Eneagrama 9 Golfer Types
1. The Perfectionist
How personality influences Your golf results
The perfectionism influences in a dramatic the way you play. Players with predominant personality type 1 keep a very hard and constant internal dialogue which dramatically affects the way he perceives the game.
The exaggerated demand on any result, the intolerance invest in every shot, the excessively high standards and the focus on mistakes compromises any sustainable progression of technical and mind performance.
People with this dominant personality type or any of us who’s trapped in those behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing those “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram makes the difference between a player on constant anger state or someone who’s focused on process and discipline, exceptional benefits for the practice of Golf and leadership.
Positive
- Commitment
- Determination
- Discipline
- Focus on the goals
- Pursuit of excellence
- Hard working
Negative
- Overstated Demanding
- Inflexibility
- Rigidity
- Intolerance
- Tension
- Irritation
- Focus on errors
2. The Proud
How personality influences Your golf results
The Pride and the giving others the power to influence our perceived image influences in a decisive way the performance of our golf.
Personality type 2 often remains stubbornly with unconscious strategies which doesn’t allow the progress both technical and mental to new performance levels. Either in practice or in game this difficulty in re-defining goals and strategies becomes decisive in the final outcomes of this personality type. It’s emotional side and connection to some special people can easily destabilize the results of the player who doesn’t feel “sufficiently” valued by its peers.
People with this predominant personality type or any of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing those “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of the Enneagram makes the difference between a player in a constant state of susceptibility, approval seeking from others and pride to a new personality state oriented towards a unique connection between a single golf shot and the fairway grass, in a status of total presence and connection. A unique and exceptional condition that benefits the practice of Golf and leadership..
Positive
- Empathic
- Charismatics
- Engaging
- Skilled in relations
- Ease in emotional connection
- Discipline
Negative
- Stubborn
- Inconsequential
- Naive
- Untimely
- Indirect
- Impulsive when not recognized
3. The Accomplisher
How personality influences Your golf results
Vanity influences in a crucial way the game of golf. Players with a prevalent Personality Type 3 are excessively competitive and result oriented, permanently searching for the recognition of success by their “opponents”.
Their permanent competition with others removes the ability to be “present in time” and makes it hard to keep a sustained performance. Vanity and exaggerated competitiveness are factors that many times devastate the ability to focus and disrupt the relaxed performance so essential in golf. The way personality Type 3 player deals with momentary failure can make him to completely move away from the golf game.
People with this dominant personality type or any of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing those “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram makes the difference between a constant competitive state and a susceptibility for recognition from others or a personality oriented to a continuous self-improvement sustained and focussed on measuring goals and objectives, unique condition for the game of golf and leadership.
Positive
- Objectivity
- Efficiency
- Results orientated
- Humorous, enthusiasm
- Confidence
Negative
- Conniving/calculative
- Extremely competitive
- Impatience when faced with difficulties
- Dissimulated
- Indifference to the opinions of others
4. The Emotive
How personality influences Your golf results
Emotion influences in a determinant way our golf results. Players with the predominant Type 4 are excessively emotive and connected with past states and moments..
Internalized and inconstant this personality type chooses to perceive what is missing in it’s performance or in its game then perceiving what he really has. As consequence of developing a constant comparison with others feeds a critical feeling of inability towards himself. Because of its hardship in dealing with this internal criticism they can become ferocious critics of it’s competitors or with themselves. This emotional state can drastically constrain its progress and sustainable results in golf.
People with this dominant personality type or any of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing those “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram will make the difference between a player in constant emotional oscillations and a ferocious critic towards himself to a performance of great sensibility, capacity to produce uniques idealizations and an intense connection with the present state, unique conditions for the golf game and leadership.
Positive
- Sensitive
- Creatives
- Detail oriented
- Demanding
- Expressive
Negative
- Unstable
- Mordant critics
- Complainers
- Little objective
- Self-referent
5. The Analytical
How personality influences Your golf results
Over analysis influences in a decisive way our golf results. Players with a predominant personality type 5 are excessively rational and overly focussed on analyzing future plans. Away from the present state of mind their need of constant analysis develops a mental hyperactivity which moves them away from the moment. Their “energy safer” focus make that predominant personality type faces some troubles when trying to achieve new levels of performance.
To ensure objectivity as way of surviving, in his word perspective, this personality profile isolates access to emotions. In fact those same emotions could guaranty a key condition to access new levels of performance.
People with this dominant personality type or any one of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing those “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram can make the difference between a player in constant mental hyperactivity and with a constant distancing from the “moment” in every shot to be a player who performed with great serenity in moments of extreme tension and failure, unique conditions for the practice of the game of golf and leadership.
Positive
- Positive
- Analyze and logic
- Deliberation
- Lucid and attentive analysis
- Calm in crisis
- Objectivity
Negative
- Apathy
- Excessive analysis
- Emotionally detached
- Little assertiveness
- Retracted
- Distancing
6. The Doubtful
How personality influences Your golf results
The doubt influences in a crucial way our golf results. Players with predominant personality type 6 are excessively anxious and attempt to anticipate to the max all the possible worst case scenarios.
To reduce the anxiety the player with this profile attempts to anticipate all the possibilities witch includes worst case scenarios that will occur in each Shot. Adding to that feeds a excessive internal dialog usually predicting negative consequences. Their relation to success is naturally not healthy feeding some unconscious limiting beliefs in relation to sustain new levels of performance specially when that requires more exposing to spotlight.
