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Two: The Helper
| Deception: |
Capability (Pride) |
| Pseudo-deception: |
Neediness |
| Antidote: |
Humility |
| Pseudo-antidote: |
Helping |
| Illusion of Reality: |
Winning love |
| Self-justification: |
"I make others happy." |
| Time Orientation: |
Respond to the needs of the present |
| Approach to Problem Solving: |
Dependent: "I relate." |
| Relationship to Life: |
Way of Subjugation: "I meet life head on." |
Questions
- Are you so sensitive and responsive to the pain in people around you
that others might good-naturedly refer to you as a "mind reader"
or "psychic"?
- Do you find it difficult to limit the time or energy you spend when
others seem to need you?
- Do you struggle with organization in your personal life -- starting
many projects but following through on very few?
- Is it difficult for you to judge how much time is appropriate for youself
or others to focus on meeting personal needs without becoming selfish?
- Are you a flexible, accepting person who seldom, if ever, finds strictly
right or wrong answers to life's problems?
- In personal relationships, does your dedication to finding creative
ways of expressing your affection often collide with feelings of resentment
over being taken for granted?
- Do you quickly become agitated or "stressed out" when doing
tasks that focus on theoretical, objective issues that are devoid of any
interpersonal dimension?
- No matter where you are -- on the job, shopping, on vacation, at a
restaurant, at a party -- do you seem to attract people, even perfect
strangers,
who pour out their hearts or tell you their life stories?
- Do you gain a sense of personal fulfillment at helping others achieve
their goals?
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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