126: Growth Numbers in the Framework of the Enneagram: Are you avoiding growth? Here’s why it’s so important

Let me guess...⁣⁣You’ve been following all of these amazing, informational Enneagram teachers.⁣⁣⁣Listen now⁣⁣⁣You’ve screenshotted their content, shared it in your stories, talk about it at parties...⁣⁣I get it—I’m obsessed too. However, is it moving the needle like you want it to? If you’re just sharing memes, you’re leaving a lot of amazing shit on the table that could really help you change your life.⁣⁣I use the Enneagram like a machine—and so can you.⁣⁣And I believe Growth Numbers are the most underrated part of the Enneagram—especially as a leader. In fact, I use Growth Numbers more often than I use the actual Enneagram type. Because it’s in growth that we can achieve the radical changes that we want.⁣⁣Growth is hard.⁣⁣I don’t care how well you see the big picture, growth is tough. There are lots of twists and turns. That’s because there’s a whole bunch of shit you have to trudge through before you can come out on the other side and GROW. Which is why many of us avoid growth altogether. But the more you grow, the more you can embody the other 8 Enneagram types.⁣⁣⁣Quotes:⁣1:10⁣I utilize the growth numbers actually more than the Enneagram type, because it’s in the real growth that we can really have the radical changes that we want. ⁣⁣3:24 ⁣When we are growing there is going to be uncomfortableness but we resist it. ⁣⁣3:53 ⁣The more you grow, the more you can embody the other Enneagram 8 types not just your own.⁣⁣6:07 ⁣Sometimes I need to check into my wing a little bit to see the bigger picture so I’m not as resistant to growing into the 2. ⁣⁣09:09 ⁣When people find you credible and can trust you, what do they do? They hire you for them, their families, their teams, for their businesses...⁣⁣11:29⁣When all the crappy sh*t comes out, it’s usually the scared little kid inside all of us. ⁣⁣14:05 ⁣Structure here might be actually good for being⁣my most authentic self. ⁣⁣16:07 ⁣The 9 takes on the healthy 3 you know the Competitor, the Achiever. The 9 is the last person that wants to do that naturally. ⁣⁣18:00⁣Information doesn’t equal transformation—you got to know what to do with it. ⁣⁣18:22 ⁣I would love for you to use this tool in your life, it really provides framework that takes the complication out of so much of this sh*t.⁣