Point 3
The Performer
"I achieve."
Fixations:
• Deceit
• Vanity
Higher Aspects:
• Honesty
• Hope
Where Attention & Energy Go
• Efficiency
• Identification with achievement and performance
• Competition and the avoidance of failure
• Poor access to personal feelings
• Belief that one gains love and acceptance from what you produce rather than "who" you are
• Presentation of an image that is "adjusted" to gain approval
• Multi-track thinkers with on-going tasks and future tasks.
Strengths
Poised
Leader
Efficient
Practical
Competent
Personable
Enthusiastic
Self-Assured
Inspires-Hope
What Supports Personal Development
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 Moderate pace
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 Letting emotions surface
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 Ask self what really matters
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 Set limits and boundaries on work
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 Allow self to listen and be receptive
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 Realize that love comes from being not from doing and having.
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 Practice looking inward for own identity apart from success and expectations of others
Look-Alikes
Point 1 & 3 Both are achievers, goal & success oriented
• 3's -
Reaching goal for external recognition, will ‘cut corners’ for efficiency
• 1's -
Inner critic, high standards, motivated by ‘what is right’
Point 5 & 3 Both can be task, activity, doing oriented, suspend feelings to avoid their impact
• 3's -
Activity is essentially continuous, go-head energy, concern for keeping a good image
• 5's -
Activity, energy expression in bursts, interspersed with retraction to re-charge and think things over
Point 7 & 3 Both are active, assertive, upbeat, task oriented, often overbooked, tend to avoid negative feelings
• 3's -
Focus on good image and external approval for accomplishments to sustain self-worth
• 7's -
Focus on own pleasures, interests, experience a sense of personal entitlement to keep options open
Point 8 & 3 Both are assertive, determined, action-oriented, goal-oriented, willing to take charge, radiate competence and confidence, may inadvertently step on anyone who gets in their way
• 3's -
Alters self like a chameleon, changes direction to reach goal, anger surfaces if reaching goal is obstructed
• 8's -
Holds to a position, gets confrontational, and expresses anger directly and easily
Summary – Point Three – The Performer

Threes present a surface image of conformity, competitiveness and high achievement, but have great difficulty expressing their personal feelings and needs concretely and directly. It is difficult for them to distinguish their own feelings from the feelings that come with a “role."

Failure is avoided at all costs if possible. If it can’t be avoided it will be reframed as a positive. Their worth is measured by external achievements of “doing” that include the roles and the images that they play, believing that they are loved for what they do rather than who they are.

An image of being successful, productive, and looking good, become all important at a price of being true to their inner self. They can tend to buy into their own successful persona that they have so carefully crafted, while intimate relationships suffer in the process. The intimate may be presented with a mask to love, thus leaving the three never feeling truly loved for who they are, but for what they can do, constantly moving from task to task, securing outcomes.

The healthy Three is often extremely good at setting and meeting goals, while being organized and flexible. They learn quickly what needs to be done, and can be inspired leaders with an energetic and positive outlook. Their priorities become a sense of honor, family and friendship with being able to set boundaries and limits with work.

The strengths of a Three include, leadership, efficiency, practicality, personable, enthusiastic, self-assured, poised with a take charge attitude, multi-track thinkers, active.

Threes grow by seing themselves separate from image and performing.