This document provides an overview of personality type 7, known as "The Optimist". It describes their general unconscious behaviors which include always having multiple options in mind, preferring to plan and discuss rather than take action, and using charm to manipulate. Their basic desire in life is to be happy by constantly escaping into pleasurable thoughts of past and future events to block any potential emotional pain. As children, they felt disconnected from a nurturing figure, leading them to decide to look after their own needs as adults through a focus on positive thoughts and experiences. The result of an imbalanced personality of this type is an insatiable desire for positive thoughts and activities that can lead to problems with focus, follow-through, and tolerating

1. Practical Emotional Intelligence
Volume 17:
Personality Type 7:
‘The Optimist’
(part 1 of 2)
Adopted from the book ‘Stop Being
Your Self’ by Ronan Gallagher

2. Type 7: General Unconscious Behaviours
Type 7: Basic Desire In Life
Type 7: Self-Image
Type 7: Childhood
Type 7: Result of Imbalanced Personality

3. Type 7: General Unconscious Behaviours
Always having
multiple options in
mind.
Prefers to plan and
discuss rather than
take action.
Uses charm to
manipulate.
Making mental lists of
exciting tasks.
Narcissist traits- feel
superior in all things.
Deep pleasure in
planning and
anticipatory thoughts.
Emotional high from
imagining past and
future events.
Aversion to
emotionally intense or
needy people.

4. Type 7:
Basic
Desire in
Life
The Desire to be happy.
The Desire to be happy results in a
constant escaping into pleasurable
thoughts of past and future events. The
emotional high blocks any potential
emotional pain.

5. Type 7: Self-Image
An enthusiastic, positive and outgoing
individual, with an ability to lift people’s
mood.
Someone with natural abilities at any
chosen pursuit, and a proud problem
solver.
An individual with an incredible
imagination and creative, intuitive
thoughts.

6. Type 7: Childhood
• Feel that they were disconnected from the nurturing
figure in their childhood. The disconnection led to
frustration and anxiety.
• There can be many reasons for this break in
nurturance- a new sibling and trauma or illness in
mother’s life.
• They decided at some point that they would look
after their own needs- that is be their own nurturer.
This sets them up for a lifetime of focusing on
positive thoughts and experiences to nurture
themselves, or keep anxiety at bay.

7. Type 7: Result of Imbalanced Personality
They have an insatiable desire for positive, exciting and stimulating thoughts, ideas
and activities.
Residing so much in your mind, with attractive thoughts, leads to problems with
focus, follow-through and completion of tasks. Can seem scattered.
Constantly blocking negative thoughts and concerns with positive and idyllic counter
thoughts misses out on an opportunity for growth. Tolerating emotional pain leads to
resolving it permanently and to enjoying positive emotions more fully.

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