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©2024 The Enneagram in BusinessThe Enneagram in Business Mini-Book Change ThroughVisioning and theEnneagramby Ginger Lapid-Bogda PhD
Picture this: a world where your dreams andaspirations come to life, where positive change isnot just a distant fantasy but a tangible reality.That's what visioning is all about - helping us paintvivid mental images of our desired future. Byharnessing the power of imagination, we canmaintain optimism, build strength, and findinspiration to make our dreams a beautiful truth.Visioning: Key Questions to Unlock the Path AheadTo envision effectively, it's essential to ask the rightquestions. Start by imagining yourself living and embodyingthe changes you wish to make. What do you see? Whatsounds surround you? What actions do you take? By probingour thoughts, feelings, and intentions, you can foster aprofound connection between your vision and desiredchange. By incorporating the Holy Idea that istransformational for your type, you can access this NorthStar while moving forward toward your new vision.
Type One: Embracing Flexibility in VisioningType OneAsk yourself: Can you explore alternativeperspectives for your vision? How can you be moreflexible in your approach to change?Pay attention to this: A rigid view of whatconstitutes a "right" future and an overly criticalinner voice.Helpful Approaches: Embrace open-mindednessand challenge your inner critic.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the Process Holy Perfection: Knowing that everything isperfection just as it is, including imperfections,combined with serenity, an open-heartedacceptance of all that occurs.
Type Two: Validating the Vision from WithinType TwoAsk yourself: Your vision matters just as much asanyone else's. How can you validate and trust yourown desires for change?Pay attention to this: A reliance on externalfeedback for validation and approval.Helpful Approaches: Lead yourself towards self-validation and acknowledging your intrinsic worth.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the ProcessHoly Will and Holy Freedom: Knowing that freewill comes from acknowledging oneself and one’sown needs, combined with humility, or true self-acceptance without deference to the reactions ofothers.
Type Three: Defining Success on Their TermsType ThreeAsk yourself: What does success truly mean toyou? How can your vision align with your authenticself?Pay attention to this: A vision based on externalmeasures of success and recognition.Helpful Approaches: Explore your inner valuesand redefine success on your own terms.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the Process Holy Law: Knowing that through hope, you canhave faith that there is a natural rhythm toeverything that occurs without any effort on yourpart and that through truthfulness, you can findself-acceptance and be valued for who you trulyare.
Type FourType Four: Embracing Growth without Envy orShadow of the Past Ask yourself: How can past "failures" be steppingstones to growth? How can other’s successesinspire you on your own path toward change?Pay attention to this: Comparisons with othersand referencing of past goals that don’t matchyour ideal of success.Helpful Approaches: Recognize what you havelearned from the past and focus on your ownpersonal growth.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the ProcessHoly Origin: Knowing that nothing is missing andthat everyone and everything is deeply connectedbecause we all emanate from the same originalsource and that emotional equilibrium createsclarity and balance in thought, feeling and action.
Type FiveAsk yourself: How can you tap into your emotionswhile envisioning change? Embrace the fullspectrum of possibilities in your vision.Pay attention to this: A preference for intellectualanalysis over emotional intuition.Helpful Approaches: Move towards a harmoniousbalance between intellect and emotions.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the Process Holy Omniscience and Holy Transparency:Understanding that only through direct personalexperience, complete engagement, and opennesscan omniscience be achieved and that non-attachment is not the same as detachment.Type Five: Balancing Intellect andEmotion in Visioning
Type SixType Six: Cultivating PositivityAmidst UncertaintyAsk yourself: Focus on positive possibilities andtrust in your resilience. How can you overcome the"what ifs" and embrace hope in your vision?Pay attention to this: Worries and doubtsclouding the visioning process.Helpful Approaches: Build optimism and reassureyourself with knowledge of past successes.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the ProcessHoly Faith: The faith that both you and others cancapably meet life’s challenges and having thecourage to overcome fear through fully consciousaction and knowing that there is meaning andcertainty in the world.
Type SevenAsk yourself: Out of all your exciting visions,which one resonates the most? How can youprioritize and focus your energies towards it?Pay attention to this: Difficulty in selecting onevision from a multitude of possibilities.Helpful Approaches: Move towards clarity anddecisiveness.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the Process Holy Work and Holy Plan: The ability to controland sustain mental focus to the work at hand,while feeling full and complete through thesobriety that comes from integrating painful anduncomfortable experiences with pleasurable andstimulating ones.Type Seven: Choosing Focus AmidstAbundance
Type EightType Eight: Embracing Vulnerabilityand AuthenticityAsk yourself: Vulnerability is a display of strength.How can you envision a future that honors yourauthentic self without fear?Pay attention to this: Hesitancy to embracevulnerability or perceived weaknesses in the vision.Helpful Approaches: Step into vulnerability as apathway to true empowerment.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the ProcessHoly Truth: Being able to seek and integratemultiple points of view into a higher or biggertruth, with a childlike innocence and a willingnessto be vulnerable, open-minded and open-heartedso that the need to protect self and others is nolonger present.
Type NineAsk yourself: Envision the rewards of positivechange. How can you find the courage to pursueyour vision with determination?Pay attention to this: Reluctance to imaginetaking action and embracing risks.Helpful Approaches: Strive to overcome passivityand embrace action.Holy Idea to Incorporate into the Process Holy Love: Knowing that there is an underlying loveand harmony in the world based on unconditionalregard, respect and appreciation, combined withthe state of being so present that you are fullyawake and know exactly the right action to take.Type Nine: Empowering Action andRisk in Visioning
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