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The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test

Your Score: 5 - The Observer

"I need to understand the world"

Observers (a.k.a. "Thinkers") have a need for knowledge and are introverted, curious, analytical, and insightful.

How to Get Along with Me:

• Be independent, not clingy.
• Speak in a straightforward and brief manner.
• I need time alone to process my feelings and thoughts.
• Remember that If I seem aloof, distant, or arrogant, it may be that I am feeling uncomfortable.
• Make me feel welcome, but not too intensely, or I might doubt your sincerity.
• If I become irritated when I have to repeat things, it may be because it was such an effort to get my thoughts out in the first place.
• Don't come on like a bulldozer.
• Help me to avoid my pet peeves: big parties, other people's loud music, overdone emotions, and intrusions on my privacy.

What I Like About Being a FIVE:

• Standing back and viewing life objectively.
• Coming to a thorough understanding; perceiving causes and effects.
• My sense of integrity: doing what I think is right and not being influenced by social pressure.
• Not being caught up in material possessions and status.
• Being calm in a crisis.

What's Hard About Being a FIVE:

• Being slow to put my knowledge and insights out in the world.
• Feeling bad when I act defensive or like a know-it-all.
• Being pressured to be with people when I don't want to be.
• Watching others with better social skills, but less intelligence or technical skill, do better professionally.

FIVEs as Children Often:

• Spend a lot of time alone reading, making collections, and so on.
• Have a few special friends rather than many.
• Are very bright and curious and do well in school.
• Have independent minds and often question their parents and teachers.
• Watch events from a detached point of view, gathering information.
• Assume a poker face in order not to look afraid.
• Are sensitive; avoid interpersonal conflict.
• Feel intruded upon and controlled and/or ignored and neglected.

FIVEs as Parents:

• Are often kind, perceptive, and devoted.
• Are sometimes authoritarian and demanding.
• May expect more intellectual achievement than is developmentally appropriate.
• May be intolerant of their children expressing strong emotions.

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Link: The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test

Study Material for New Drivers

[Please note that the following is satire.]

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A confident driver avoids using them.
2. Under no circumstance should you maintain a safe distance between you and the car in front of you because the space will be filled in by somebody else; putting you in an even more dangerous situation.
3. The faster you drive through a red light, the less of a chance you have of getting hit.
4. Warning: Never come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will result in you being rear-ended.
5. Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork. With 'No Fault' insurance, the other operator has nothing to lose.
6. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure your ABS kicks-in giving a vigorous foot massage as the brake pedal violently pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to strengthen your leg muscles.
7. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good way to prepare other drivers entering the highway.
8. Speed limits are arbitrary figures; given only as a suggestion and are not enforceable during 'Rush Hour'.
9. Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to speed up or move over doesn't mean that a driver flashing his high-beams behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.
10. Always brake and 'rubberneck' when you see an accident or someone changing a tire. This is seen as a sign of respect for the victim.
11. Learn to swerve abruptly without signalling. Pot-holes are in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them alert.
12. It is tradition to honk your horn at cars in front of you that do not move within three milliseconds of the light turning green.
13. To avoid injury in the event of a collision or rollover, it is important to exit your vehicle through the windshield right away. Wearing your seat belt will only impede your high-velocity escape from danger.
14. Remember that the goal of every driver is to get ahead of the pack by whatever means necessary.