Enneagram Deep Dive: Discover Your True Motivation

Type 15: The Strategist

This subtype blends the Investigator’s analytical mind with the Achiever’s drive for results. You're not content just understanding systems—you want to master and optimize them. Efficient, private, and always a few steps ahead, you prefer to stay behind the scenes while pulling the strings. You measure your worth through competence and strategic impact, not visibility. But your blind spot? Emotional detachment. You may dismiss feelings as distractions and struggle to connect vulnerably. Your growth begins when you stop seeing relationships as puzzles to solve—and start allowing others to see your human edge.

Type 16: The Visionary Idealist

You’re the lovechild of the Individualist and the Reformer: deeply principled, wildly imaginative, and unwilling to accept “good enough.” You see what could be—then feel crushed by what is. Your idealism is fierce, but your disappointment runs deep. You’re prone to existential angst and creative paralysis, especially when reality doesn’t match your inner blueprint. But your greatest strength is your ability to inspire change through both passion and poetry. When you learn to channel your idealism into tangible action, not just lamentation, you become a rare force: one who can dream and build.