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I've never taken this before. I took mine before watching this video and got a 2 . Wing is 2w3 or 3w2. The top three from most to least are Helper, Achiever, and Peacemaker. I really love how you mentioned the "gift curse" thing. They do have downsides and that is a really complex approach. I have another video on the calculating and central self, and either directions in the levels seems like that idea too.. This is really intriguing. Definitely checking out that podcast episode on 9s! Maybe this is why I love leadership images so much. Type 2 - 9.4 Type 3 - 9 Type 9 - 8.7 Type 1 - 8 Type 4 - 6 Type 8 - 5.4

Matthew J Palka

I am a 7. It has been a while since I took the test and looked at any Ennegram material, but that website really hit it on the head. Pain avoidance, wanting my needs met,. yep, that is so me. Some things from the site that really hit me hard; "They do not feel that they know what to do or how to make choices that will be beneficial to themselves and others." or "Sevens cope with the loss of Essential guidance by using the “trial and error” method: they try everything to make sure they know what is best. On a very deep level, Sevens do not feel that they can find what they really want in life". Wow, that was one two punch of truth. I have been struggling lately trying not be my worse self, but looking at the levels of development I saw many from level six.. I am hoping that The personal growth recommendations will be of help towards me becoming closer to my best self. Thanks a bunch for sharing the link and doing the Video. Love and Peace to you friend.

"Your gift is also your curse", This is so accurate.

I agree with your view on tests. Personality is more complicated than do you feel x and think y. Choices and feelings depends on your surroundings and the circumstances so every question puts you into a box with 2 or 3 ways out when in an actual scenario there is 50 ways out. in the end, labels are just labels and there are never enough of them to fully capture the complicated-ness of the human experience. as for video ideas What do you think about apathy, and how often do you feel apathetic? I find myself apathetic most of the time, and i think that potentially it is in some way ruining my experience of life. I'm usually not invested in my actions or media etc. so things are rarely rewarding or frustrating, leading me to have a very placid life experience. Which i guess is neither good or bad, but comparing my experience to others(which is certainly a terrible thing to do) it seems like, though i certainly dont have an unhappy life, if i was less apathetic , my life would be more interesting/fun. This kinda rolls its self into a lot of other emotions as well. pride, jealousy/envy, love, etc. so many of theses emotions seem muted to me. What do you think about all of this?

I've taken a couple of these tests and i feel like i get different answers everytime that i agree with parts of and can totally see myself as at least part of the time. I basically agree with all of your major points, i think all these tests should be gateways to better understand what motivations there are, not to define all of humankind into 9 categories or 16 letters.

One topic I'd love to hear being talked about is how trying to help others being optimistic but being unable to be optimistic ourselves and how we could work on just improving that. If that makes any sense lol