in today's video i'm going to go over the 10 signs that you might be an enneagram type 6. if you're
new here i'm hillary your certified enneagram life coach and i love to teach the enneagram in the
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notified every time a video goes live which is every week and this is a series and i just want to
let you guys know that i have already covered the 10 signs you might be a type 1 a type 3 a type 4
a type 5 and a type 9 and so this is the sixth one that i'm releasing and i will link all those
down below if you'd like to go give those a watch too but before we get started i do want to say if
you are trying to decide between a type 6 and any other type i recommend that you look at the course
first before watching a video like this look into the core desire core fear core longing
core weakness those four things are going to help you decide between a type six and
any other type especially if you have a type six in your top three of your test results
look at the cores of all your results and that will help you decide between being a six and any
other type the ten signs that i'm sharing today the ten signs you might be a type six they're very
behavior based the reason why i say look into the course is because those are your why the why you
do what you do what motivates you what drives you all of those things are what the cores are
of each type and so that's what i want to recommend look at the course first and i have
already covered this in a video it's actually a type 6 video in around a minute and i will link
that right here and in the description box below and i'd say go give that a watch if you really
want to know um what drives a type 6 if you're trying to decide between a type 6 and any other
type okay so let's go ahead and get started what is the first sign that you might be a type six
sign number one is you are always on high alert sixes always have an escape plan a self-defense
plan a plan for literally every situation possible they want to protect not only themselves but
other people too truth be told if i was ever in a situation where something crazy was happening
like say we're in an airplane and something's going wrong i'm gonna be like oh please please
please let there be a type six here because when they got on the plane they would have looked at
everything they would have thought of all these worst case scenarios and had a plan a plan b
plan c and so i'm always like okay where's the type six we need the type six okay so let's move
on to sign number two sign number two is you have a great emergency fund i've heard sixes are super
amazing at saving money and this makes sense to me what is one of their core desires safety
and security and i think have an emergency fund is totally in alignment with that desire sixes
are planners and worst case scenario thinkers so an emergency fund would be right up their alley
sign number three giving and receiving gifts can cause you anxiety i think what this has to do with
is the six can overthink what to get somebody they might like really spin spin spin think of like
well what if they'd like this or what if they'd like this and it's like so many decisions it could
cause some anxiety when they have to just like narrow down and buy the gift i think definitely
there are sixes out there that love giving gifts i'm not trying to say you don't love it i'm just
trying to say that the process involved might cause some anxiety and receiving gifts i believe
this can cause them a little anxiety too because why what if they don't like the gift what if
they're like they open it up in front of you and they're like oh i love it but they're not really
good fakers and so i think that can cause some anxiety of kind of being the center of attention
they're not gonna like that and having to open a gift and and be like oh wow this is amazing like
that can be really hard for a type six i think all right so sign number four you have a hard time
trusting people who give way too many compliments which this one is so hard for me because
i give a lot of compliments words of encouragement is my love language and so i'm always trying to
see the best of everyone but i can see how a six would be like i don't know if i trust you
they might start to think like what are your motives what do you want from me i
think that's what could go through the sixes mind if somebody's getting way too many compliments
number five you have analysis paralysis you can analyze until you become paralyzed and then you
might need to analyze some more a six will ask a lot of questions lots of how's lots of whys
just lots of questions and trying to figure things out and this can lead to procrastination
why because making a decision can be hard right if there's so many options available and you have
to kind of sort through all your own questions and concerns to get to the answer or to get to
what needs to be done can be hard for a sick and i think people might actually see this as indecisive
but i actually don't think it is i think a six is just trying to weigh all their options which i can
appreciate okay so moving along to sign number six people say you are a pessimist but you think no no
no no i'm a realist i looked at the definition of a realist and i wrote it down right here and it
said a person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly and guys
the example that they used had me laughing because i think it's just so spot on it said the example
i'm a realist with no time for your make believe yep i think that's definitely a type six but the
sad thing i think is is some people can think that your realism is negative and not positive because
