SPEAKER_00 0:01

Have you ever read about your Enneagram type in a book, or maybe came across a description on a meme? And maybe it happens often where you read that thing and you think, gosh, I feel pretty confident that this is the type I'm I am. However, a lot of this just doesn't resonate. I don't see myself in this. I may actually see myself more in the behaviors of another type, but I know that that's probably not my dominant Enneagram type. That happens a lot of times when we forget to take into consideration the second layer of the Enneagram, which is the instinctual biases. And this is a series that we are in the middle. So if you are joining us for the first time, welcome. We have covered an overview. We have covered our preserving. We've started to introduce the transmitting. We're going to round that out today. And then you have the navigating bias to look forward to in the future. If you are a returning listener, welcome back. This episode today will be all about it'll be a very specific episode pairing each of the nine types and then overlaying it with the transmitting energy. And for some of the types, this will be the textbook type. This will be the type that you read. They, you know, if they are seven, this will that they are very seven here. However, there are some, like our type fives, that um it's almost uh kind of opposite energies coming together. And so a five may not normally see themselves represented in books and social media content and in blogs because that description is maybe being represented with one of the other subtypes and that make them even more five. And so I really like bringing in the instinctual bias to these conversations in the typing process in the very beginning to help reduce confusion and provide some clarity as to what type you really are. And I really like to bring it in along and even further into an Enneagram journey because it does provide a lot more um specific guidance for areas of opportunity for growth. It provides additional insight about a teammate and about your team in general, about your organization in general. So wherever you are in your Enneagram journey, huge fan of digging deeper into the instinctual biases. And today we are going to look at what does it look like? What does it mean to be a type fill in the blank with a preserving instinctual bias? So when you're ready, I'll see you on the other side. I'm your host, Sarah Wallace, and I'm looking forward to diving into this week's episode with you. Before we dive into the specifics of each of these nine types, um, just I will say it, I've said it before, and I'll say it one more time, and I'll probably say it again when we cover navigators. Um, the instinctual bias is the thing that we tend to value, the priority of what we see as most important, where our attention just naturally goes to. And then our type is the way that we get that need, that priority uh met. So for example, let's say we have a transmitting seven and a transmitting six. Um the seven who's striving to feel excited that really values this transmitting energy of wanting to leave a legacy, um, wanting to get their ideas seen, wanting to make an impact, they will find uh excitement. They will use the ability to get excited to get that value, um, to get that priority, to get that need of that transmitting bias met. A type six, on the other hand, is striving to feel safe and secure. So they might find safety and security in being able to leave a legacy and being able to be remembered. Now, this is kind of almost conflicting energy a little bit. We're gonna talk about that in just a few minutes. Um, but that is kind of an example of that relationship between what is the bias and then how does that, what's the relationship with the type? The bias is kind of the what? What are we focusing on? And then the type is the strategy that we tend to use most often to get to that priority. Okay. With that said, we started at one, we start a lot with type one over here on the podcast. And I know that, and when I think of it and when I remember, I try try to switch it up. And so I thought I'm thinking of it today, so let's let's switch it up and let's start with our type six, since we just brought that one up, and then we'll we'll go around uh starting from type six, ending with type five. And so, what does it mean to be a transmitting six? This type is secure transmitting, and they um you might have heard this type called the counterphobic version. So there's that fight, flight, freeze. They say that these in in a state of fear, and so you know, sixes are all about, you know, safety, security, um, and that that kind of interesting relationship with fear, which we all have, and it is a very healthy relationship with fear because it keeps us safe, it keeps us alive, most importantly. Um, so there is there is no weakness, um, or I should say, having a healthy dose of fear is not is not necessarily weak. Um, our sexes get a get a reputation for that. I know, but it it is a good thing, it keeps us alive. Now, our preserving sixes that we talked about last time, they are kind of the ultimate sixes. When you read the preserving description, I see a lot of six, see a little bit of one. And so when you overlay preserving with a type six, like this is the six that you are probably reading about in memes and in textbooks. Now, when you pair the type six with transmitting, which is we talked about low inhibition. Um, typically, sixes are known for having, you know, uh risk avoidance or very focused on managing risk, and they prefer safety, security. Um, they're gonna be a little bit more conservative. Now, the