Read the following statements and see how many apply to you in a significant way. The more statements you agree with, the more likely you are a SEVEN – the ADVENTURER.

1. I seem to be less suspicious of people and their motives than other people are.

2. There are very few things in Iife which I can’t enjoy.

3. Things always work out for the best.

4. I wish other people were more light-hearted about things.

5. I like other people to see me as happy.

6. I usually look on the bright side of things and don’t look for the negative side of life.

7. I like almost everyone I meet.

8. I like to tell stories.

9. I like to think of myself as a childlike, playful person.

10. People say I’m often the life of the party.

11. I like to consider the cosmic ramifications of events, the universal importance of everything that happens.

12. My theory is: if something is good, more is better.

13. I don’t think it’s good to be sad for too long.

14. I like to make things “nice.”

15. I like to “”savour” life.

16. I tend to be very enthusiastic about the future.

17. I like to cheer people up.

18. Most of the time I avoid getting into really “heavy’ issues.

19. I tend to jump from one thing to another rather than go into anything in depth.

20. I remember my childhood as happy. (Beesing et al, The Enneagram, p. 42)

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