Nicknames:

Innovator • Enthusiast • Adventurer • Visionary

"Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." — Dr. Pangloss (in Candide by Voltaire)

"Promise Yourself... To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet... To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true... To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best." —Optimist International

"When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before." —Mae West

"An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young." —Oscar Wilde

Likely examples:

Summary:

SEVENS are the great initiators of new projects, based on wide-open vision. Routine attention to ongoing processes holds little attraction for them, and may bring others' complaints that SEVENS are impulsive or unreliable. Although SEVENS are not the people to look to regarding the potential difficulties of a project, they will break through limits and bring the inspiration and enthusiasm necessary for bold new ventures.

Qualities and preferences:                          

Initiator. Talkative. Excited and activated. Promoter.

Initiator of new actions and directions. Impulsive.

Adventurous and expansive. Unconventional.

Mercurial. Optimistic. Uninhibited. Impulsive.

Keeps options open; stays unencumbered.

Can be blunt, impatient. Instant gratification.

Apt to take conversations off in myriad directions rather than deeply exploring select issues.

The most likely of all types to overindulge - whether in food, intoxicants, or activity.

How to take them:

SEVENs generally love to talk. Don't expect every possibility discussed to be followed through to completion.

Slogans or catch-phrases:

"The devil's name is dullness." —Robert E. Lee (not necessarily a 7)

"Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself." —Rita Mae Brown

"Enough about me; let's talk about you. What do you think of me."? —Anonymous

"Let's keep flexible." "Let's take a flyer." "Surprise me!"

Appreciated by others for:

Spontaneity, energy, and enthusiasm.

Charm, generosity, and lightheartedness.

Creativity and expansiveness.

Less appreciated by others when/if:

Continues starting new projects or expanding old ones when completion is needed elsewhere.

Resists moving deeper than surface level of issues.

Commitment-phobic.

How to make an appeal to them:

Present the upside, the possibilities, the enjoyability, and novelty of a proposed venture.

Myers-Briggs likely types:

EP: Extraverted-Perceiving types

esp.: ENTP, ENFP, ESFP, ESTP

The innovators and initiators of activities and projects.

Stressed by, uncomfortable with, or preferring to avoid:

Boredom. Routine. Constraints. Introspection.

Creations by or about this type:

Thriving on Chaos by Tom Peters

Revolution in Kindness by Anita Roddick

Get along better with them by:

Don't ask them to introspect or to listen to your struggles or discomforts.

Warning signs of stress:

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Challenges for growth:

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How you can grow from your six-wing:

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Beneath the surface:

SIXes.

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How you can grow from your eight-wing:

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In your childhood, background:

At some point in childhood a TWO found something in life too painful to keep in awareness, and adopted a strategy for keeping the mind and emotions away from painful and unhappy awareness.

Empowerment from high qualities of five:

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