Type 7: The
Optimistic Enthusiast

You might be a 7 if...

You connect with the words enjoyable, energetic, pleasure-seeking, synthesizer of ideas, imaginative, optimistic, opportunity oriented, quick thinking, helpful, playful, spontaneous, and pain avoidant

You focus much of your attention on interesting activities, stimulating ideas, and future possibilities, actively looking for ways to engage in fun or pleasurable experiences. Missing out on opportunities or pleasure matters to you!

You avoid potentially uncomfortable situations by keeping your options open, finding opportunities for adventures, and maintaining your freedom

You habitually come up with positive ideas and plans that keep you focused on future possibilities and often reframe negatives into positives

You value being free from limitations in life and don’t want to feel constrained by others

You seek to equalize authority and dislike hierarchies because you don’t like being told what to do or having to tell others what to do

You are a highly optimistic person. You see it as your job to keep yourself and others upbeat, energized, entertained, and positive

You have a difficult time facing pain and suffering in life

Your mind moves instantaneously from one thought to another, and you have more energy than most

You see the world as a place full of possibilities and you have many interests

You enjoy being creative and brainstorming new ideas with others. Changing course midstream might not bother you as much as others. You can see it as a challenge to solve.

You don’t enjoy being still for long periods of time, sitting with your feelings (especially the painful ones) for extended time, feeling bored, or being around people who are slow or pessimistic

Common Stereotype:

Many will say that 7’s can’t keep commitments or stay in difficult or trying situations.

Running Towards:
Being happy, fully satisfied, and content

Running From:
Being deprived, trapped in emotional pain, limited, bored, or missing out on an opportunity

Core Longing:
To know that “I will be taken care of and satisfied in life”

Core Struggle:
Feeling a great emptiness inside and having an insatiable desire to “fill myself up” with experiences and stimulation in hopes of feeling completely satisfied and content

Subtypes of Type 7: The Enthusiastic Optimist

SELF-PRESERVATION 7: KEEPERS OF THE CASTLE

This type of 7 likes to enjoy an abundant lifestyle within family and a circle of friends. They express gluttony through making alliances and creating opportunites for gaining an advantage and getting their needs met. This type of 7 is more in touch with their anxiety and find safety in being pragmatic, focused on their well-being, and meeting their need for fun/stimulation. They are a more cheerful, talkative, and upbeat type of 7. People often admire them and they tend to use their charm to get what they want. Their lifestyle is often more self-indulgent and gluttony is easier to see in this subtype.

SOCIAL 7: THE UTOPIAN VISIONARY (the countertype)

This 7 has an opposite relationship to gluttony. They go against it by being in constant service to others, and by avoiding taking advantage of others. They desire to be seen as good and will sacrifice their own needs or desires to support others. They will use their enthusiasm and idealism to make themselves valued in the group, and will have a more “give to get” mentality than the other two subtypes. They have a very positive outlook on life and a joyful anticipation of things to come, though they can put their own need for stimulation on the back burner in service to others.

ONE-TO-ONE/SEXUAL 7: SUGGESTIBILITY

This 7 expresses gluttony by imagining things bigger and better than they truly are. They see the world through “rose colored glasses”, often living in their imagination and focusing on idealistic dreams. They can present a bit naive, and are also good at persuadiing others into joining them in their visions and adventures. They are often more light-hearted and believe that they can do everything, seeing many possibilities in life.

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Type 7: The Optimistic Enthusiast