Comments for The Great Office Escape

Comment on 5 Things You Should Never Do When Starting a Business by Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:17:23 +0000

I like your site…thank you! I’m glad to come across it. You have a good sense of what it takes to make life real and I appreciate the practical and yet respectful way you offer us all information.

Victoria

Comment on Career Choices for Enneagram Types by Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:11:16 +0000

Lori, it’s both wonderful and tragic (in a sense) that the epicure (seven) is drawn to some of the most exciting careers, but many of these careers aren’t “lifelong” endeavors. Type Four (the Individualist) also suffers a bit from this complex. If you took a poll of all the visitors to this site, probably more than half would at least enjoy the epicurean careers – but they wouldn’t be a great fit in the long run.

The key for you, and your fellow sevens is probably to pick something where you are around a lot of people and action and stick with it (even if you get bored after awhile) and have other adventures/hobbies “on the side.” The chances are good that as you work in the same career for years, if you can get through the “boredom” phase, the excitement of getting really good at something will slowly take over!

Comment on Career Choices for Enneagram Types by Lori

Lori — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:02:17 +0000

I myself, an “The Epicure” or “Storm Chaser” and I have done my research on myself and everything has been right on target! The career choices are many that I have already experienced, and left for lack of entertainment. As a small child I always have had the desire to work in the travel industry, but have never had the means to do so. I have managed a pool & spa store for three years, and it is a FUN place to work, but I have grown bored with this job as well, and feel like I am a big loser that cannot hold down a job! I have been doing alot of soul searching, but thus far have not been able to pinpoint my next endeavor?! HELP!!!

Comment on Career Choices for Enneagram Types by Mike

Mike — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:47:21 +0000

Janell, I’m also a 4, and have always been drawn to the world of coaching/writing! I think there is something innate in most 4’s and their ability to get inside other’s heads and understand their strengths/where they would shine. A career coach would be a great career for a 4.

I actually know someone who is a 9/1 attorney – she does patent law and does struggle at times with the stress (she needs time to recoup) but it give her a sense of security. Has your son looked into the possibility of clerking? Less direct pressure, but possibility to work almost anywhere and work in a variety of different legal fields. Clerking is also a great way to build toward a career in law and discover what area of law he might be passionate in.

I like your site, by the way!

Comment on Career Choices for Enneagram Types by Janell Moon

Janell Moon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:33:47 +0000

Wonder how a #9 on a #l wing son who is a new attorney could use his law degree? He’s hates the conflict of the attorney role although loves the law and the thought behind cases. Antalytical introvert, Mediation is too much stress too. He’s quiet although he has good people skills. He did like paralegal, the support role.. Any ideas of what to do if you “want to run away from the law?” He likes younger and older folks, probably a social #9.

Comment on Career Choices for Enneagram Types by Janell Moon

Janell Moon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:27:27 +0000

I’m a #4 and work as a counselor and writing coach. I have 10 books in print and a memoir coming out in the fall 2010. I add hypnotherapy when there’s a block or when focus needs to be better. I love the enneagram for a helpful way to understand yourself and the path to healing. I use my’ #2 to help and my # to be careful of details.9 I disagree with integration and disintergration theories…when healthy we use both well and when unhealthy we use the underbelly of those numbers.) My experience is we grow and change within our number and can feel profoundly different after doing work on ourselves. By the way, different #’s write the books you’d expect by their enneagram numbers.

Comment on Politics, Religion, and Careers by Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:29 +0000

Rhoda,

Thanks for stopping by! I’m glad you are enjoying the site. I definitely agree that there are a lot of self-imposed limitations floating around out there that result from some of our needs to “belong to something.” Our affiliative natures may help give us semi-artificial definition but can also take away our ability to discern our own reactions to things from our chosen “family” whether religious, political or social.

Comment on Politics, Religion, and Careers by Rhoda

Rhoda — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:18 +0000

Interesting article. I also think political and religious affiliation (or brainwashing) can scupper a person’s entrepreneurial or creative ability by building an unconscious or semi-conscious paradigm from which they then continue to operate, e.g. ‘Being weathly means you are a bad, greedy person,’ or ‘Being creative is a luxury; you are lucky to have a job – many people don’t.’ Etcetera. Even if a person is intellectually aware of the limitations of such arguments, the creativity-sapping effects associated with such politically or religiously-inspired self-talk can be hard to overcome because they are based on emotional conditioning, not intellect. Just a thought…

I really like this site, not least for its sense of humour

Comment on Career Choices for Enneagram Types by Julie

Julie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:15:48 +0000

Sorry but I don’t agree. Have spent the year studying the enneagram and being initially typed as a 7, then an 8 then a 9 now have had patterning work done and have been labelled a 6. I relate to a counterphobic six but do not to the phobic side at all. The positions you described as ideal for all 6’s just don’t fit. I like risky, self-employed jobs, and can’t stand being confined in a secure, clerical type position or be in a situation where someone has authority over me. YUKK! so yes I agree with the split in sixes – counterphobic and phobic.

Comment on How to Call in Sick to Work by Bob

Bob — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:33:43 +0000

I am a manager at my job. People call in for the *****iest reasons. We are not stupid. We see through you. Oh and by the way we are looking for your replacement