SELF KNOWLEDGE IS THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT
The Enneagram is a geometric symbol that gives us insight in our psychological drives in a very practical and thorough manner.
It describes 9 basic personality types and their potential characteristics. This century old model is an excellent instrument to come to self knowledge.

DRIVES
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if many more people would become aware of the drives that encourage them to their own specific ways and determine their world view?

It is absolutely worth while to discover what drives you. Our drives determine how we look at ourselves, others and life and why we make certain choices. Discover and come to know your Enneagram type and you will become aware of aspects of yourself of which you had little or no conscious knowledge. Suddenly you understand why you behave the way you do and why things in life happen. And just because of this self knowledge and insight you get the pleasant feeling that you have much more influence on your life that you thought you did!!

As long as you are not aware of your type and therefore do not know your unconscious drives, you repeat yourself, often without knowing it, until the end of days.
In a robot-like way you keep doing what you once taught yourself, even if that does not work anymore for you or even works against you. Because you do most things on ‘automatic pilot’, you live in a kind of trance. Because of that, life reminds you more often of surviving than of living. That is altogether a shame and unnecessary. You do not only deprive yourself but also others, and you make life, without realizing it, unnecessarily complicated.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Once you know the vicious circle of your type, you will understand how you keep yourself a prisoner and you will be able to break out of the circle. Getting to know your drives by recognizing and acknowledging your Enneagram type is the first step on your way to freedom!

Knowledge of your Enneagram type gives you insight in your qualities, challenges, allergies and pitfalls. Working with the Enneagram shows you what makes you go into your pitfalls and even into your own allergies but also shows you the way out!!

You can use the knowledge of the Enneagram for everything, certainly also in your working and private life. Not only can you manage yourself better if you know who you are, interacting with others can be done also more efficiently. Furthermore it helps a lot if you know which drives motivate your colleagues and family members and what the internal patterns are in a group. This enhances the communication tremendously! People often become milder and more tolerant once they have come to know the other’s world view and understand why the other acts the way he does.

PIGEON-HOLE?
Not only the Enneagram where you find your drives, but also your background, environment, history, gender, looks and a lot more things influence who you are. You will always be unique even though you are driven by the same drives as millions of other people.

Balance in your life however depends on the degree of awareness of your drives (and unconscious mechanisms) and the way you deal with this knowledge.

By becoming aware of your Enneagram type you get the key to open the door and free yourself out of the pigeon-hole in which you have – unconsciously - put yourself so long ago.
Please don’t pigeon-hole this amazingly accurate and respectful model on beforehand and let it surprise you by its versatility!

The Enneagram is a very accessible model and easy to understand for those who so desire. What you need is an open attitude and the willingness to look into yourself honestly. Every insight you gain about yourself, ultimately makes you happier.

Discover your type and a whole new world opens up! Already from the start you can benefit from this discovery and the positive effects will be noticeable. And that is very motivating!