Characteristics and Potential of the Enneagram Type 1

The Enneagram Type 1 personality is as complex as it is striking. This is the typical perfectionist, a person who strives to be coherent, well-intentioned, and virtuous at any given moment. It’s common for these people to hide some contained anger though. It’s due to certain areas of themselves they dislike and that keep them from reaching their full potential. Claudio Naranjo points out that Enneagram Type 1 is an assertive virtuoso in his book Character and Neurosis. The main characteristic of this type of person is their desperate obsession to improve the things that surround them, without realizing that such…