![]() As the 7 is constantly engaged with people, they are continuously synthesizing and promoting fun ideas, making people happy, all of which results in them being liked. Like the honey in the beehive, it is often the amalgam of many different ideas picked up over dozens of conversations. Type 7s often do not know from where a specific idea came. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. As the 7 succeeds in restoring a positive environment, anxiety recedes, and the cycle begins again, back and forth on their Creativity Seesaw.Ĭreativity is just connecting things. They can become quite determined in their pursuit of positivity, a dynamic that can resemble the doggedness of Type 1. This negativity prompts the 7 to reach into their beehive of ideas and start promoting those ideas that will restore a positive attitude towards them. This processing of ideas can very much resemble the thoughtful behaviors of the analytical Type 5, and the 7 has access to this dynamic especially when their anxiety levels are low.Įnneagram Type 7 Inspiration: Collecting and Synthesizing IdeasĮnneagram Type 7 Action: Dogmatically Promoting Their IdeasĪnxiety levels increase for the 7 when there is negativity in the environment, especially if someone is unhappy with them. They collect these ideas and talk about them with others to see which ideas get the most positive reaction. They are always on the alert for ideas to make others happy. Type 7s are talkative, charming and amusing. To minimize their anxiety levels, Type 7s strive to create a positive environment so that they can be liked.Īs the 7 engages with others, they seek to make those around them happy. Type 7’s anxiety levels depend on their relationships with those around them, and specifically on whether or not those relationships are positive. Type 7 is in the Enneagram’s Thinking or Head Center, the underlying issue for which is anxiety. The seesaw’s fulcrum represents each Enneagram type’s intrinsic motivation, and higher fulcrum height represents higher motivation and deeper swings between inspiration and action. ![]() Each type has a distinct seesaw on the playground. In Chapter 5 of my book Teamwork 9.0-Successful Workgroup Problem Solving Using the Enneagram, a playground seesaw represents the back-and-forth motion between inspiration and action for each Enneagram type. Direction of arrow is path of integration opposite of arrow is path of disintegration Creativity SeesawĮnneagram Type 7 brings tremendous positive energy to problem-solving teams. Type 7s creative process tips back and forth between collecting ideas and promoting ideas. That determination can resemble behaviors of Type 1 which lies on the 7’s path of disintegration. When things become less positive, the 7 becomes determined and focused on restoring positivity. The 7 can stay in this state as long as everyone is happy and having fun. This process of collecting ideas resembles behaviors of Type 5 along the 7s path of integration. Maya Angelou Inspiration-ActionĮnneagram Type 7s are continually looking for the next fun thing to do which makes this type very open to ideas for new things to try out. The creative process for Type 7 is like making honey! ![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than pollen from flowers, they pick up ideas from people as they go from person to person throughout the day. Enneagram Type 7s are the honeybees of the Enneagram. ![]()
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