Ask the Enneagram Coach, Part 7

Ginger Lapid-Bogda’s The Enneagram in Business portal contains an “Ask the Coach” feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same question about coaching, to give a flavor of the different possible perspectives. Ginger asked me to be the Type 9 – or Peacemaker – representative on this panel. Here’s my answer to the seventh question in the series.

Question 7: If you could say something to all clients of your style, what would it be?

My answer: The world needs more of your story about you, and fewer of your stories about other people. Breathe deep and speak up.

If you’d like to see the other eight answers to this question, head over to the Enneagram Learning Portal. If you’d like to share your answer to the question, or discuss my answer, please leave a comment or trackback.

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