The Enneagram Edge with Host Tracy O’Malley
Business:Entrepreneurship
130: The best year ever or f*ck COVID: What gifts COVID gave you depends on your Enneagram type & level of health
2021-03-16
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Can you believe we’re at the one year mark of when the world was blindsided?
COVID came like a tornado and threw our shit all over the place.
Listen now
It makes me think back to 2008 when the recession hit.
I was one of the people greatly affected by the Great Recession. Had COVID happened 10 years ago, this pandemic would’ve looked very different for me.
I don’t believe everything happens for a reason...
...but I do believe everything that happens can serve as something magical and be a great catalyst for change in your life—if you choose it. But that takes a perspective shift and choosing not to be a victim.
In 2008, I was a victim.
And I was angry all the time. If you were around my energy back then, you were walking on eggshells. But looking back now, all those hard things served something beautiful in my life—even if it took me four years to realize it.
Similarly, COVID has brought different gifts for each Enneagram type:
Type 1: Leaned into healthy 7, black-and-white thinking became “what am I going to make out of this?”
Type 2: Leaned into healthy 4, forcing them to not be of service to others and instead tend to their own needs.
Type 3: Leaned into healthy 6, slowed down and used troubleshooting to pivot.
Type 4: Forced them to have structure and experienced next-level creativity.
Type 5: They loved quarantine! They went into their healthy 8, becoming more decisive and strategic.
Type 6: COVID rocked them and the 1s hardest, but healthy 6s saw the bigger picture and leaned into their healthy 9.
Type 7: Leaned into healthy 5, forcing them to be with themselves and bring their big vision to life.
Type 8: Were able to make people feel safe and have more empathy and compassion for others.
Type 9: Allowed others to voice their concerns and brought people together.
Quotes:
1:50
I have often said you know I don’t necessarily believe everything happens for a reason because there’s some crazy shit and crazy things that happen that really make no sense at all.
4:07
When the tools of your main Enneagram type aren’t the right tools for the job, the wings can come into play.
6:27
Any time we are growing emotionally and spiritually and becoming more self aware knowing where we go in growth we can lean into it, even though it’s painful.
9:15
All that time to yourself to be alone with your thoughts it’s going to be uncomfortable at first, but then you start really enjoying your own personal time.
13:38
Having one tiny bit of structure in your life will actually allow this creativity and uniqueness to really shine it’s light.
15:34
A five when they are streamlined become an expert.
17:52
I think the gift of Covid for 6s, the healthier ones, were the ability to see the bigger picture and lean into that healthy 9.
22:13
When a healthy 8 is in your presence you just automatically feel safe and that’s a beautiful gift.
25:32
The gift of the 9 during covid was bringing people together for something amazing.
28:29
The good thing is nobody can take that prospective from you but the hard news nobody can give it to you either the choice is up to you.
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COVID came like a tornado and threw our shit all over the place.
Listen now
It makes me think back to 2008 when the recession hit.
I was one of the people greatly affected by the Great Recession. Had COVID happened 10 years ago, this pandemic would’ve looked very different for me.
I don’t believe everything happens for a reason...
...but I do believe everything that happens can serve as something magical and be a great catalyst for change in your life—if you choose it. But that takes a perspective shift and choosing not to be a victim.
In 2008, I was a victim.
And I was angry all the time. If you were around my energy back then, you were walking on eggshells. But looking back now, all those hard things served something beautiful in my life—even if it took me four years to realize it.
Similarly, COVID has brought different gifts for each Enneagram type:
Type 1: Leaned into healthy 7, black-and-white thinking became “what am I going to make out of this?”
Type 2: Leaned into healthy 4, forcing them to not be of service to others and instead tend to their own needs.
Type 3: Leaned into healthy 6, slowed down and used troubleshooting to pivot.
Type 4: Forced them to have structure and experienced next-level creativity.
Type 5: They loved quarantine! They went into their healthy 8, becoming more decisive and strategic.
Type 6: COVID rocked them and the 1s hardest, but healthy 6s saw the bigger picture and leaned into their healthy 9.
Type 7: Leaned into healthy 5, forcing them to be with themselves and bring their big vision to life.
Type 8: Were able to make people feel safe and have more empathy and compassion for others.
Type 9: Allowed others to voice their concerns and brought people together.
Quotes:
1:50
I have often said you know I don’t necessarily believe everything happens for a reason because there’s some crazy shit and crazy things that happen that really make no sense at all.
4:07
When the tools of your main Enneagram type aren’t the right tools for the job, the wings can come into play.
6:27
Any time we are growing emotionally and spiritually and becoming more self aware knowing where we go in growth we can lean into it, even though it’s painful.
9:15
All that time to yourself to be alone with your thoughts it’s going to be uncomfortable at first, but then you start really enjoying your own personal time.
13:38
Having one tiny bit of structure in your life will actually allow this creativity and uniqueness to really shine it’s light.
15:34
A five when they are streamlined become an expert.
17:52
I think the gift of Covid for 6s, the healthier ones, were the ability to see the bigger picture and lean into that healthy 9.
22:13
When a healthy 8 is in your presence you just automatically feel safe and that’s a beautiful gift.
25:32
The gift of the 9 during covid was bringing people together for something amazing.
28:29
The good thing is nobody can take that prospective from you but the hard news nobody can give it to you either the choice is up to you.
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