Let’s Talk About Eights

by Jim Jennings, Ph.D.
If you’re willing to listen, I’m willing to talk.  I’m an Eight.  Funny thing about being an Eight.  If I meet a group of Enneagram aficionados and state my type when asked, I’m often met with a somewhat defensive, stand-offish reaction.  “Uh-oh!  I’d better be careful.  You’re an Eight.” I guess they’ve heard that while the passion or vice of the Eight is lust, the problem of Eight’s (for others) is anger.Ones struggle to be in control and strive mightily to do what’s “ri...