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What Type Are You? 3

The Nine Enneagram Styles

As you read through the nine Enneagram style descriptions that
follow, keep this question in the back of your mind: Which of the
Enneagram styles most accurately describes me?

Ones

Ones seek a perfect world and work diligently to
improve both themselves and everyone and
everything around them.

Core focus: What is right or wrong, correct or
incorrect?

Common labels: Perfectionist, reformer, crusader,
moralist

Basic Issues for Ones

PERFECTIONISM Ones continuously compare what is to what
should be. They appreciate something that is exceptionally well
done—for example, a play, a symphony, a book, a project, or any-
thing else that exemplifies quality to them. Ones hold both them-
selves and others accountable for acting responsibly and for
measuring up to their high standards.

A RIGHT WAY Ones believe that every problem has a correct solu-
tion; they are quick to react to a situation by offering what they
believe is the right approach or the right answer. Even when Ones
do understand that the correct answer is rarely black and white,
they will still assert that there is one “right” way by saying, “Noth-
ing is ever black and white. It is almost always gray.”

RESENTMENT Because being responsible is an overarching value
for Ones, they usually approach their work with diligence, demon-