Enneagram Type 8 vs Counterphobic 6 - Avoid this BIG Enneagram Typing Mistake 

Great suggestion! Appreciate the comment very much - thanks

Such a pleasure. Thanks for the comment.

Great Idea. Will consider that for sure.

You are not alone in the confusion, it can be difficult to distinguish for sure. It can help to trace everything back to what I call the personality pearl - Red for 8 and Blue for 6. Your sharing of "people pleaser at times to gain a social network" sounds more like blue pearl than red 8. And it's a touch into the 3, so my guess (not certain) sounds closer to 6 to me. 8 would likely not rationalize too much or share as openly here as you have. Hope that helps. I do have a small free quiz/tutorial that may help, coach.innerlifeskills.com/product/enneagram-free/

@@InnerlifeskillsILS Thank you for your clarification

Wow, thank you! Appreciate that a lot. I'm always learning.

Thanks, great points. Appreciate the share. Any conversation about personality will have generalizations, and there are always exceptions for sure. It's difficult to find helpful teaching points to draw the line between the two, and many folks get that "aha" when they explore the nuances of power vs powerless. Not always, but 8 tends to identify more with being in power, their gut instinct and anger pearl feels like a source of innate power. CP6 tends to identify with the powerless, to champion their cause and speak for the underdog. Its a subtle but often helpful point of exploration.

Hi thanks so much for the kind feedback, we put a lot into our videos so it means a lot. There of course are exceptions, but what I've seen is that 8 anger is more innate, the energy of it, like a gut fire always there hardwired. And that is because of the Red Pearl - anger + impact + resistance + gut = Red Pearl (8 9 1). Whereas 6CP is a Blue Pearl, so the mind directs anger "at" an injustice, championing the underdog etc. Hope that helps

You're very welcome! Appreciate the comment.

Thank you so much. It's so difficult to tell what famous people are or were, because we can only see their "behavior" and guess the underlying "Reasons" for what they do, which is the enneagram type. And of course, the personality is different to mental illness, which would over ride the personality. Some folks even argue that he was a 1. My guess, and it really is a guess is not 8, because there appeared to be a lot of "thought through" motivations and ideologies etc. But clearly mental illness which makes it hard to say. I'm also not a history buff, so not positioned to guess well.

Thanks kindly.