The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships

by Suzanne Stabile

Ones tend to overdo their effort to do things well—they overthink, overtalk, overevaluate, and overplan. This tendency to go over-the-top is due to their honest and deep desire to do things right. Ones are wonderfully responsible people, but when they take on too much responsibility for themselves and for others, they may experience some anger and resentment. So it’s really important that Ones minimize the temptation to overdo by stopping to ask the question: “What is mine to do?”

Ones also need to learn to recognize when things are good enough and leave it at that.