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Welcome to Day 948 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
The Enneagram System - An Overview of the Nine Types - Ask Gramps

Thank you for joining us for our five days per week, wisdom and legacy building podcast. We are broadcasting from our studio at ‘The Big House’ in Marietta, Ohio.  This is Day 948 of our Trek and time for our Philosophy Friday series.  Each Friday we will ponder some of the basic truths and mysteries of life, and how they can impact us in creating our living legacy.  As we continue on this trek called life, sometimes we have questions about life, so our Friday trek is a time where we can ‘Ask Gramps.’   Gramps will answer questions that you would like to ask your dad or granddad, but for whatever reason, this is not possible.  No matter how old we are, I know that all of us would like the opportunity to ask dad or gramps questions about life in many areas.

Today is the seventh episode in our series delving into what makes each of us respond to life situations and circumstances. Understanding ourselves and how others may interpret life through their paradigm will allow us to interact with each other with more love and compassion.   This can be achieved by utilizing a profound tool call ‘The Enneagram.’ If you have missed any of our past six Friday series, I would recommend going back and listen to them or read the Wisdom Journals.  As a review, the tool that we refer to as the Enneagram (Any-a-Gram) is a circle with 9 interconnected points (Ennea refers to 9 and Gram referring to a drawing).  Check out today's and the prior week’s Wisdom Journal for a representation of it.  I have also included in today’s Wisdom Journal a copy of ‘The Enneagram At-A-Glance’ which was compiled by Suzanne H Eller.  If you would like a PDF copy of it click on the link in today’s Wisdom Journal on our website Wisdom-Trek.com.

I would also recommend the book ‘The Road Back to You’ written by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile.  It is an excellent book about an enneagram journey to self-discovery from a Christian perspective.

In the first six episodes, we explored how The Enneagram System works.  On today’s trek, we will explore an Overview of the nine Enneagram types.  Starting next Friday, we will take a deep dive into each type, one per week for the following nine weeks.

Since we are exploring this tool in detail, and I would also recommend reading the Wisdom Journal for each Friday to see the diagrams presented each week.  As helpful as the Enneagram is, keep in mind though, it is still only a tool, and cannot replace or usurp the precepts that are found in God’s Word.   All decisions and actions that we make in life must be in harmony with God’s precepts.

So the questions for the next several months will be:

“Hey, Gramps, why do people act and react to situations and circumstances in life differently?  How can I gain wisdom to better understand myself and others so that I can love, serve, and minister to them on a deeper level?” 
The Enneagram System – An Overview of the Nine Types

1 - THE REFORMER
Enneagram Type One

The Rational, Idealistic Type:
Principled, Purposeful, Self-controlled, and Perfectionistic

Type One in Brief

Ones are conscientious and ethical, with a strong sense of right and wrong. They are teachers, crusaders, and advocates for change: always striving to improve things, but afraid of making a mistake. Well-organized, orderly, and fastidious, they try to maintain high standards, but can slip into being critical of themselves and others, and perfectionistic. They typically have problems with resentment and impatience. At their Best: wise, discerning, realistic, and noble. Can be morally heroic.