Enneagram Type Indicator & My Results

What is Enneagram?

Don Riso has defined the Enneagram as "a geometric figure that delineates the nine basic personality types of human nature and their complex interrelationships."

The word Enneagram is of Greek origin and refers to a diagram with nine points or lines. "Enneagram" is the name of the system of knowledge as well as its symbol.

The Enneagram is an ancient teaching of mysterious origins which is said to represent every process of creation and renewal. The Enneagram is taught as a technology or system of human development, self-discovery, spiritual growth and self-actualization.

The Enneagram, today, is most often presented as a system of personality types. Each personality type is characterized by specific patterns of thought, speaking style, feelings, emotions, sensations, and belief systems which are universal to the type.

The Enneagram can be extremely useful to everyone as a source of self-knowledge because it acts as a kind of "mirror" to reveal features of our personality that normally are invisible to us. 

For more information check out the following links 
Sources: 
http://www.ennea.com/what_is.htm
http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/faqs.asp#6

To attend an Enneagram test : 
http://www.9types.com/rheti/index.php
http://enneagramquiz.com/quiz.html


My results:

Type 5 with a 6 wing : " The Scientist"
Trifix : 5w6, 1w2, 4w5

The Observer (the Five)
Observers have a need for knowledge and are introverted, curious, analytical, and insightful.
How to Get Along with Me

• Be independent, not clingy.
• Speak in a straightforward and brief manner.
• I need time alone to process my feelings and thoughts.
• Remember that If I seem aloof, distant, or arrogant, it may be that I am feeling uncomfortable.
• Make me feel welcome, but not too intensely, or I might doubt your sincerity.
• If I become irritated when I have to repeat things, it may be because it was such an effort to get my thoughts out in the first place.
• don't come on like a bulldozer.
• Help me to avoid my pet peeves: big parties, other people's loud music, overdone emotions, and intrusions on my privacy.

What I Like About Being a Five

• standing back and viewing life objectively
• coming to a thorough understanding; perceiving causes and effects
• my sense of integrity: doing what I think is right and not being influenced by social pressure
• not being caught up in material possessions and status
• being calm in a crisis

What's Hard About Being a Five

• being slow to put my knowledge and insights out in the world
• feeling bad when I act defensive or like a know-it-all
• being pressured to be with people when I don't want to be
• watching others with better social skills, but less intelligence or technical skill, do better professionally

Fives as Children Often

• spend a lot of time alone reading, making collections, and so on
• have a few special friends rather than many
• are very bright and curious and do well in school
• have independent minds and often question their parents and teachers
• watch events from a detached point of view, gathering information
• assume a poker face in order not to look afraid
• are sensitive; avoid interpersonal conflict
• feel intruded upon and controlled and/or ignored and neglected

Fives as Parents

• are often kind, perceptive, and devoted
• are sometimes authoritarian and demanding
• may expect more intellectual achievement than is developmentally appropriate
• may be intolerant of their children expressing strong emotions

My Enneagram Test Results

What did I learn Today?

Everyday we learn something new. What we learn might be amazing, useful, boring or even useless. Still, everyone learns something new every single day. 

Being an INTP, I don't follow a rigid routine. There are times when I while away time because I don't want to do anything and of course there are times when I work sincerely with massive amount of interest and energy. No matter how I spend my day, I learn something new with each passing day.

'What Did I Learn Today?' comprises of random facts, thoughts and feelings. When I stumble across something interesting I jot it down in my journal. 

Today is October 1,2013.What Did I Learn Today? 

1) The Top 10 most common Phobias : For those of you who want a formal definition for the word "phobia" : According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. 

Knowing more than a hundred phobias by name and having a few myself,  I wanted to find out what the most common phobias are. Below is a list of the most common phobias that people all over the world suffer from. 

• Arachnophobia : The fear of spiders
• Ophidiophobia : The fear of snakes
• Acrophobia : The fear of heights
• Agoraphobia: The fear of open spaces or crowded public places
• Cynophobia: The fear of dogs
• Astraphobia: The fear of thunder & lightning
• Nyctophobia: The fear of darkness
• Social phobia : Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
• Pteromerhanophobia: The fear of flying
• Mysophobia : Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.

Out of the ten phobias listed above,  the only one that I have is Arachnophobia. What are the phobias that you have?

2) Fun Facts about the number 77: I joined Yahoo! Answers recently and I have mixed opinions about it. There are a huge amount of people out there who use the site effectively and I do find a few trolls. 

I came across the following question in YA and being a mathematics graduate I definitely had a few points to give out. 

'Question: What is special about the number 77? '

I wanted to make sure if there were any other facts that I did not know already. On doing some internet searching I came across a few.

The compiled answer is given below.

1) If you add up the first 8 prime numbers you get the number 77 (2+3+5+7+11+13+17+19 = 77).

2) The number 77 is the number associated with Jesus Christ

3) 77 is the product of two consecutive primes ( 7 & 11)

4) 77 is the sum of three squares i.e 4^2+5^2+6^2

5) The smallest number with a persistence of 4: 7×7 = 49; 4×9 = 36; 3×6 = 18; 1×8 = 8.

6) 77 is the largest number that cannot be written as a sum of distinct numbers whose reciprocals add up to 1.

7) Any number having a abcabc numeral pattern is divisible by 77 (replace each letter with a digit. E.g. 123123)

3) The longest word without vowels ( in English) is : TWYNDYLLYNGS.

Twyndyllyngs is an archaic/obsolete word (of Welsh origin) which means 'twins', or, more accurately, it is a version of 'twinlings,' i.e. twins! 

English pronunciation 

singular:TWIN-dⁱling 

plural: TWIN-dⁱlingz 

Welsh pronunciation: T^uhWIN-d^eellings, with the 'double L' pronounced the Welsh way. 

This word is often cited as one of the longest 'no-vowels' words in the English language. However, although the five letters a,e,i,o,u, are always exclusively used as vowels, it should be noted that the letters w and y are also sometimes used to represent vowel sounds. 

Okay, What did you learn today ? 

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