Your Score: 9 - the Peacemaker

you chose BX - your Enneagram type is NINE (aka "The Mediator")

"I am at peace"

Peacemakers are receptive, good-natured, and supportive. They seek union with others and the world around them.

How to Get Along with Me

• If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially don't like expectations or pressure.
  
  
• I like to listen and to be of service, but don't take advantage of this.
  
  
• Listen until I finish speaking, even though I meander a bit.
  
  
• Give me time to finish things and make decisions. It's OK to nudge me gently and nonjudgmentally.
  
  
• Ask me questions to help me get clear.
  
  
• Tell me when you like how I look. I'm not averse to flattery.
  
  
• Hug me, show physical affection. It opens me up to my feelings.
  
  
• I like a good discussion but not a confrontation.
  
  
• Let me know you like what I've done or said.
  
  
• Laugh with me and share in my enjoyment of life.

What I Like About Being a NINE

• being nonjudgmental and accepting
  
  
• caring for and being concerned about others
  
  
• being able to relax and have a good time
  
  
• knowing that most people enjoy my company; I'm easy to be around
  
  
• my ability to see many different sides of an issue and to be a good mediator and facilitator
  
  
• my heightened awareness of sensations, aesthetics, and the here and now
  
  
• being able to go with the flow and feel one with the universe

What's Hard About Being a NINE

• being judged and misunderstood for being placid and/or indecisive
  
  
• being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline
  
  
• being too sensitive to criticism; taking every raised eyebrow and twitch of the mouth personally
  
  
• being confused about what I really want
  
  
• caring too much about what others will think of me
  
  
• not being listened to or taken seriously

NINEs as Children Often

• feel ignored and that their wants, opinions, and feelings are unimportant
  
  
• tune out a lot, especially when others argue
  
  
• are "good" children: deny anger or keep it to themselves

NINEs as Parents

• are supportive, kind, and warm
  
  
• are sometimes overly permissive or nondirective

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
Harper SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages