Enneagram 1: The Perfectionist
Healthy Ones are balanced, healthy people, able to forgive their mistakes and others for imperfections. They are highly principled but patient in making the world a better place, and enjoy serving others and having personal integrity.
Ones have a high expectation of others and themselves
Ones see the world as full of flaws that need corrected
Ones feel others do not care as much as they do or work as hard
Ones believe the world judges people who do not follow the rules
Ones struggle with resentment and envy since they canât misbehave
Ones are terrified of making a mistake
Ones tend to bottle up their emotions and hate feeling vulnerable
Ones may struggle to start a project for fear of imperfection
Enneagram Wings, Strength & Growth
1w2: are more extroverted, warm, helpful, and empathetic but can also be more critical and controlling. They may take on too much and try to accomplish too much for the time allowed. At risk of âpreachingâ instead of âteaching.â Under 2âs influence, 1âs more readily sense other peopleâs needs (but do not always feel driven to meet them).
1w9: tend to be more introverted, detached, and relaxed. More idealistic and objective, they think before they speak to avoid saying something wrong or inappropriate. They are outwardly calmer and mull over decisions for a long time (this exacerbates 1âs procrastination). Often focused on building and maintaining relationships.
Under stress: their inner critic works overtime, and their need to perfect the world has no boundaries, they become resentful of others having fun, sensitive to criticism, and depressed, while longing to be free of obligations and responsibilities, which makes them feel unlovable and no longer confident (unhealthy 4â˛s influence).
When feeling secure: are more self-accepting, spontaneous, fun, open to trying new things, and abandon their black and white mentality; their inner critic goes silent and they are optimistic about the world (a healthy 7â˛s influence).
Advice for the 1: remember, a person does not need to be perfect to be good. Stop stifling your emotions, especially your anger, to hide behind a veneer of perceived perfection. Give your inner critic a funny name so you can talk to it, and tell âCruellaâ to stop imposing unreasonable expectations on you.
Influences on MBTI Types:
ISTJ: efficient, detailed, and organized, with high personal standards of behavior and work performance for themselves; may take on and do othersâ tasks instead of asking them to do them over and/or take on too much at work, school, etc, because it âtakes less time for me to do it.â
ESTJ: efficient, detailed, organized, with high professional standards for oneself and others, often strives to model oneself on being the âperfectâ (partner, parent, employer, employee, etc) based in external stereotypes rather than building strong emotional connections. Becomes petulant under stress (âNo one ever does any work around here except me!â).
ISFJ: efficient, detailed, and has strong moral judgments about the attitudes, behaviors, and performance of others; struggles mightily both with their inner critic and habitual fear of what others may say about their output (Fe), which could cause them to delay starting things indefinitely.
ESFJ: efficient, detailed, and has strong moral ideas of how others should behave and what is socially appropriate; often has unrealistic standards for others and may not realize their own self-standards are equally impossible (due to inferior Ti / lack of self-analyzing), but can usually find âpleasingâ ways to âcorrectâ others and shift them toward betterment, without realizing their anger isnât as hidden from others as they think.
INTJ: strong work ethic and high personal standards, which combine with a Ni-dom desire for a total perfect vision and inferior Se anxieties about not achieving that level of perfection in the real world when executed (which leads to procrastination and fear of beginning, because if they canât have their perfect vision, they wonât take anything!). May tend to over-simplify complex morality into rigid black and white guidelines.
ENTJ: efficient and organized, with a strong and sometimes unrealistic âperfectâ vision it wants to attain in the real world through work / school, etc., more than willing to take decisive action to make it happen, but may blame others if perfection isnât attained (due to low Fi / 1âs tendency to refuse to take responsibility when things go wrong). Prone to strong views of morality, and may push away from tert-Se desires for pleasure, and new experiences, etc., which may leave the ENTJ feeling imbalanced, angry that their morals prevent them from having fun, or envious of freer spirits.
INFJ: strong personal standards, often unrealistic in their desire for âperfection,â prone to idealized visions but abstract horror at the idea they may not be attainable in real life (inferior Se problems), which could mean they never start, leading to feelings of self-disappointment and criticism for being âlazyâ (which is evil!); strong moral opinions on how others should behave, often tied to a Ni-sense of âwho they COULDâ be. Often, total neglect of inferior Se / looking down on people who âover-indulge.â
ENFJ: a sense of who people could be, as a more perfect version of themselves, prone to trying to push them toward it; strong moral ideas of how others should behave and what is socially appropriate; often has unrealistic standards for others and may not realize their own self-standards are equally impossible (due to inferior Ti / lack of self-analyzing). Struggles to reconcile tert-Se desires (food, sex, experiences, etc) as not being âbadâ or âshameful,â and may neglect Se-development, while secretly being envious and resentful of people who âlive a little.â Also prone to anxiety about not realizing their âperfectâ vision in real life, but more often focused on an idealized, unattainable âperfect vision of oneself.â
ESTP: detail-oriented, hard-working, and will not allow themselves to leap on opportunities that seem somehow immoral and/or irresponsible; often struggles to contain and control Se-dom desires, may secretly feel âsinfulâ for having Se-based impulses and thoughts; with no outlet for their anger, they may erupt in low Fe ways (through violence) for which they will then feel ashamed and seek external affirmation / reassurances.
ISTP: hard-working, cautious, and attentive to details, more able to reconcile logical reasons not to over-indulge Se, but will feel angrier about self-denial / internal dissatisfaction at stifling their natural Se urges; will often have an abstract ideal of perfection they strive to live up to (tert Ni) and deep shame and/or self-reproach for âallowing their emotions to get away from themâ if and when they have inferior Fe meltdowns.
ESFP: detail-oriented, hard-working, and finishes tasks quickly, but will have super strong Fi-ideas of morality, self-control, and the âproperâ way to behave which will both frown on others who do not share their values, and prevent them from higher Se indulgences (for example: due to cultural influences, may not believe in, or participate in, premarital sex). May at times feel âhinderedâ by their strong values.
ISFP: super strong moral judgments which dictate all their decisions; their desire to be hard-working and efficient will tax their inferior Te, making them prone to self-berating for lack of organizational skill or efficiency; they want to âcontrolâ their Se impulses and may feel dissatisfied as a result.
ENTP: opportunistic and broad in their critical assessments, often unable to detail them out completely, and hard on oneself for making mistakes that relate to poor Si retention of details and/or strong focus; fear of low Si + Perfection may make them procrastinate endlessly about starting tasks, and look to others for shared affirmation and encouragement.
INTP: the desire to be precise and have no flaws in their theses, logical conclusion, or new idea may mean endless procrastination before sharing; a deep internalization of Ti as it slowly, carefully explores each nuance of whatever is at hand, and self-annoyance at inferior Fe outbursts.
ENFP: prone to unrealistic, ever-changing standards of perfection that are vague (but all amount to ânot what you currently areâ), strives for perfection in all their relationships and creative projects; is meticulous when it comes to work and triple-checks everything (low Si problems), then feels much more guilt than necessary over âhonest mistakesâ (due to anxiety about how the other person must feel about them now). Strong moral views of behavior which makes them frown at others who seem irresponsible, immoral, or do not get their work done on time.
INFP: super strong moral judgments which dictate all their decisions; their desire to be hard-working and efficient will tax their inferior Te, making them prone to self-berating for lack of organizational skill or efficiency; prone to unrealistic personal standards of perfection which are vague, and reverts to negative self-comparison to stereotypes (Si), more meticulous due to low Si and harder on themselves than on anyone else.
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