Though you’re probably more familiar with Meyers-Briggs, there’s another personality test by the name of Enneagram. I stumbled across it a few days ago, and since I love online quizzes, I spent a few minutes filling it out.
Personally, I found it way more accurate than than my assigned Meyers-Briggs type. According to my scores, I’m Type 1 — The Reformer with a twist of Type 9 — The Peace Maker.
The skinny on Reformers:
Ones have a “sense of mission” that leads them to want to improve the world in various ways, using whatever degree of influence they have. They strive to overcome adversity—particularly moral adversity—so that the human spirit can shine through and make a difference. They strive after “higher values,” even at the cost of great personal sacrifice.
History is full of Ones who have left comfortable lives to do something extraordinary because they felt that something higher was calling them. . .
Ones are people of practical action—they wish to be useful in the best sense of the word. On some level of consciousness, they feel that they “have a mission” to fulfill in life, if only to try their best to reduce the disorder they see in their environment. . .
Ones are actually activists who are searching for an acceptable rationale for what they feel they must do. They are people of instinct and passion who use convictions and judgments to control and direct themselves and their actions.
Since no one is completely defined by their dominant personality type, they typically take on some of the characteristics of a neighboring type or wing. In my case, I exhibit some behavior similar to that of The Peace Maker.
More interestingly, we are also driven by our instincts. For this system, people all have some level of self-preservation, sexual, and social instincts; one typically dominates.
Mine is self-preservation.
Self-Preservation types tend to be concerned with food, money, housing, medical matters, and physical comfort. Moreover, those primarily focused on self-preservation, by extension, are usually interested in maintaining these resources for others as well.
It’s no wonder I have a deep commitment to equality and social justice for all. I am wired to want everyone to be provided for in a way that allows the entire community to thrive.
You can read a bit more about how this personality system is structured at the Enneagram Institute.
What type(s) are you? Take the quiz and find out.
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