This personality profile unconsciously delays his passage to new levels of performance witch requires new system believes. He does that by sabotaging its positive results and giving a greater focus in failed performances.
People with this dominant personality type or any of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing those “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram will make the difference between a player in constant mental hyperactivity and focus on the negative aspects with a constant distancing from the “now moment” to a performance enriched with a singular capacity of planning and strategy orientation, unique conditions for the excellency of golf and leadership.
Positive
- Commitment
- Organization
- Caution
- Responsibility
- Anticipation of problems
Negative
- Doubt
- Preoccupation
- Hyper-Vigilance
- Anxiety
- Negative scenarios
- Distancing
7. The Enthusiast
How personality influences Your golf results
The over enthusiasm influences in an determinant way our golf results. Players with a predominant personality type 7 are excessively enthusiastic preferring to focus on the multiple positive scenarios facing extremely bad small flaws most of the time consequence of their lack of concentration and focus in the present moment.
In order to maintain open multiple options by an unconscious need of freedom and pleasure this player profile has serious challenging defining shot routines and others procedures that guaranty their performance and results on a solid basis. Dealing extremely bad with repetitive training plans because unconscious that makes them feel stuck on processes showing them sometimes some frustration. They are hard to discipline and to develop repetitive processes for systematization. That lack of systematization make them often abandon, for a period of time, the golf activity until the enthusiasm and optimism raise again.
That player profile make it hard to grow to new levels of performance when all they need are discipline in a specific moment of their game or career.
People with this dominant personality type or any of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing those “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram will make the difference between a player who dominated by the enthusiasm ruin their performance when faced with positive results cause theirs extreme confidence mismatch with theirs little ability to lead with frustration and disappointment usually making them quit before time into a performance with enormous passion and strong believes for new levels of performance and accomplishment, unique conditions for the game of golf and leadership.
Positive
- Optimism
- Confidence
- High Energy
- Improvisation
- Humorous
Negative
- Lack of commitment
- Anti-routine
- Unfocused
- Dispersibility
- Rebellious
8. The Controller
How personality influences Your golf results
The extreme necessity for control and their excessive stamina influences in a crucial way the game of golf. Payers with a predominant personality type 8 search with the excesses of its exterior game to reduce the little consistent need for restoring its interior feeling of control.
In order to maintain the level of control and stamina a player profile with a predominant personality type 8 will end up by committing its game in a very exuberant way and with little support from its mental area of planning and anticipation. In a general way the game is executed in a more instinctive basis and the use of risky Shots is many times only a demonstration of its exuberance and defiant attitude when faced with dollish situations in which the player as allowed himself into by its less contained way of approaching the game or a previously unprepared shot.
Many times this player profile will make it hard on himself moving into new levels of performance where it requires an equilibrium between its fearless instinctive stamina energy and a soft and balanced mental energy of planning in the approach of the game or even the subtle emotional energy of “short game”.
People with this dominant personality type or any of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing these “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram will make the difference between a player that places himself in difficult situations because of its exuberant approach to the game or into a performance of enormous assertiveness where he constantly challenges the levels of performance and fulfilment, unique conditions to excel in the game of golf.
Pessoas com esta personalidade dominante, ou qualquer um de nós que nos encontremos presos neste momento, têm ao seu dispor um conjunto de ferramentas únicas para superar estes bloqueios. Conhecer estes “caminhos” que o Enneagolf propõe através da sabedoria do Eneagrama faz a diferença entre um jogador que se coloca em situações difíceis pela sua abordagem exuberante do jogo, para uma actuação de enorme assertividade onde desafia consistentemente os seus permanentes patamares de performance e concretização, condições únicas à excelencia do jogo de golfe.
Positive
- Assertiveness
- Challenge orientated
- Objectivity
- Persistence
- Self-confidence and achievement
Negative
- Impatience
- Control freak
- Exaggeration
- Authoritarian
- No planning
9. The Harmonious
How personality influences Your golf results
The extreme necessity for harmony and its susceptibility influence by others leverages in a determinant way the game of golf. Players with this predominant personality Type 9 aim to achieve acceptance by forgetting their own value and all the “offered” options.
In order to maintain a level of harmony with its environment players with a predominant personality type 9 end up being too permissive on the opinions of others about their style and shape of the game and systematically ending up adjusting and changing their shape approach and technique not valuing their self-merit. Essential condition to sustain new empowering convictions.
In a broad form this player profile ends up many times by not stating its more personal style in the game because many times feels influenced to practice adjustments and as such depreciating its self-value as an athlete.
This player profile makes it hard, even if unaware of it, for a passage to new levels of performance where it’s essential to believe in its self-value and thus keep its base strategies to sustain self-achievement. It general reads in a decrescent way in relation to the pursue of new levels of performance and personal success.
People with this dominant personality type or any of us who are trapped in these behaviors have at their disposal a unique set of tools to overcome this blockade. Knowing these “paths” proposed by Enneagolf through the wisdom of Enneagram will make the difference between a player which resists the progression into new levels of performance and clingings to limiting beliefs with an excessive suggestibility into a performance of enormous persistence discipline and serenity, unique conditions to excel in the game of golf.
Positive
- Calm
- Reflection
- Disciplined
- Tolerance
- Patience
Negative
- Indecision
- Apathy
- Dependence
- Unaware of self-value
- Procrastination