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Personality Type Three: The Motivator
The Self-Assured, Ambitious, Narcissistic, Psychopathic Person
| Childhood Origin: |
Connected to mother-figure. |
| Basic Fear: |
Of being rejected. |
| Basic Desire: |
To be accepted. |
| Healthy Sense of Self: |
I am desirable. |
| Characteristic Temptation: |
To be too competitive. |
| Characteristic Vice: |
Sloth in self-development. |
| Characteristic Virtue: |
Proper love of self. |
| Hidden Complaint: |
I am a superior person, and other people are jealous of me. |
| Key Defense Mechanisms: |
Repression, projection, displacement. |
Don Richard Riso
Understanding the Enneagram:
The Practical Guide to Personality Types
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990, 288 pages
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