In order to achieve success and fulfilment, it is essential that your professional life/career aligns with your authentic self, leveraging the strengths and talents you naturally possess.
This article helps Enneagram Type-6 (Loyal Guardian) personality to discover their unique hidden talents and forge the career path(s) that best suits their personality.
If you chose one of the below career paths, you have very high chances to excel (vs just perform) in your profession with a good sense of fulfilment. You would outperform others by unleashing your natural hidden potential/strengths.
This does not mean that you cannot or should not take up any other careers which are not listed below. You could ‘perform’ in any career that you take up and reach a level of success, but you might not have the job fulfilment and might not be able to unleash your natural hidden talents/potential.
Of course, we also need to consider other factors like the current market demand, growth path and the pay scale for different career paths.
But the career paths based on the personality is a starting point and gives us a GPS to navigate our career paths through our life.
Enneagram Type-6 (Loyal Guardian): You have got a seriously wicked sense of humor. Self-deprecating, sometimes—but always funny. You understand what it is like to second-guess every decision, which opens up your heart to bucket-loads of empathy and patience. The ability to stick up for your beliefs and your friends earns you a spot in any lucky individual’s heart.
With your hidden talents, you:
- Take all factors into consideration before taking action
- Have unconditional empathy for others
- Possess a great sense of humor
- Easily communicate with different people
- Are highly adaptable and ready for any scenario
- Know how to respond to any detour in a plan
Type-6’s often ends up in positions that have a defined structure and security, creating an environment where they can manage risk, or support others in doing so.
- Finance: Some Sixes are wonderful bankers, actuaries, or financial managers, providing a careful and structured approach that clients can trust.
- Government: Government positions at all levels allow Sixes to be the stewards of time-honored institutions that also provide a certain degree of job security.
- Education: As teachers, professors, and administrators, Sixes provide trustworthy care to the people or data they support, ensuring educational opportunities for future generations.
- Science, Engineering, and Research: Similar to academia, these fields come with established rules and standards to which Sixes can adhere while making their own contributions.
- Ministry: As ministers or clergy, Sixes protect religious traditions and provide caring pastoral support to the community at large.
- Quality Assurance: Sixes do a wonderful job as inspectors of health and safety facilities, or company auditors, carefully ensuring that health and quality standards are in place.
- Project Management and Administrative Professionals: Sixes make excellent project managers, as they can create structures that minimize risk and ensure all bases are covered by the team.
- First Responders: Sixes are often drawn to being firefighters, paramedics, and emergency room doctors and staff—people who can respond adeptly in times of crisis.
- Mental Health and Addiction Support: Some Sixes enjoy being active, hands-on, unshakeable support for people as psychologists, therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, and crisis hotline staff.
- Police and Military: Both of these positions combine participating in culturally defined and structured positions, while also offering the opportunity for risk, excitement, and saving lives.
- Professional Advocates: Sixes do a wonderful job defending those in need, whether they are directly involved in positions that support individuals (such as providing defence in a courtroom or other formal setting, or as healthcare advocates), or setting high level policy.
- Performers: By combining toughness and vulnerability, many Sixes make excellent actors, comedians, and other performers— people who remind us of the full range of humanity in their delivery.
Feel free to connect with me if you want a guided self-discovery of Enneagram typing session to know your type. This would be 100% accurate. This would help you to choose the most fulfilling career paths and to unleash your potential.