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ions on food, dancing, and price were considered by several
people BEFORE any firm decisions were made.
I have supreme confidence in Shirley and Marc. They’ve
led a process that has located about 70 percent of the project
team, four months before the event. No project team reunion
gets that high a percentage.
Rather than second-guessing and asking the committee to
start over, how about saying thanks to the chairpeople and
committee members, especially Joseph Spaulding, for a job
well done.
I feel a little better now . . . but just a little.
Larry

ANALYSIS Daniel’s e-mail is upbeat and optimistic—for example,
it uses words such as great, wonderful, and fabulous. Focusing
more on the e-mail recipient than on personal or professional
information about Daniel, the e-mail offers Daniel’s sentiments
about what the e-mail recipient is doing and indicates his feelings
of pleasure and approval.
Should Daniel want to use e-mails to increase his awareness of his
Enneagram style language patterns, he could follow these guidelines:

• Focus as much of the content on himself as on the e-mail
recipient.
• Use fewer superlatives (e.g., great and terrific).
• Eliminate the flattering comments.

Daniel’s e-mail could be rewritten as follows:

Dear Carolina,
Thanks for letting me know that the client is back in touch.
My trip to Mexico was so enjoyable that I am trying to
figure out how to return as quickly as possible.
All the best to you in 2005,
Daniel