transmitting type, that energy is almost the opposite. They are go big, they want to leave a legacy, let's make a big impact. We want to change the world, we want to leave a dent in the universe. Um, I want to let people look at me, kind of pay attention to me. Whereas some sixes um that can feel that could feel unsafe to have that attention on them. So you pair this. It's a really, it's a really interesting um combination. And so these sixes are very much driven by that need to feel safe and secure. Their go-to strategy is I want to feel safe and secure. However, they are really focused on those transmitting components, and so they will look like an eight sometimes, more than a six. This is a common mistyping six versus eight. And so if you happen to have uh a six and an eight in your top results of an assessment or your torn between those two, um, understanding the transmitting six could provide some clarity as to what you are. Um, probably you are a transmitting six. A lot of times, eights um don't confuse themselves with a transmitting six, it tends to be the other way around. Um, but this will hopefully give you some additional clues. Now, under stress, rather than run or rich reat, um, they can be paranoid, but they can also be kind of combative. So that's where that kind of that fight, that aggressive, that that um, you know, they that that that's that look alike, like an eight energy, where that will come up. This is probably one of the more misunderstood types. Um they can also be incredibly charismatic, they can be bold, um, they can be inspiring, they can be influential and persuasive again, a lot like an eight potentially. Um, but at the end of the day, they are using that strategy to feel safe and secure to go after uh this value of attracting and bonding with the instinctual bias here of transmitting. Um, at work, they may have challenges collaborating with people they don't trust. Um, this is very much the type um that is going to say, I'll trust you once you give me a reason to trust you, not I'll trust you until you give me a reason not to trust you. No, no, no. You need to earn that trust first. And so um, sixes in general can be skeptical. They don't mind um asking those questions most of the time, questioning authority, um, you know, questioning who to trust. And so it just looks a little bit more aggressive in this type of six because of the transmitting bias here. In leadership, their style is often inspiring, very charismatic, very passionate about whatever cause they are working on, whatever project they're working on. Um, and we talked about they can be mistyped for an eight, sometimes a three. Um, but I see this very much an eight and a six mistyping, usually, um, usually though, just kind of that one way, you know, the six thinking maybe I'm an eight because my behaviors look like an eight. Okay, we spent a lot of time on that one because that does tend to be um a difficult one to find yourself in if you if you do resonate with the transmitting six. And I've heard from a a lot of sixes initially they had trouble in the typing processes, the typing process. But once they kind of understood this dynamic, it was very clear. Okay, yes, I'm a six, but I'm I'm this kind of six. Um, okay, moving on, we have our type seven transmitters. This is excited transmitting. So this is probably gonna be your textbook seven, the most obvious seven. Um, whatever stereotypes you you see or read about, sevens, this one's gonna fit the mold the most. They tend to be highly extroverted, very charming. Uh, they tend to love to talk. They these they're gonna make excellent salespeople, they're gonna be really creative, um, just really energized. Uh, they're gonna have this ability to see connections between things that others miss. And in work, though, with all of this energy and we all have our things, a core challenge for our transmitting seven specifically is distractability. It's just there's so much excitement. There's so many things that we could do to leave an impact that we could um move the ball forward on, or you know, push, push, uh, push things down uh the field, or I'm given all these sports analogies, but move move the needle and make a big impact. Um, and there's so many things to get excited about, and it can be hard to narrow down your attention to just one of those things and focus. Sevens already have that struggle, and then you pair in this transmitting energy, it can be extra difficult. Our leadership style for our transmitting sevens is to set an incredibly inspiring vision, a big vision, gets people excited. Uh, they're good at finding people to fulfill it and make it happen while they kind of then move on to the next big and exciting idea. Sometimes this type seven is pretty clearly a seven, although sometimes they may get mistyped um initially as an eight, maybe, maybe a four. Our type eights are powerful transmitting here. The again, like our sevens, they are the most stereotypical eights. So when you read a textbook, or textbook, when you read a book, when you read a description, when you hear something about a type eight, this is gonna be your very, like this is probably the eight that you're reading about. Um, they are bold, they have this large presence, they are vivacious, they are charismatic, they might be a little loud, also incredibly extroverted. Um, these are known as kind of your dynasty builders. They're also gonna be the most aggressive out of all 27 subtypes here. Um they are filled with a lot of energy, they give off a lot of energy, they have a lot of energy. Eights in general tend to have the most energy out of