Type 1 Initial Self-Belief: “I am unacceptable as I am.”

Type 1 Compensation: "I must monitor, correct, and improve myself in order to be acceptable and remain above criticism."

Type 1 Core Focus: Acceptability comes from doing things right and acting appropriately according to internalized standards for what that is. This requires I discern what’s right and monitor, correct, and improve my behavior so I don’t fall short of these standards. Others should do the same.

Personality characteristics that might arise from the type 1 core focus include:

• Monitors and corrects self-behavior by way of an Inner Critic
• Avoids making mistakes that can be criticized by others
• Compares the world to standards for how things should be
• Tends to look for one right way of doing things
• Strives toward an ideal of perfection
• Attention goes to what needs to be corrected or improved
• Critical of others when they disregard implied rules of behavior
• Tries to be good by modeling appropriate behavior
• Feels responsible for getting things right

SP 1 - Worry, Anxiety: worries about consequences resulting from things not being done right; avoids mistakes and doing things wrong so as not to be personally blamed or criticized; obsesses about details and likes to be prepared.

SX 1 - Zeal, Jealousy (counter-type): desire to reform people or society to the “right way” to be or do; feels entitled to what’s been “earned” through hard work and high ideals; angry and resentful of those who haven’t earned what they receive.

SO 1 - Rigidity, Non-Adaptable: already knows the “right way” so no need to adapt to what others say is “right”; provides example by modeling how one should be; sense of superiority can come from criticality of others for not behaving the right way.

In the average range, Self-Preservation Ones tend to worry about their material well-being, both in terms of finances and health, and they often castigate themselves for not working hard enough.¹

In the average range, Sexual Ones want a flawless relationship with an idealized partner.¹

In the average range, Social Ones believe that they represent objective values, social standards, and that they speak for others.¹

Anxiety (Worry) about Self-preservation: Ones worry about not being perfect, about not deserving to survive, and particularly about making a mistake that would jeopardize survival.²

Jealousy (Heat) in One-to-One Relationships: Jealousy takes the form of monitoring the mate’s actions and of critically judging whatever comes between the self and the mate.²

Inadaptability in Social Relationships: Inadaptability comes about through the confusion between personal desires and the need to rigidly align with a correct social position.²

Self-Preservation Ones: Characterized by a tendency towards worry and negative anticipation, especially as it relates to material well-being. They fret about how to avoid making mistakes that could jeopardize survival.³

Intimate Ones: Have high expectations based on having idealized their beloved. One’s reaction is jealous judgment if their beloved acts in less-than-ideal ways.³

Social Ones: Characterized by a preoccupation with rules and how they should apply to (other) people’s behavior. Tend to moralize and apply old standards inflexibly to each new situation.³

Self-Preservation One: "Worry"
The true perfectionists of the three Ones. Expresses the passion of anger through working hard to make themselves and the things they do more perfect.⁴

Sexual One: "Zeal"
Focus is on perfecting others; they are more reformers than perfectionists. The only One who is explicitly angry, they act out anger through their intense desire to improve others and get what they want.⁴

Social One: "Non-adaptability"
Unconsciously considers themselves to be perfect; they express anger through focusing on being the perfect model of "the right way" to be.⁴

¹Book: The Wisdom of the Enneagram; Website: The Enneagram Institute

²Book: The Enneagram; Website: The Narrative Enneagram

³Book: The Enneagram Movie & Video Guide

⁴Book: The Complete Enneagram; Website: Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy

Instinctual Subtype Test
This test compares the three instinctual subtypes for a given type.
Use when you know your type and want to find your instinctual subtype for that type.

Instinctual Variant Stacking Test
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