We have come to that time again – the last article of this series. We hope you have found the earlier articles on how to message Types 1 to 3 and Types 4 to 6 useful and maybe, even started to apply them?

If you have yet to read them, you can read them here and here.

Let’s move on to our Types 7, 8 and 9!

Messaging the Type 7s

Type 7s are always on the lookout for the next new experiences and living their lives to the fullest.

When messaging a Type 7, avoid:

  • giving them too many options to choose from. When you do this, the Type 7 will want to do them all because their need to experience everything will overide the logic that what is not physically do-able for anyone to do everything in a day;
  • assuming that they will be on time. Always send reminders because Type 7s tend to double (and even triple) book their meet ups in one day!

A Whatsapp message to a Type 7 must be short, snappy and fun to instantly catch their attention. It may look like this:

Messaging the Type 8s

Type 8s are very direct people who like their communications to be brief and to the point.  So, when messaging a Type 8, avoid:

  • long Whatsapp messages that have too much context. “Get to the point,” the Type 8s will message back because all they want is to know why you are messaging and what you need from them;
  • using very general statements like “I feel that this event is not going to work” and not giving them any backup evidence to support that statement. Vague statements like these really frustrates them because they can’t do anything to solve the problem.

A potential Whatsapp message to Type 8s may be:

Messaging the Type 9s

The Type 9s love harmony and in the world of Whatsapp, they are the ones who can ‘feel’ tension and confrontation from the way the messages are phrased and through the words used.

When messaging a Type 9, avoid:

  • using words that may come off as uncouth. These words do not sit well with the ever polite Type 9s because they always feel that everyone deserves to be respected, even through Whatsapp messages;
  • being too direct in your messages. If you are too direct in the phrasing of your message (see the Type 8 format for an example of this), a relational 9 that needs more context may see that as a potential conflict that may involve them. This will cause the Type 9 to remain silent and not reply to your message at all.

A Whatsapp message to a Type 9 may look something like this:

I hope that this has been fun for you to read as much as it has been fun for me to write this for all of you. I also do hope that this series has given you some applicable insights to how you can effectively WhatsApp the different Enneagram Types.

As always, communicate to the way people would like to be communicated to. Look beyond the words being said and read carefully to what is being said behind the words. Everyone wants to be heard, even through Whatsapp, so be sure to take the time and effort to do that for the people in your lives.

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