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I posted on the thread, "Am I a 1 or 4". It got me to thinking. On Myers-Briggs, I usually score close to 50/50 on Extrovert/Introvert, and close to 50/50 on 2 other scales. I just did the RHETI test with 36 questions. The results were not definitive. All it says for sure is I am not an 8 or 2 - duh! Highest score was a 6 for type3. I got a score of 5 for 5 types. So I think that many people just dont fit into these nice categories. Perhaps that is my 4 coming out, but I think the world in general would be a lot better if people didnt need to think that everyone was just like themselves, and that on most factors, personality is on a continuum.
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 8 Type 9
5 2 6 4 5 5 5 1 3
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 8 Type 9
5 2 6 4 5 5 5 1 3
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Re: Fitting into a box
Thu, December 28, 2006 - 2:15 AMThe important thing to remember is that the Enneagram is a tool - nothing more. It just gives you information to work with.
That said, perhaps one of the longer tests would be more helpful. As would be looking more closely at all the traits of the type - not just the positive ones, but the negative ones as well.
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Re: Fitting into a box
Thu, December 28, 2006 - 11:08 AMThe ironic thing is that Fours, theoretically, tend to be the most likely to despise being put in boxes...
Threes, as I am to understand, tend to be focused on image, which is why Three tends to be strongly represented among TV news anchors and such. I may be misremembering this, but I'm pretty sure I'm not. Because of their alleged comfortability with conformity, I wouldn't expect a Three to be unhappy with the notion of being put in a box.
Categories are never for fitting into: they are for providing frameworks for exploration, based on observable trends which may or may not be borne out in the future. Typology Is Not Destiny, no matter what any astrologer should tell you...
So thinks one person...