all the types, anyway. And out of the eights, the three eights are transmitting eights, have a lot of energy, have a lot of confidence to make things happen. They know that their big ideas are gonna happen. At work, they might uh run into challenges around collaboration, uh, working with others, and and sometimes specifically working with other strong people. It can it can be a challenge occasionally. Their leadership style tends to be really inspirational, um, really motivational, kind of this take the hill. I've heard it called like patonesque, general patentesque kind of style leadership. Um I don't know that this one gets mistyped a lot. Like this is pretty much like you know, if you identify with this, like it's pretty clear you're an eight. Um, but if we had to to pick one, maybe maybe a seven might occasionally uh mistype themselves or or vice versa. Next we have peaceful transmitting with our nines who are striving to feel at peace. Um, these tend to be a little bit more image conscious, maybe, than the other nine types. Um, and that makes sense because one of the subcategories is this signaling category where it's kind of dress to impress. I want to, I want to signal that, you know, I have the resources, I want to signal that I have the health, I want to signal that I have the uniqueness, I want to signal that I have the ability to do whatever it is I want to do. And so they may just be a little more, pay a little bit more attention and be a little bit more conscious about their image, whereas the other two nines may probably aren't necessarily thinking about it as much. Um, this type tends to be a little bit more ambitious, outgoing, and probably a little bit more assertive than the other two nines. And this is another pairing where, so we had our six, where it was like kind of opposite pairing. Um, our seven kind of double down, our eight doubled down with the transmitting energy. This is like the six where we kind of have two competing. I want to strive to feel at peace, but I also want to make an impact and leave a legacy and do big things and might have a bit bolder, bigger personality. And so it's almost, it's almost uh, it's like again, this I yes, I am striving to feel at peace at the end of the day, but I may end up looking maybe a little bit more like an eight or a three or a seven, maybe even a two. Sometimes are mistypings here. Um, because I don't this type isn't necessarily going to be your textbook nine that you read about. They can be combative, they are they are more comfortable than the other two, being more direct. Um, but they also um, you know, are are still very much, you know. I want to keep the peace, but I am okay if we have to have a difficult conversation in order to get to that peaceful place. Um, at work, they may kind of vacillate between being really assertive at one moment and then completely withdrawing in the next. So it may be like it may be kind of hard to understand this type of nine, what to expect. It might be a little bit more um difficult. They they still, you know, at the end of the day, they're striving to feel at peace. So, yes, they might be direct. Um, yes, they might be assertive. They don't want to upset people close to them. They're gonna be a little bit more reluctant. Um, and so maybe when that happens, if they do, they're gonna have to withdraw. Um, or maybe they just they just need to withdraw sometimes. But it's gonna be, again, kind of almost opposites here, competing, assertiveness with that, the the withdrawal that typical nines will sometimes do. Um, leadership style, their leadership style is this combination of charm and conjoling and being really supportive while also really being driven, driving themselves, the team, the department, the organization. Um, so we talk about how nines make incredible leaders. No, all types can be incredible leaders. This is gonna be um, maybe, maybe this drive is gonna be feel a little bit more natural or come a little bit more easily for this type of nine. All right. Uh continuing to go around the circle here. We have our type one striving to feel perfect, perfect transmitting. This is gonna be your most intense one. Uh, this type is uh kind of I I was uh I was gonna give some examples here and I forgot, but we'll start with this one. So this is kind of like your uh, I always think of Captain America. Uh he this is kind of an ultimate one, I think, of Captain America. But if he if we had to give him an instinctual bias, this would probably be it. They tend to be very vocal with their opinions, you know, can be a little quick to dismiss other opinions because they are so um, they stand in such conviction of their own kind of what's right and wrong, and they they vocalize it, they let people know where they're at. They can be a little rigid um with themselves, but also in their expectations of others. Like they just they think, you know, the world could be better, you could be doing better, and not from a place of like like oh, you're you're wrong necessarily, but look at all this potential. Look how much, yes, we're good, but we can be even greater. We could, it's kind of this like inspiring, inspirational. I when it's used correctly, kind of this inspirational, listen, I know you got more in you, I know you could do more. Um, and on the flip side of that though, they could drive others a little too hard. Um, and maybe even themselves. Um, but this this type tends to really, when you're pairing that transmitting with legacy, leaving, impacting the world, changing the world, um, it tends to be kind of more zoomed out, more on like a micro taking the world from