it's so worst case scenario thinking but i just think that you get a bad rap sometimes because
i do think that there are plans that need to be thought out thoroughly right and it's like okay
but what if this happens but one of this happens maybe not to the extent but i do see the value
in worst case scenario thinking but i do have to say you might not know this i am a type of
nine on the enneagram and i go towards a second six in stress and so maybe that
is why sign number seven you are extremely reliable people go to you for backup plans
advice help words that i would use to describe a type 6 is problem solver trustworthy loyal
compassionate i would use those words to describe the type 6 and i think all of those words kind of
build upon that base that a type six is reliable all right so sign number eight what are some
jobs that would interest a type six i would say teachers professors anyone in the teaching field
or even the caretaking field um you know nurses and doctors and things like that i think all of
those are right up the alley of being a type six and especially because the type six you know they
are planners they are really good at what they do i think those jobs could be great for the type six
some other jobs would be firefighter detective special agent maybe cia or fbi because guys
the type six has a pho there's a phobic six and a counter phobic six and so that definitely plays a
part in some of the jobs that the type six would want i also would say a lifeguard and an engineer
and when i was thinking about like the six wing five i thought about like some kind of job with
like an analyst in the name or in the title you know budget analyst financial analyst i don't
know there's probably an engineering analyst like analyst i would say would be in that job title
if you were a six wing five and for six figure sevens surprisingly actors and actresses and
comedians and entertainers and different things like the authors different things like that
a lot of those people are six winning sevens sign number nine 2020 did not catch you by surprise
okay so maybe like what happened in 2020 coveted obviously we didn't really see that i don't think
people saw that coming right but like the fact that we had to go into like this like planner
mode of like do we have enough toilet paper do we have enough water do we have enough supplies
anything like that i just don't think it caught a type 6 by surprise i think you guys already
had it i do i think you are planners i think that you are worst case scenario thinkers i know um a
really good friend a family friend of ours is a type six and his garage he already had all that
he's been collecting that stuff for years and um so he did not get caught by surprise by 2020.
yeah i just think of type 6 as planned fair worst case scenarios in all different areas their whole
life and so what happened this past year i just don't think caught him by surprise as much as it
did all of us especially me caught me by surprise definitely did not stock up on anything and kind
of was like oh my gosh what are we gonna do because i go towards the sixth and stress so
i'm not a six so i didn't have it already but i go towards the six and i was like oh no and
and so okay i'm totally rambling now so let's go ahead and move on to the last sign which is sign
number ten and what is that sign you have wondered if you really are a type six you've doubted it
you've wondered about it you've kind of went back and forth between the six and a different number
and then i also think you have questioned the enneagram as a whole i just don't think sixes
fully trusted at first and if you are six let me know did you when you first heard about the
enneagram and all this hype and everything were you like oh yeah sign me up or were you like hmm
what's what's the validity of it how valid is the enneagram where are they getting their information
and then also i wonder did you trust your test results if you had a six in your top three
and you read about it and you were like wow i i definitely like can relate to the six and as soon
as you started to put that label on were you like oh no maybe i'm not a six your mind starts racing
and you're like what if i'm something else what if i'm a two what if i'm a five what if i'm a four
you know did stuff like that happen to you after you started to decide upon being a six i would
love to know please let me know in the comments what happened what your journey was on deciding
that you are a type six all right guys so that's all i have we are at the end those are the ten
signs that you might be an enneagram type 6 and like i said at the beginning don't go by
just these 10 signs make sure the core fear core desire core lung and core weakness really align
with who you are also let me know in the comments which one of the 10 really stood out to you which
one were you like oh gosh she read my mail yup i could totally totally relate to that i would love
to know and before i let you go i never like to end one of these without letting you know if you
if you've gotten here and you're like gosh i think i'm a type six or hmm now i don't know if
i'm a type six i didn't relate to a lot of those i just wanted to let you know i do offer a discover
you typing session it's a one hour session with me over zoom and i will link that information
in the description box below go ahead and go check that out if you are wanting somebody
to come alongside of you in this journey and help you figure out if you are indeed a type
six or any other type so but that's all i have for today guys until next week bye guys
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