Personality Types

One of the easiest way to apply one's Enneagram and Myers Briggs theoretical knowledge is to study and type the characters on TV shows. Unlike movies which are usually too short to allow for thorough development of its characters' personalities, TV series manage to provide us with consistent examples of many different types which can be observed at length and in a larger number of situations. A plus for fictional typology is that usually the people who conceive and write out these characters tend to 'lend' their personality types to their creations (to a lesser or greater extent anyway). This is a good thing for typing, because it gives authenticity and coherence to the fictional personalities and thus makes them easier to accurately analyze and pinpoint. Also another great plus can be the fact that more often than not, the actors also share the same personality type (or at least a wing) with the characters they're playing (what are auditions for?), so ...

I've recently finished watching the whole Sex and the City series and I found it quite enjoyable, not only because of the humour and good story line but also thanks to the main characters that were consistent, intelligently thought-out and allowed for an accurate typing in both the Enneagram and Myers Briggs typologies. However the men in the show are unfortunately exessively similar in their personality types as you will see. Here are the character's types according to my own analysis: Carrie Bradshaw is a 6w7 and also an ENFP. She's very warm, concerned for and loyal to her friends but also a bit jumpy and nervous. There is a palpable anxiety about her - she's always asking questions and fretting about her love life and her social theories. Carrie is also funny in a somewhat self-deprecating way and tends to appear as unsure of herself and clumsy, but also intellectually witty and surpsingly insightful. She's always consulting her friends before she mak...

Here are some celebrities that seem to fit each of the Enneagram types. The typing is probably not 100% accurate, so if you have any additions or objections to these lists, please feel free to place a comment on the blog and I will take your arguments into account. This list is subject to further updates and modifications. Ones Julie Andrews, Harry Belafonte, Debby Boone, Lloyd Bridges, Noam Chomsky, John Cleese, Hillary Clinton, Confucius, Michael Dukakis, Anne Frank, Henry Fonda, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Al Gore, Peter Graves, Katharine Hepburn, Samuel Johnson, Laura Linney, Martin Luther, Immanuel Kant, Nelson Mandela, George McGovern, Arthur Miller, Robert Novak, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Pope John Paul II, Emily Post, Colin Powell, Yitzak Rabin, Ayn Rand, Tony Randall, Vanessa Redgrave, Condoleezza Rice, Eleanor Roosevelt, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bernard Shaw, Martha Stewart, Meryl Streep, Dean Stockwell, Peter Strauss, Margaret Thatcher, Emma Thompson, Ha...