As I meet more and more people in life, I have noticed very common thinking styles among these people (more easily identifiable through the frameworks of MBTI and Enneagram). Yet when I find a scenario where two people share the same MBTI and Enneagram, they can be astoundingly different. Their thinking style and life focus will be the same but their unique attributes and belief systems could be completely different. It can be night and day with their personalities. This has led me to question what causes people to become differentiated over time (through the process of self-actualization) and what causes people to remain stagnant.
I have identified some traits that seem to be necessary for self-actualization or at the least is correlated with that growth process. This list is a continuing work in progress as I don’t feel that I’ve identified all the traits.Continue Reading