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Act today as if you experienced yourself as a powerful presence in the world, full of confidence and energy whose influence is important to others. (Understanding the Enneagram, 125)

Act today as if you experienced yourself as a powerful presence in the world, full of confidence and energy whose influence is important to others.

-Understanding the Enneagram, 125

Remember, that at your best, you are good-natured, fully alive, awake, and alert. Notice how these qualities show up in you today.

(Personality Types, 338)

where you become visibly anxious, reactive, and pessimistic. Do you sense these qualities in yourself today—and know what triggered them? (Understanding the Enneagram, 122)

An expanded awareness enables us to bring more of ourselves and thus more resources to bear on whatever problems or difficulties we may be facing.

(The Wisdom of the Enneagram, 40)

Wisdom teaching: When we trust in the process and give ourselves over to it, our authentic self comes forth.

The result is real integrity, love, authenticity, creativity, understanding, guidance, joy, power, and serenity.

(Understanding the Enneagram, 365)

Healthy Nines “awaken” to themselves, becoming independent and self-possessed.

They discover their enormous inner strength and resilience, and they bring people together and heal conflicts.

(The Power of the Enneagram audio tapes)

Remember that the Passion of Nines is sloth, or really a not wanting to show up in their lives in an active, self-initiating way.

They go on automatic pilot, so that life becomes less threatening to them.

Watch for this tendency in yourself today.

(The Wisdom of the Enneagram, 327)

What is your wing?

Are you more self-confident like an Eight or

more principled like a One?

Today, notice how your wing qualities enrich your personality.

(Personality Types, 370)