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Eight: The Confronter
| Deception: |
Need to conquer (Lust for life) |
| Pseudo-deception: |
Weakness |
| Antidote: |
Compassion |
| Pseudo-antidote: |
Being strong |
| Illusion of Reality: |
Power |
| Self-justification: |
"I will accomplish everything important." |
| Time Orientation: |
Work to make the future just |
| Approach to Problem Solving: |
Aggressive: "I accomplish." |
| Relationship to Life: |
Way of Subjugation: "I meet life head on." |
Questions
- Do you have clear and firm ideas about what is right and wrong in
situations
that are important to you?
- Do you generally find that you need to be alert for people with hidden
agendas?
- Do you find that the most irritating and difficult people to deal with
are those who beat around the bush and never directly say what is on their
minds?
- Would you agree that indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity
and therefore a valid argument against getting caught in group decision
making?
- Are you at ease in leadership positions and find them falling naturally
into your lap?
- Do you find that others often simply expect or assume that you will
take charge?
- Do you think of yourself as a practical person who understands what
it takes to get the job done?
- Are you the kind of person who is unafraid to take a stand against
injustice, especially injustice toward people who are unable to defend
themselves?
- Do you generally express your views just as intensely as you feel them
and even feel exhilirated in a discussion in which everyone disagrees?
Kathleen V. Hurley & Theodore E. Dobson
What's My Type?
Use the Enneagram System of Nine Personality Types to Discover Your Best
Self
HarperSanFrancisco, 1991, 186 pages
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