Personality Paper According to the Enneagram personality type test my result was closer to the helper. This personality type is caring for others in a personal level. This type characterized by their kind heart, empathetic and friendly. I feel that this type is in human being. Their weakness is that they can be self-sacrificing and people pleasing without paying enough attention to themselves. Which can leads to utilized by others.
I agree with test result because I tend to pay attention to the people around me specially my family; maybe because I had to sacrifice lots of things by travelling and leaving my family. Also, well-meaning of people is a positive attitude but it can be misleading in terms of knowing the real personality of others. My life was pretty simple and happy with my parents, sisters and brothers in Sudan, Africa. My father was in the army. After elementary school, I began to play basketball with my older sister. I fell in love with the game that I mastered it to the point that I played in the National team. In the 60’s the government prevented girls from playing sports in Sudan, I decided to leave the country and travel to Egypt. That was the first decision I ever made in my own life. Traveling to Egypt was the hardest decision I made in my life. I was young and stubborn but I couldn’t do it without the encouragement of my father. I felt that I sacrificed lots of thing including leaving my family, friends and school. I do feel the need to be around my family and friends but not in a possessive way. For example, I believe in quality family time and without sharing our feeling or what concerns us might be stressful. For that reason I tend to dedicate more family time either by eating dinner together or play sports…etc.
From Wayne Dyer’s article “Seven Steps for Overcoming Ego’s Hold on You” I choose When you let go of the need to be right, I choose this ego type because I feel if I’m not right that mean I’m wrong. Moreover, I feel that by not being right my discussion or conversation will be week. According to Dyer’s article is to let go of this ego need to always be right by stopping myself in the middle of an argument and asking myself, if I want to be right or be happy? I noticed that when I choose happy, I would have less stressful conversation. Even the argument transforms into peaceful discussions. Arguments are more aggressive and when you’re arguing, you always have the need to proof your point of view which can reflect on the way we speak and act. I want to be more aware of the intension of the people around and to have discussions not argument.