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If you don’t see it, you can’t manage it. People don’t want to see the things that they dislike deep inside. This develops into a habit, as a kind of self-protection, and then they actually don’t see these things. They become blind spots. So, the first step toward self-management consists of observing yourself closely despite all this. Everyone can acquire this ability to self-observe. Of course, it’s easier when you have instructions you can rely on. You learn to systematically question yourself with the goal of interpreting your perception. With this questioning, you recognize that you’re observing something, but you ask yourself what is the meaning of what you see? What could it indicate? This systematic questioning is called self-reflection; some people also refer to it as an internal dialogue.

The descriptions of the Enneagram types function as a kind of mirror. They tell you a lot about the unconscious driving forces and their function. When you look into these mirrors, you will recognize certain things in yourself, but others won't necessarily click. Self-reflection helps make the unconscious conscious.