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You may have noticed that people also develop in life without using tools. My life experiences mean that I also learned and unlearned lessons without the Enneagram. Without tools, this was a long, difficult, searching, and even painful path — a path of trial-and-error where, rather than know what you're doing, you're just trying something to see where it leads. If it turns out positive, you can repeat it; if not, then you no longer do it. That’s how you gain life experience. After I started working with the Enneagram, I was able to develop much more purposefully and faster.

There are many different ways to travel. If you want to go from the Netherlands to Spain, for example, you can start walking south and you might eventually end up there — as long as you have enough time. Or maybe you don’t make it there. The chances of finding Spain are better when using a map of the route. Then you might take the occasional wrong turn, but at least you can rely on the map to get back on track. Now if you find an even more efficient way to travel, you'll probably arrive even faster. This is what the Enneagram offers: an effective (targeted) and efficient way to travel on the inner path to development.