good to great versus let's take this procedure or let's take myself from good to great. Yes, they they want that, but it's more on like we can all as a collective world change and make make things better. Um, at work, a challenge might be to struggle, struggling to see others' point of views. And then their leadership style tends to be rallying the group, rallying the part department, and really appealing to people's sense of duty and responsibilities. Like, listen, it's our job to, you know, be the watchdog for the world. We need to, you know, these people need us. Um, we need to step it up. Sometimes they may be mistyped for an eight, maybe a three, maybe a six. Um, and this is one that I would say isn't maybe necessarily direct opposites. I think the the preserving one is kind of the textbook one. So maybe you don't see yourself um completely in those descriptions if you identify with the transmitting one. Um, but there are some there are some similarities with this one. It's not complete opposite. Um, are type two, striving to feel connected, connected. The transmitting, um, it's really interesting because the two and the transmitter want to be connected. So this is an example, another example, like our seven, like our eight, where you kind of double down on your type energy and the instinctual bias energy, and you kind of get the ultimate, the ultimate uh type here. Um, both of the those energies want to be connected. So the this type tends to be classically extroverted. Um, they're really able to draw people in and make them feel special, make them feel seen, make them feel like, you know, we have a connection here. Um, they can be really passionate, but they can also be highly dramatic at times. Uh there this type might experience wide mood shifts. And at work, uh a challenge could be uh is probably going to be around kind of maintaining some emotional consistency. Um, you know, uh, twos. This this is sometimes something on their opportunities for growth list is this, and then you throw in that transmitting component and and you just it it makes sense. It's not an excuse, but it makes sense why this might be a challenge for our transmitting twos. Um, the leadership style here ebbs and flows, uh, kind of between encouraging and really inspiring, and then it can dip into being demanding and intimidating, and then it can go back to being encouraging and inspiring and then dip in and out. Um, and then common mistypes here may be a type eight. Again, probably a two wondering if they're an eight versus an eight wondering if they're a two, although um gender can can add another layer of complexity in here. Sometimes uh women especially will struggle between this two and an eight. Um, and then you throw in the transmitting two. So there's definitely some some reflection that will be needed here. Um, and then sometimes a four. Moving on to our type three, striving to feel outstanding, outstanding transmitting can look like an eight because they may be a little bit more aggressive than the other threes. However, a key difference between the three and the eight energy is going to be the anxiety that our transmitting threes display or feel inside because they have this desire still for success, yes, for legacy leaving, yes, but also for approval, like all of our threes. Um, eights are much less concerned with what other people think. So our transmitters in general, we talked about low inhibition in the last episode. They don't really spend a lot of time on what other people think. So this three will have some of that, maybe less concerned, but it's still very much going to be there. So maybe you're, you know, deciding am I a three, am I an eight? Transmitting three might be something to dig into a bit more and really be honest with that piece of you know, how much do you care about other people's opinions? Um, this type tends to be the most focused out of all 27 types on drawing attention to themselves and how they look, how are they perceived? At work, their challenge might be reigning in their ambition a bit. So, like, you know, and a three listening to this might think, well, gosh, how can it, how is it possible to have too much ambition? Um, it's just, you know, again, questioning, being honest. What is that doing to your health? What is that doing to your relationships? If you're constantly operating at a level 10 ambition at work, um, is there an opportunity to put that ambition into your, you know, your romantic relationship, your your health? Um, so just something to be aware of and consider. Um, their leadership style tends to be really inspiring. Um, but sometimes others can feel like it's more about the leader. It's about how they're looking, about the awards, about the promotion, about the raise that they're gonna get. And the team can feel like this this person's out for themselves. They don't really care about us. No, they can be incredibly inspiring to the team. It'll just be that awareness and kind of dialing it in as needed. Um, sometimes we talked about they can be mistyped as an eight, maybe a seven at times as well. Our type four unique transmitting source fours are striving to feel unique. Um, this type is very intense, very dramatic, also incredibly driven and ambitious. They are, you know, this is again, this is the Steve Jobs type right here. They want to birth something new. It is their core driver to do something that has never been done before, that's gonna leave an impact, a lasting impact. They will be remembered, their work will be remembered. Um, they can be incredibly productive. So they might be confused as a three initially because