At some point in childhood they came to believe that it was not okay to have their own feelings and their own identity. In relationships with family and authority figures, Threes were convinced that it would be better to put their feelings aside and become what people around them expected and would applaud as desirable and successful. So they began to develop their innate ability to be whatever is called for. They can belong to as many as fifteen to twenty groups, from family to professional to voluntary, and be the poster child for each of them. It’s a remarkable gift that is difficult to
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