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The Enneagram Edge: Drive Life & Biz Success With The Enneagram
Welcome to The Enneagram Edge, the go-to podcast for entrepreneurs ready to unlock the power of their Enneagram type to create thriving businesses and lives they love.
Join me, Margot Zaher, a certified Enneagram coach and business coach, as we dive deep into how your personality influences everything from decision-making and productivity to relationships and success. Episodes are packed with practical tips, real-world stories, and interviews with entrepreneurs who’ve leveraged their Enneagram type to overcome obstacles, tap into their strengths, and achieve their goals.
Whether you're a visionary Type 7 with endless ideas, a Type 1 perfectionist striving for excellence, or a loyal Type 6 navigating fear and self-doubt, The Enneagram Edge is here to help you understand your unique wiring and turn it into your ultimate business advantage.
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The Enneagram Edge: Drive Life & Biz Success With The Enneagram
Episode #20: Lead with the Mind: The Power & Pitfalls of the Head Center
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Every entrepreneur makes decisions through the lens of thought, strategy, and anticipation but how you relate to uncertainty determines whether your mind becomes a powerful ally or a source of paralysis.
In the third and final part of the three-part series Risk, Decisions & Action: How Your Enneagram Center Drives Your Business Moves, Margot explores the Head (Thinking) Center of the Enneagram—Types 5, 6, and 7. Discover how fear, foresight, and mental agility shape risk-taking, decision-making, and action, and learn to transform overthinking into confident leadership.
If you’ve ever delayed a launch until you felt more prepared, second-guessed a decision until it felt safer, or jumped to a new idea to avoid uncertainty, this episode will help you turn your mental patterns into a stabilizing force for your business.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
How Head Center Approaches Decisions. (2:54)
Core drivers for each of the Head Centers: (12:01)
- Type 5: Fear of Being incapable, incompetent, and overwhelmed: (13:45)
- Type 6: Fear of being unsupported and unprepared. (16:11)
- Type 7: Fear of being trapped, pain, and deprivation. (18:43)
Decision-Making Advantages and Pitfalls by Head Type:
- Type 5: Strategic, insightful, and deeply knowledgeable but may delay action while waiting to feel fully prepared. (22:18)
- Type 6: Loyal, discerning, and excellent at-risk management but may struggle with self-trust and indecision. (24:24)
- Type 7: Visionary, optimistic, and innovative but may avoid discomfort by jumping to the next exciting idea. (26:23)
Signature Strengths and Gifts: How wisdom (5), courage (6), and vision (7) become powerful leadership assets when fear no longer runs the show. (28:27)
Impactful Growth Practices: Name the fear under the thought, set decision deadlines, move before certainty arrives, ground the body, and take type-specific action to build trust in yourself. (31:24)
Two Practical Exercises: Fear-to-Action Translation and the 80% Rule to help Head types stop spinning and start moving forward with clarity. (36:58)
Resources & Links
Free Decision-Making Guide & Assessment
Download the Decision-Making by Type guide to identify your dominant Enneagram center and start making smarter, more confident choices:
https://margotzaher.com/enneagram-decision-making-guide/
Not sure of your Enneagram type?
Take the free 10-question assessment:
https://tinyurl.com/Enneagram-Assessment
Deep-Dive Enneagram Typing & Integration
Book a private session with Margot:
https://margotzaher.com/enneagram-typing-session/
Let’s Connect
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Questions or feedback? Email: Margot@margotzaher.com
Share your story: DM or email Margot with your own “Head-centered decision” experience.
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