96: Using the Enneagram to keep you from letting everything take you off course

I used to be the most reactionary person in the world.<br /><br />There are two different types of people in this world: the thermostats and the thermometers.<br /><br />Be the thermostat.<br /><br />For the longest time I operated as a thermometer: The reading changed based on my environment, allowing outside circumstances to dictate what the thermometer—aka I—said and did.<br /><br />But if you’re a thermostat, you can set yourself to a cool 75 degrees no matter how hot it gets outside. The goal for you? Become a thermostat, not a thermometer.<br /><br />Don’t let your circumstances control your outcome.<br /><br />Regardless of your circumstances, YOU CAN stay driven; in the face of hard situations, YOU CAN stay confident.<br /><br />If you walk into a cold room, you can heat it up. When it’s raining outside, you can still go for your run. And if you lose your job, you can still see your dream.<br /><br />Life can change at the drop of a dime.<br /> <br />2020 has taught us this, and it hasn’t discriminated against anyone. But no matter what happens, if you’re the thermostat, you’re cool and steady.<br /><br />The Enneagram has helped me do this. How? Being an 8, I recognize my temperature will rise like a thermometer when I feel like my vulnerability is going to be risked. When I can feel this happening, it’s an indicator that I need to check my thermostat and ask myself: What’s really happening right now? You can apply it similarly.<br /><br />Quotes:<br />0:51<br />There are two types of people in the world, honestly that you can be they are the thermostats and the thermometers.<br /><br />1:44 <br />The goal for you is to become a thermostat and not a thermometer. <br /><br />2:24 <br />If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that life can change at a drop of a dime. <br /> <br />3:35 <br />No matter how sh*tty your circumstance gets, we always have control of some sort of solution. <br /><br />4:55 <br />How we handle it and how we set the tone is everything. <br /><br />6:20<br />When you are (enneagram) ty