Effective Communication With NLP & The Enneagram

It’s time to talk about the Enneagram again. From the diagram above, we see how the nine types are differentiated into their various groups, based on the triads, and energy levels. Let’s understand the triads first. As you can see here, the nine types are divided into three groups based on Instinct, Feeling and Thinking.

What this means is that personality types Eight, Nine, and One are more instinct driven. They use a lot of their instincts, or referential experience in their behaviour. This group also have an issue with aggression, or anger.

Personality types Two, Three and Four are feeling based people. They use a lot of their feelings, and this group have an issue with shame, or the way people look at them. Personality types Five, Six and Seven are the thinking group. So unlike the feeling group, they are more thinking based, and have an issue with fear.

The energy categories are slightly different. Types One, Two and Six belong to the compliant energy group. These three types are very compliant to their ideals in life. Types Three, Seven and Eight have an assertive and outgoing energy, while types Four, Five and Nine have withdrawn energy.

With this knowledge, you can profile people through elimination. The Enneagram is one personality profiling system that allows you to profile someone without the use of a questionnaire. Of course, you’ll need to know more about the different personality type, so stay tuned to this blog!