fours have that reputation with being a little bit more withdrawn, maybe slow to act. This type, no, very productive. Um, but they're still have that four energy. So there may be periods of withdrawing similar to our nines and going inward and kind of hiding out, hibernating, maybe just recharging is a better word. Um, at work, their challenges can be one of the challenges can be tolerating other people's slower pace and lack of creativity. And I know in some of the movies that we've seen about Steve Jobs, read about his life, this was definitely something that people uh had had said about him, you know, his impatience um for things like this. Leadership style is going to be very focused on the vision, they're gonna push people hard. And so they may end up looking like a three, they could look like an eight, they could look like a one, maybe even a little bit of a seven. So if any of these are ones you're kind of teetering between, you want to think, why do I do what I do? And then how does this instinctual bias impact the way that I show up? And then lastly, type five, striving to feel detached, detached, transmitting. Um, these are again two opposite energies coming together. So these are not going to be the fives that you most likely are reading about or hearing about. These are your atypical fives. They have this very aggressive push side, and then also a withdrawn side, this remote side. Again, transmitting coming with the type five. Um, they are very driven, um, they have a very strong desire to test the status quo, very creative. You're thought leaders here. A work challenge for transmitting fives might be this just tendency to immediately fall into the expert role. So rather than maybe getting curious or asking questions, they just kind of feel like, oh, I automatically know all the answers here. I'm the expert here, I know what to do. Listen to me. Um, their leadership style can be leading by dazzling others with their intellect. So look at how much I know, look how I'm able to come up with these solutions to all these complex problems and kind of lead it that way. Now, sometimes they may be mistyped as a six, maybe an eight, um, maybe a seven, even. Do you notice that there were a lot of uh a lot of these had some type of eight energy and in some of the common mistypings? And I think that just goes back to last time when we paired the preserving energy, there was a lot of mistypes that that were around the one. It's like you could be, you could be a seven or a one, you could be a four or a one uh with that preserving energy. And this one, the eight energy really stands out, and so it's like you could be a five or an eight, you know, almost exact opposites. But when you overlay that transmitting energy that has a lot of just common eight tendencies, um, that makes sense why there may be some confusion in the top, the typing process there. Now, if you are new in your Enneagram journey and still trying to figure out your type, and this is maybe helping, but also maybe confusing a little bit still, um, and you're wanting some help, or you are along in your Enneagram journey and you just want to understand, wait a minute, I think I know my type, but I'm not sure what my instinctual bias is, or did I get my type right? I thought I was this type for all this time, but now as we're talking about overlaying an instinctual bias, that kind of that could that could tell a different story. That could explain something different. Maybe I'm actually another type. Either way, um, we are starting to offer our Enneagram typing sessions again, our one-on-one for people who are outside of the organizations that we're working with. So people like you, the podcast listener. Um, I have a team member going through the awareness to action uh curriculum as we speak and is soon going to be ready to start helping with some of these typing sessions. So I'm going to invite you to head over to EnneagramMba.com and look at um scheduling a typing session or a know your number session and focus session that will either help you clarify or better understand both your type and your instinctual bias. So um that is now going to be available to others outside of those organizations that we're already working with. Um we do offer within our group programming and some of the follow-up programming that we'll do with our workshops, team members will have an opportunity to have some one-on-one. Um, and because that just takes up so much time, we haven't offered um it outside of that in a while. But because getting getting some help, bringing in some additional resources, um, and these people are really good at asking questions, getting curious, seeing connecting dots and and making some insights um within within those. Um, this is going to be a really great addition, both for Enneagram MBA, but also uh for those of you who are wanting some some help along your own personal typing journey. So head on over to EnneagramMba.com and check out those options. And with that, as always, thank you for being here. And if you have found your type or your instinctual bias anyway, um great. I'm still gonna invite you to join us in the next one as we round out the last instinctual bias, the navigators who tend to focus on group cohesion, group dynamics. Um, and then if we have covered these two and you're still not feeling, I just I don't know. This none of these are really hitting. Maybe, maybe the navigating energy will. So I'm gonna invite you as well uh to come join us in next week's as we start to uh better understand that instinctual bias. Thanks for being here, and I hope to see you in the next one.