Greetings, First name / reader:

 

I hope you enjoyed last week’s discussion of how to find your enneagram type. 

This week, I want to show you my enneagram test results and show you how I’m learning to interpret them in a way that boosts my productivity, self-esteem, and happiness. 

 

 

As this chart shows, I’m a clear type 4—the same type as Nicole, incidentally. While types 2, 3, and 4 depend on their emotional intelligence to understand their own reactions and connect with others, my type differs from types 2 and 3 based on its core desire and fear. This summary from the free Truity Personality Library says it all:

Fours are defined by their sense of being special and different from other people. They are often creative, and present a unique, distinctive persona to the people around them.

 

Fours experience a deep conflict in that they long to connect with others, but they feel that because they are so unusual, very few people are able to truly see them as they are.

 

Deepest Fear: Fours fear that they are flawed and are missing out on some basic aspect of happiness that other people have access to. To cope with this fear, they amplify what is different and special about themselves, looking for the niche in which they can truly be appreciated.

 

Core Motivations: Fours are motivated by their desire to express their individuality and to be unique. They do this through creative endeavors and by over identifying with the aspects of their personality that they view as lacking or deficient.

That all sounds pretty bleak, doesn’t it? It is. Still, every type of personality plays an important role in our society. If any one type were removed completely, humanity would lose a significant contribution to its very essence!

So, how have I learned to harness my fears and motivations to succeed in life? 

 

If you reread the “Deepest Fear” segment, you’ll notice that my type struggles deeply with envy. Envy, however, can soften into competition, and competition...is motivating. Have you ever done something just because someone said you couldn’t? You’re not alone. 

 

Additionally, my motivation to contribute something unique and significant to society keeps me going even in the darkest of times. No one else can do what I can in exactly the same way I’m going to do it—so I must do it, no matter how inconvenient my personal circumstances are. 

If you’re interested in learning more on this fascinating topic, please feel free to browse my Best Reads for Mental Health collection by clicking the button below.

I hope this message helps you to feel motivated and less alone today. By learning more about who you are and how you work, you can become your own best friend. 🌻

 

Nicole recently started a new feature in the Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Addicts group, entitled “Bad Review Wednesdays”. In this weekly column, she’ll post a riveting one-star review on a famous YA SFF book, and the group members will try to guess which book the review belongs to. Join the group now to play along!

A hunter seeking revenge. An alien dying to stop him. Could a government conspiracy put them both six feet under?

Investigator Bill Taggart’s wife is missing. He can only find her by confronting the World Government’s biggest fear: a dangerous alien species on a distant planet.

When his government sends him on a covert mission to deal with the threat, Bill ends up confronting one alien. He is disturbed that the natives are not what he expected, and may have nothing to do with his wife’s disappearance.

Worried he’s made a huge mistake, Bill reports back his findings, only for them to be ignored. No closer to finding his wife, the investigator stalls in his progress. But when he stumbles upon secrets that could destroy lives on both worlds, he is shocked into new action.

Caught between two sets of lies, Bill is no longer sure who he can trust. Can he stop chasing ghosts long enough to save humankind from the real enemy?

Genesis Code is the first novel in this dystopian society thriller. A perfect read if you enjoy incredible world building, complex characters, and disturbing secrets.

When Link is caught red-handed. 

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