THIRD ENNEAGRAM TYPE (Achiever) Explained: Career, Strengths and Weaknesses

Curiously, people of the third enneagram type are usually very active. It often seems that you are always in a hurry and short on time. For you, wasting time is the worst thing imaginable.

Productivity and efficiency are the main objectives of your life, and success is the most important reward. You believe that nothing is impossible, and that work is the primary way to achieve the goals you continuously set for yourself.

All your thoughts are focused on upcoming achievements and success. You are ready to work 24/7 until you achieve the desired result. Idleness is something you cannot fathom, and rest is not just lazy napping, but constant activity.

You dislike wasting time so much that you are prepared to multitask. You have a flexible character, allowing you to find many ways to overcome any obstacle on your path to your goal. This flexibility also manifests in communication with people, as your behavior changes depending on who you interact with.

You strive to be the best in all aspects: be the most intelligent, the most beautiful, and the most successful. You are always eager to learn something new if it helps you in achieving your goals.

Due to your relentless desire for recognition and triumph, you may take on an overwhelming workload, impossible to manage. Additionally, society may not be interested in your success. When facing such failures and lack of recognition for your achievements, you feel stressed. Your emotions, which you have suppressed for so long, start to break through, leading to a "psychological numbness" and potential loss of faith in your abilities.

You feel comfortable when your work goes well, you easily reach your goals, and, of course, when there is genuine admiration from others. In this situation, you can relax, momentarily drop your facade, critically evaluate your goals, and even treat your achievements with irony.

Emotions are a significant stumbling block for you, as their presence reduces your productivity to zero. For this reason, your loved ones may sometimes feel a lack of warmth and sincerity from you.

The Thirds may be subject to vanity, unable to resist the desire to arouse the admiration of others. The Thirds need love and acceptance of society. For them, love and admiration are closely related: if they admire you, they love you. To get that admiration, you have to succeed in something.

The flip side of the pursuit of success may be a deep feeling of loneliness since, in this case, you can lose yourself. There may also be problems stemming from childhood if parents instilled an obligation to live up to certain expectations. As a result, Achievers form a subconscious belief: "I am loved for my success. To be loved, I must succeed in life."