I had a fun moment today.

There’s a great gal who I know through social networking. I have had a theory for years that she’s a Five (she reminds me SO much of Tina Fey), and I’ve spent numerous hours trying to tell her about the enneagram. One night I even held a little mini class introducing people to the enneagram spontaneously at a bar. Three hours. Seriously. And this gal listened the whole time.
But still, apparently was unconvinced of the awesomeness of the enneagram.

(Sidebar: She and a type Seven both called me an evangelist today. That’s good, right? )

So today I ran into her and she told me she had a story for me. She and her spouse were hanging out and she frivolously made reference to the enneagram.
And her spouse asked her what that was about.
So she looked it up to tell him about what Type Five (which I told her she was) was all about.

And after they spent an hour and a half reading all about it, her spouse and her both being amazed at how much Type Five’s description DID describe her, now she sees that the enneagram is “actually pretty deep.”

So the tip on type here is to NEVER underestimate a Type Five’s need to discover things for themselves. You can tell them all you want about something, but until they do their own research, it won’t have much juice for them.

I just helped Dina buy her first MacBook. She is ridiculously excited. In fact, she even got the Apple store guy who served us feel excited.

When I first met Dina four years ago, she was a talented dance teacher who didn’t even own an iPod. Now, with our type Five connecting points pinging off each other, we’re both techie’d out!

As you can see in this picture, she’s pretty dang jazzed. I’ll bet part of her believes she could launch the Space Shuttle with that thing.

There’s a way in which you might not expect me (an Eight) and Dina (a Seven) to be so into computers and websites, social media and all that. But I think as our generations become more intertwined with computers, our types evolve to take advantage of the new playground.

I suspect for Dina, it’s another kind of dance floor. And for me, it’s a whole world I can control. Heh.

As a Seven and an Eight both comfortable with our inner Fives, I gotta say…look out, world!