Enneagram

Enneagram (dreamlab adaptation)

The Enneagram is our own quick reflection on which motivational patterns show up for you. Nine patterns, about a minute. There are no right answers and no better direction; it is a mirror for your current style. Based on the widely described Enneagram framework.

Nine short sketches of common motivational patterns. Rate how much each one sounds like you. There are no right answers. Answer based on how things have actually been.

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  1. 1. The Reformer: You notice what is wrong before you notice what is right, and you push yourself and others toward better. The cost is rigidity: you can be harsh with yourself when things fall short of the mark you set.

  2. 2. The Helper: You move toward people by being useful, and you can lose track of your own needs while tending to theirs. The cost is emptiness: it is hard to ask for help when you are the one who gives it.

  3. 3. The Achiever: You adapt to whatever gets results, and you feel most alive when you are winning at something. The cost is hollowness: performance can become a mask, and slowing down feels like failure.

  4. 4. The Individualist: You feel drawn to what is missing or distant, and experience life in deep colour. The cost is longing: the ordinary present can feel flat compared to the intensity you know is possible.

  5. 5. The Investigator: You gather knowledge and space to feel safe, and you prefer observing to performing. The cost is isolation: the more you hoard energy and information, the less room there is for people to reach you.

  6. 6. The Loyalist: You scan for what could go wrong, and you are steadfast once trust is earned. The cost is anxiety: vigilance can become a full-time job, and authority is either a shelter or a threat.

  7. 7. The Enthusiast: You chase interesting possibilities and keep options open, and boredom feels like a trap. The cost is scatteredness: depth can get sacrificed for breadth, and hard feelings get outrun.

  8. 8. The Challenger: You move toward conflict rather than away from it, and you protect the vulnerable with ferocity. The cost is excess: control can harden into dominance, and neediness can feel like weakness to crush.

  9. 9. The Peacemaker: You merge with others to keep harmony, and your stubbornness shows up as passive resistance. The cost is disappearance: it is easy to forget what you wanted when everyone else is so loud.

A dreamlab construction. The Enneagram framework is described by many sources; this wording, selection and scoring are our own, not copied from any copyrighted instrument. Free for us to use and change.