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A Brief Personal Introduction to the Enneagram

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The first in a series of posts about my favorite personality test

Here is the life story of nearly everyone. You are born into a hostile, uncertain world. If you’re lucky, at first, things are pretty cozy when you’re a baby. But you’re hardly aware of that—all you know is the sharp pang of uncomplicated needs, followed by their resolution. Mostly you’re aware of an undifferentiated fuzz, cooing noises, the touch of your loved ones. Following this, though, the inception of your maturing awareness, unfortunately, corresponds with the disruption of your coziness. Around the time it becomes clear that there are other minds, it’s also clear that the owners of…

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