Enneagram Type 8

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Enneagram 8 Nickname: “The Leader” or “The Boss” or “The Challenger” (also called “The Maverick”, “The Entrepreneur”, “The Provider”, “The Protector”, “The Rock”)

Type 8 personalities are powerful and dominating. They have the most physical stamina of all the types and never back down from a challenge or a confrontation. 8s feel most alive when exercising their willpower and vitality and are fiercely protective of their “tribe”. All 8s like to be in charge, and really dislike being controlled by or indebted to people. as one of the most powerful enneagram types, 8s are independent and own the room when they walk into it. But don’t cross and 8 because they are likely to seek vengeance.

Enneagram 8 Strengths

• Courageous
• Great leader
• Decisive
• Willful
• Confrontational
• Self-reliant
• Pragmatic
• Self-starting
• Self-confident
• Resourceful
• Boundless energy
• Commanding
• Protective

Enneagram 8 Challenges or Weaknesses

• Dictatorial
• Intimidating
• Dominating
• Self glorifying
• Intense
• Ruthless
• Vengeful
• Invulnerable
• Vengeful
  

Enneagram 8 Careers

• CEO
• Real Estate Developer
• Politician
• Union Leader
• Advertising Executive
• Director of Sales
• Market Strategist
• Business owner
• Restaurant owner/manager
• Even coordinator
• Financial advisor
• Organizational psychologist
• Marketing manager
• Any type of upper management or leadership role
• Business coach

Type 8 with a 7 wing is called “The Independent”
Type 8 with a 9 wing is called “The Bear”

Basic Fear: Of being controlled or harmed/violated.
Basic Desire: To protect themselves and determine their own path in life.

Vice: Lust

When 8s evolve they take on characteristics of type 2
When 8s deal with stress and devolve they take on characteristics of type 5

Unconscious childhood message: It is not ok to be vulnerable or to trust anyone.
Lost childhood message: You will not be betrayed.

Famous & Fictional Enneagram 8s

Darth Vadar is the perfect symbol of the powerful, bad ass type 8 persona. He is a powerful and self sufficient leader who also protects those close to him (Luke). Darth Vadar is also a ISTJ,  known as “The Guardian”.

Al Capone
Ann Richards
Aristotle Onassis
Axl Rose
Ann Richards
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Walters
Bella Abzug
Bette Davis
Billy Idol
Bob Dole
Bruce Lee
Charles Bronson
Charles Barkley
Charles de Gaulle
Charlton Heston
Chrissy Hynde
Courtney Love
Danny DeVito
Darth Vader
Denzel Washington
Diane Lane
Don Vito Corleone
Donald Trump
Donna Karan
Ernest Hemingway
Ferdinand Marcos
Fidel Castro
Frank Sinatra
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Gurdjieff
Golda Meir
Harvey Keitel
Henry Kissinger
Humphrey Bogart
Idi Amin
Indira Gandhi
Janet Reno
Jim Jones
Jimmy Hoffa
Joan Jett
John Cassavetes
John DeLorean
John Huston
John Wayne
Johnny Cash
Joseph Stalin
Julius Caesar
King Lear
La Fontaine
Lee Iacocca
Leona Helmsley
Leonid Brezhnev
Lucille Ball
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mao Tse-Tung
Marlon Brando
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mickey Rourke
Mike Wallace
Mikhail Gorbachev
Morgan Freeman
Muammar Qaddifi
Muhammed Ali
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nicolae Ceausescu
Norman Mailer
Oliver Stone
Pablo Picasso
Paul Newman
Pink
Queen Latifah
Richard Burton
Richard Wagner
Robert Altman
Robert Duvall
Robert Loggia
Roseanne
Rosie O’Donnell
Russell Crowe
Saddam Hussein
Sean Connery
Sean Penn
Shannen Doherty
Slobodan Milosevic
Socrates
Tracey Ullman
Winston Churchill

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