I call the 279 and the 379 the Rainbow Tritypes. They like colorful events, multi-colored images and colorful people. They are diverse and accepting and generally love people.
These two Tritypes are very similar at first glance. However, the difference between the 3 and the 2 is important. The 279 is the most relational Tritype and the 379 is the most positive Tritype. 379s are even more positive than the 279s. Both Tritypes care about people... but the 379s focus more on their achievements and ideally with people... whereas the 279 focuses more on relationships.
Both Tritypes avoid conflict and both want to be upbeat...but how?
The 279 needs easy relating and positive encounters...they try to smooth things over so people are happy and easier to be around.
) They focus on okness.
The 379 needs to "be" an exemplar of what is positive. They are like a handful of colorful balloons. They also love images of rainbows and balloons regardless of which type leads.
In the 379-- The 3 feels they need to be motivated, positive and efficient, and to be seen as successful to be considered likable. The 7 feels they need to be upbeat, entertaining and fun, and seen as exciting to be considered likable.The 9 feels they need to be kind, harmonious and agreeable, and be seen as easy and accepting to be considered likable. So the 379 struggles when they have a disappointing experience, and/or don't achieve a goal. They are quick to deny painful emotions in favor of pseudo happiness and instead turn lemons into lemonade more than any other Tritype.
So when a painful experience is acute and needs time to heal the 379 can become impatient and be very hard on themselves for being down. Like the balloons, their happiness becomes deflated.
When they feel despair and/or a sense of inner emptiness they feel they must hide it from others.... as they believe that everyone loves a winner not a loser(3), someone that brings people up not down (7) and someone that is content not complaining (9). When this happens they can seem to be bouncing all over the place... but they are actually trying to reframe their negative emotional states into positive learning experiences to remain desirable to others. When in pain, the 379 can come across as shallow due to their efforts to be positive when they feel negative. Done to excess, they can feel like empty calories to themselves and to others.
When they are down their world becomes bleak and gray, and devoid of color. It is an opportunity for introspection and growth, of course, but for this Tritype it is extremely difficult to do because it means embracing the bleak and the gray which their Tritype is defended against. But, until they grieve whatever loss they are experiencing or experienced in the past.... and, let in the pain in small doses their world will remain bleak.
Most pretend they are happy to remain likable... and safe.... but friends and loved ones read that something is amiss. This is when you can remind them that when they identify, and name the pain, (tag it ) their world will become colorful again. And, that their ambitions and upbeat personality will return and feel real.
When working with the 379 Tritype it is really important to help them remember their amazing ability to see what is positive, possible and harmonious in any given situation. Help them reconnect to themselves via their accomplishments. Once they have found their center you can begin the journey of working on the greater depths they need to cultivate to fully heal.
They feel they need to be seen as positive, upbeat and good-natured to be safe which is why they hide their sadness when they feel down. They lose their motivation to do, be and become.This is crushing because they want success and seek stardom albeit understated...
Help them to remember who they are...all of who they are and what they have accomplished...They love people and the energy that comes from being connected to others. They like color in every form. They love projects and are very ambitious, and can accomplish a great deal. But, they need the affirmation that comes from others, to in turn, have the confidence they need to share their inspirations with everyone they meet... And, like the flowers that turn to face the sun, 379s need to be inspired and be inspirational... And when they have it, they share their enthusiasm with the world...
Originally Posted by Milo
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