Enneagram
Enneagram Type 7 — The Enthusiast
Spontaneous, versatile, acquisitive, and scattered. Core fear: being deprived or in pain. Core desire: to be satisfied and content.
Type 7s are driven by the need to experience pleasure and avoid pain. They're the most future-oriented Enneagram type, always planning the next exciting thing.
At their best, Sevens are joyful, grateful, and able to find profound meaning in simple moments. At their worst, they become escapist, impulsive, and unable to sit with negative emotions. Their growth path involves learning to be present with discomfort.
Careers: entrepreneurship, travel, marketing, event planning, sales, comedy, and creative industries.
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Enneagram
A personality system describing nine core types based on fundamental motivations, fears, and desires. Each type has two "wings" (adjacent types), and growth/stress integration points.
Enneagram Type 1 — The Reformer
Principled, purposeful, self-controlled, and perfectionistic. Core fear: being corrupt or defective. Core desire: to be good, ethical, and balanced.
Enneagram Type 2 — The Helper
Generous, demonstrative, people-pleasing, and possessive. Core fear: being unloved. Core desire: to be loved and needed.
Enneagram Type 3 — The Achiever
Adaptable, excelling, driven, and image-conscious. Core fear: being worthless. Core desire: to be valuable and admired.
Enneagram Type 4 — The Individualist
Expressive, dramatic, self-absorbed, and temperamental. Core fear: having no identity or significance. Core desire: to be unique and authentic.