Eights are one of the easier Enneagram types to identify because they are often aggressive, comfortable with confrontation and apparently spoiling for a fight. They are part of the Enneagram group associated with gut impulses and will (Eights, Nines and Ones). While Nines retreat from an overt contest of wills and Ones turn their wills inward to compulsive self-discipline, Eights direct their wills outward in a full-bore attempt to impose their desires on the world. The thought of being vulnera...
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