Enneagram:
Type Three


The Motivator is the achievement, success oriented person. The Motivator has a compulsive need to be productive and successful, and to avoid failure.

 

Ennea3.gif (10347 bytes)

[ Return to Enneagram Main Page ] [ Return to Enneagram Types ] [ Next ]

 


Features:

The Heart Center: Moves towards others - Out of touch with the center
Original Loss: "I was nothing - a failure."
Conflictual Emotion: Sadness
Decision: Being successful and achieving allows you to survive and be loved.
False Claim: "I do not fail. I always get the job done."
Four Adjectives: Self-assured and ambitious, but narcissistic and hostile.

Self-image: "I am successful."
Compulsion: To be a success. Always achieving.
Avoidance: Any hint of failure.
Sin: Deceit
Gift: Producing, bringing to reality in an expedient manner.
Two Wing: Warmer, more encouraging, sociable, and popular, and seductive
Four Wing: More introspective, sensitive, artistic, imaginative, and pretentious
Stress Point: 9 - Overwhelmed, spacing out, vegging out, blown fuses.
Security Point: 6 - Builders of work teams and organizations, loyal idealists, cautious, responsible.

Crossing the River: Wear their best and do attractive strokes.
Affirmation: "My feelings are as valuable as my accomplishments."


Descriptive Adjectives for High Functioning Threes

Admired

Practical 

Creative

Efficient

Accomplished

Impressive

Outstanding

Goal-Oriented

Motivator

Self-starter  

Empowering

Energetic

Highly Social

         Got it all Together  

Descriptive Adjectives for Average Functioning Threes:

Adaptable

  Career-Focused

Pragmatic

Opportunistic

Achiever

Ambitious

Image Conscious

Seeks Success

Competitive

Descriptive Adjectives for Low Functioning Threes

Calculating

Defensive 

Chameleon

Arrogant

Pretentious

Seeks Admiration

Self-deceptive 

Lacks Self Awareness

Self-promoting

Prestige Conscious

Denies and Avoids Failure


Famous Examples of Threes:

Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Jane Pauley, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Jodie Foster, Tony Robbins, Dick Clark, Sylvester Stallone, Sting, Paul McCartney, O.J. Simpson, Donald Trump, Michael Jordan, McDonald's, Federal Express, Hong Kong, USA.

[ Return to Enneagram Main Page ] [ Return to Enneagram Types ] [ Next ]