7 benefits of the enneagram

Discover the benefits of the Enneagram, a tool for personal and professional growth

We all perceive reality differently

Have you ever had a conversation with someone with whom you've shared an experience from your past and found that your memories and perspectives on the event are so different that it almost seems as if you haven't experienced the same event?

This relatively common effect is the result of the fact that our perception and attention are not
objective. Instead, depending on our personality and state of mind at the time of the event, we may notice different things and give them different meanings and interpretations.
This is one of the effects of our different paradigms or points of view, which are fundamentally influenced by our Enneagram type.

One quote reminds us that our perception is not the objective truth, but rather a slice of the whole truth, seasoned by our personal needs, concerns and beliefs.

Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Marcus Aurelius

The 7 advantages of the Enneagram?

To continue, I invite you to discover 7 advantages of the Enneagram as a tool to make our personal and professional exchanges more objective:

1. Your needs:
   Imagine that you routinely use paracetamol to treat tendonitis in your shoulder. It's bound to give you a few hours' relief! However, if you do kinetic sessions, massages with essential oils or specific exercises for your pain, the situation will undoubtedly heal more effectively and last longer. It's the same with the Enneagram: rather than using general formulas for all behaviour, find the formula that's right for your enneatype and your unique situation.
2. Identify and develop your Natural Leadership without having to change yourself:
   We all have different "superpowers" that are useful for developing a family or a team. If you identify your superpower, you'll find the confidence to serve yourself and strengthen your family or team.
3. Understand your unconscious motivations:
   Fear of conflict, escaping suffering, being loved and recognised, are just some of the unconscious motivations that drive your decisions and our actions in everyday life. Discovering and accepting them will help you to break out of your automatisms and feel truly free.
4. Identify your blind spots:
   "I never do that", "But that's not true! "I'm not like that! If these phrases often come back to your mouth, it's because others have surely spotted one of your blind spots. What about you? Do you know what they are and are you able to master them?
5. Increase your EQ - improve personal relationships:
   Emotional intelligence (EQ) is essential for healthy families and teams. Knowing your enneatype will enable you to be benevolent in your communication and to behave pleasantly with others. Similarly, knowing other people's enneatypes is essential for building better relationships and increasing your emotional intelligence.
6. Prevent conflict:
   When you take the time to get to know yourself, identify your blind spots and master the triggers that activate your anger, it will be more difficult to explode in mid-air and avoid hurting others with derogatory phrases.
7. Improve productivity and performance:
   When you know your strengths, as well as the way you act, think and feel, it's easier to position yourself in the team (or family) to be more effective and achieve better results in any type of project.