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-7 (Entertaining Optimist) 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-7 (Entertaining Optimist): Type-7’s are often drawn to positions that allow for them to have maximum flexibility, spontaneity, and ability to generate endless possibilities on the job. Other Sevens are drawn specifically to roles where they can lift others up, using their ability to spread joy and happiness.
- Directors: It is particularly common to see Sevens directing ventures with a sense of fun, such as media agencies, retreat centers, or summer camps. Sevens in charge come up with numerous great ideas and have staff to execute them.
- Entrepreneurs: Many Sevens have the ability to generate endless ideas, and enjoy taking the kind of risks that starting a business requires. It is not uncommon to see Sevens as “serial entrepreneurs”—people who found one company or startup, make it successful, then move on to the next venture.
- Generalist Professionals: The gift of breadth and the ability to accomplish many things at once mean we see many Sevens in roles where they wear many hats, such as internal and emergency medicine, multi linguists, and managerial roles in business.
- Marketing and Sales: In both of these roles, Sevens can use their strengths for generating ideas and entertaining others to make sales, as well as to multitask and have variety in their workday.
- Communication and Media: Many Sevens enjoy the variety of interacting with others in fields such as social media, journalism, and other forms of mass communication.
- Campaigners: Particularly in new campaigns, Sevens get to create or execute ambitious plans from the ground up with freedom and spontaneity in their movements. These types of roles also allow them to be idealistic activists.
- Travel-Related Professions: As pilots, flight attendants, tour guides, travel writers, language teachers, and translators, Sevens get a sense of adventure and open-ended career potential.
- Helping Professions: Certain Sevens are drawn to being therapists, counselors, and medical professionals, as they enjoy seeing the best in people and uplifting their spirits.
- Event Planning and Executing: Planning and fulfilling various event roles, such as catering or DJing, give Sevens the opportunity to create events that are fun and uplifting for others and themselves.
- Work with Children: Children are full of potential and fun to be with, so it is not surprising many Sevens enjoy working as child psychologists, pediatricians, teachers, special education professionals, childcare workers, and camp counselors.
- Entertainers: A sense of what they, and others, find amusing or thrilling makes Sevens engaging performers, musicians, comedians, and clowns—entertainers of any type.
- Hospitality Industry: Jobs like hotel employee, bartender, and restaurant server allow Sevens endless variety on the job, as well as opportunities to meet and entertain new people nightly.
- Assistant: A good attitude and the ability to do many things at once—and to make plans at the drop of a hat—make Sevens great personal assistants, stylists, gophers, or front-facing administrative professionals in offices.
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