Enneagram Type 1: The Perfectionist

The Way of Thinking and Acting

Enneagram type 1 is conscientious and focused on how things can be done correctly and preferably perfectly. Perfectionists often react promptly if something is not right. They have developed a powerful internal critic, who keeps their feelings and needs in place; to such a degree that they rather do what the internal critic tells them is correct instead of what they really feel like doing. Type One gets great satisfaction from doing a good piece of work. Focus is on details, order and structure.

Contributions:

Enneagram type 1 have a well developed love of order and their moral standards are high. They follow the rule "duty before pleasure" which means they put in a great work effort and do not give up until the job is done.

Preferences:

Enneagram type 1 prefer clearly defined parameters and plain guidelines in order to know what is required to do the job correctly. Clear procedures and an established agenda bring about security and help make the day's work easier.

Resources:

• Persistent
• An eye for details
• Practical sense
• Gets the job done

Change in state of stress

When Enneagram type 1 are stressed and become insecure, you gain access to too many feelings and think about all the other times when it did not go well either. At the same time you are very much aware of how others feel about you.

Change when resourceful

When Enneagram type 1 are confident and feel resourceful and secure, you get a lot of ideas and you like to organize arrangements and dream of things, you would like to do some time.

• You may be a type One if the following sounds familiar to you:
• You often think about how things could be done in a better way.
• You try very much to avoid mistakes and things that are painful and bad.
• You have high moral standards.
• You emphasize practical virtues: Work, honesty, efforts and qualifications.
• You have a strong inner critic which lets you know what is right and what is wrong.
• Your inner critic is resentful and controls your feelings and your needs.
• You experience anger or resentment when others get away too easily with things they do.
• You may worry when making decisions – because you are not certain if it is the right thing to do or not.
• You have an intuitive sense of how perfect things could be.

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