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FIGURE 3.2 Increase Your Self-Mastery

when you feel frustrated and stuck. During periods of duress, you
may even find that your self-mastery level slips. This happens to
many people and is not a cause for concern. The insights of the
Enneagram and the recommended development activities will help
you use difficult times as an opportunity for self-development.
Even when it may appear that you are making no progress, if you
have patience, you will often find that these periods actually pro-
duce the greatest growth of all.
Chart 3.1 shows the three levels of self-mastery (low, moderate,
1
and extreme) and describes how individuals at each stage behave
with respect to the competency components of striving for self-
mastery. For greater clarity, the six competency components are
subdivided into the following categories: self-awareness, respon-
siveness to feedback, self-responsibility, self-motivation, self-man-
agement, emotional maturity, personal vision, integrity, personality
integration, and lifelong learning commitment.

1 The Enneagram authors who created and developed the Levels of Development, which
can be applied to the issue of self-mastery in leadership, are Don Richard Riso and Russ
Hudson in Personality Types and The Wisdom of the Enneagram. The following material
has its genesis in their work, which I am grateful to have their permission to use.