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I certainly believe that you know best which type you have. After all, only you can look inside yourself. Only you can observe what you think, feel, and experience, for example. You might not yet know all about the Enneagram and the nine types, but when you receive the information you need, from this book or from a study course, you’re sure to find your own type.

Finding your type isn’t difficult. The Enneagram offers nine templates that you can use as a mirror. You look at every template and then ask yourself whether this might be the mechanism you recognize in yourself. So you move from one map to the next and determine which map fits you best. You observe yourself and ask, “Which part of this do I recognize in myself?” Then you begin a discussion with yourself, using the inner dialogue, or self-reflection. The Enneagram makes a point of offering many guidelines for self-observation and reflection because, when you start on the journey of discovering your own type, you also immediately start training and encouraging these two important skills on the way to further development. Maybe this inner dialogue already helps you discover the Enneagram type in which you see yourself reflected more than in the others. When you recognize yourself, you'll know your Enneagram type, yes, but more importantly, you'll have discovered and experienced things about yourself. You'll be more conscious of certain aspects of yourself and will have gained self-awareness.