Assertive Types

Assertive Triad Profile

Kanye West 3w4 sp/sx 368

Pushing out against the world to get what they want/need

The Assertive types include: Types 3, 7, and 8

Hornevian Triads: 

How the different types get what they want/need, in relation to other people and the world around them

Assertive types:

These are the types that will push through the world and move against others to get what they want and need in the world. These types generally (a) know what they want, (b) know how they can get it, and (c) wont stop for nothing or nobody to get what they want.

Key characteristics (ancedotal stereotypes that tend to ring true): 'that guy/girl', boss, in-control of themselves/their life, confident, self-assured, persistent, strong-willed, self-reliant, the epitome of high self-esteem.

Notes:

Assertive types typically block out their emotions, and are very action-oriented and proactive in appeasing their ego (this means that they can lack the patience and orientation required to understand the depth of their emotions and feelings about experiences beyond the surface level). This doesn't mean that they don't talk about their feelings, they might, or they might not, it depends on a lot of different life factors. What this means is that, quiet and reflective time is typically not of value and  in the eyes of people with this type, people who do such things can be viewed as weak, pointless or 'soft'. 

The main point of these types is that they are asserting the ego of their type. I will explain with each type in mind (you can learn more about each of the types in referencing my other blog posts on types; which will be linked when available)

TYPE 3

Image of Attachement; aka Direct Orientation toValue: They are asserting their image of value. Three is an image type, so typically they move through the world assertively getting all the verifications, acheivements, reaching goal aafter goal to maintian their image of value. Asserting value through hard work and achievement.

Eg. Taylor Swift (so/sp 3w2 369) completely dominating the pop industry in the 21st century by working her butt off to understand what 'good' pop music is and taking that idea, and redefining the pop scene. Asserting her own value in a way that is undeniable to most because she worked really hard to get there; and hard work is valued in our society.

TYPE 7

Fear of Frustration ; aka Orientation to constantly relieving any sense of frustration (wanting their freedom): They are asserting their 'right' to relieve their frustration and have excitement and fulfillment. Seven is an head type, so typically they move through the world assertively pushing up against anything and everything with a sort of child-like wonder (imagine a childs first time in a candy shop or toy store) trying to satiate the fear that they are missing out on an experience that will make them feel fulfilled and less frustrated with the world/their life. Asserting freedom by infusing every experience of theirs with excitement and oppportunities.

Eg. Doja Cat (so/sx 7w6 793) has a very unique look and style in general; she is known to have a very bold personality and tries to infuse the social space (she is a so/sx- meaning social dominant) with excitement. And sometimes that means trying to push against the conformities of society and sharing strange ideas and thoughts, weird tiktoks, or strange ig posts. As of recent (April 2023) shes been on this devil/demon craze which is weirding people out while she denies that its that serious cuz at the end of the day as a seven she is trying to infused her instinctual needs with excitement/ramp it up, and she is gonna assertively do this and push back against any criticism with a 'fuck you' tone.

TYPE 8

Body sense of Rejection; aka Rejecting the body's permeaability and ability to be affected somatically by sensation : They are asserting their boundaries by pushing out against unwanted sensation or simply rejecting sensation altogether. Of the body types (8,9, & 1), 9 and 8 are able to numb some sorts of sensation, and in the type eight structure they are able to numbe some sensation to completely ignore it thus rejecting sensation. This doesn't neceassrily mean physical sensation like a feather brushing your skin. It can mean the physical snesation in your 'gut' that a personas prescense has on you or what that implies for your safety or experience. *s typically dont want others to have control over their boundaries so they can premtively push the boundaries out far so that noone gets in and they get to be the gatebridge and moat of their metaphorical castle.

Eg. Martin Luther King Jr. (so/sp 8w9 862) was an American Baptist Minister and Civil Rights activist in the 20th century. He voiced concerns over and spurred the black community into action against the injustices the black community faces. As for social 8s they want to have control over their own autonomy and as a black man in America in the 1950s and 60s this was not possible for Martin Luther King Jr. So he used his social instinct to gather the people a fight for the cause that affects him the most and also socially impact people. This was a fight for his autonomy (8) and for the black community as well (social).

*Although what Martin Luther King Jr did was very noble, generous, monumental and outright the morally correct thing to do, from a typological standpoint we can view this as a sort of 'selfish' feeding the types ego perspective. He is NOT a selfish* person, but from a type perspective everyone is self-interested and relatively selfish.

Examples of triple assertive tritypes individuals*:

3w4 sx/so 378 Madonna

7w6 sp/so 783 Bianca del Rio

7w6 sx/so 738 Russel Brand

7w8 sp/sx 738 Nicki Minaj

8w7 so/sx 873 Leslie Jones

8w7 sx/so 873 James Brown

(Sidenote: I will explain tritypes are in a future article. But generally speaking, of the three centers (heart, head, body) everyone has one of three types from each center that gives them their tritype. Example: I am an enneagram 7 with a 738 tritype, meaning from the heart center I have e3, from the head center I have e7, and from the body center I have e8 (I will discuss order, and general chracteristics at a later time).

Memes:

Note: The people in these photos aren't necessarily triple assertive/assetive core/assertive fixes, these a just memes babes