect place to cross.
Affirmation: "I am perfect just the way I am."

Descriptive Adjectives for High Functioning Ones

Disciplined

Conscientious

Consistent

Advocate

Idealistic

Crusader

Ethical

Tolerant

Principled

Moral

Just

Good

Fair

Realistic

Adjectives for Average Functioning Ones

Appropriate

Impersonal

Orderly

Controlling

Right

Proper

Tense

Fixer

Critical

Purist

Descriptive Adjectives for Low Functioning Ones

Opinionated

Self-righteous

Inflexible

Compulsive

Non-adaptable

Resentful

Indignant

Nit Picking

Obstinate

Scolding

Punitive

Abrasive

Dogmatic

Obsessive

Famous Examples of Ones:

Hilary Clinton, Al Gore, Johns Paul II, Sandra Day O’Conner, Bill Moyers, Ralph Nader, Gene Siskel, Margaret Thatcher, Joan Baez, Nelson Mandela, Martha Stewart, Mary Poppins, The Amish, The Puritans, The Church Lady, Mr. Spock.

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