EP331: Multi-Passionate, Need to Pivot, Or Are You Running? Diving Into What You Need to Do Right Now

Okay, I know you may have heard about the Enneagram or someone told you.

You need to know all about it.

So here you are.

But what the hell do you do with it? Great news. You are in the right place.

Lead with the Enneagram is the show where you will actually learn how to use this incredible growth tool and apply it in all areas of your life, personally and professional. Hi, I'm Tracy. And to be honest with you, I was a skeptic of the Enneagram before I started to actually integrate it into my life. In fact, in true enneagram 8 style, I told my therapist to F off when she wanted me to dive into.

It well over a decade ago.

Now that I have more than a decade of experience using the Enneagram and working on myself in my family with those closest to me, building my own bulletproof leadership, sales teams with one on one clients, couples, leading workshops for top Fortune 100 executives, and speaking to large audiences all across the globe about this powerful tool. I've got the proof and deep understanding.

Of how to help you implement this.

Into your life instead of it just.

Being some fun thing you heard about.

The Enneagram can be a complex model. But with me as your guide, I will show you how to first lead yourself in a powerful, effective and compassionate way and then help you lead others that way in your life as well. This podcast will have powerful conversations with guests, live typing sessions, as well as solo episodes of breaking down dynamics of the Enneagram and how they impact your life, career and relationships. So now let's dive in.

All right, this is a hot topic because I see this all the time, especially on social media land. And all of the things about being multi passionate or feeling like it's time to pivot or switching lanes, and all of this is really valid. There's no wrong or right answer. But this is where self awareness and understanding yourself will make this process a hell of a lot easier. And not have you wondering, am I just screwing up my business, my life, my family, all the things. Because today we're going to talk about whether or not maybe you're multi passionate, maybe you need to pivot. Or the real question, are you running from something? Are you hiding? Are you avoiding? And one of the things that I have learned over, you know, my 22 years, 23 years of really diving deep on my own self awareness is it's different for everyone. And so there's no cookie cutter answer, there's no necess like necessarily like specific things to ask yourself. But this is where The Enneagram really, really can help you and will allow you to streamline and get radically, compassionately honest with yourself in understanding. If it's time to switch lanes, it's you're multi passionate or if you're really running or avoiding or you know, playing small, whatever that looks like. Now let's talk about multi passionate first. Multi passionate is exciting and it's fun and I think it's really important for fulfillment in life. Now what? When it comes to business, you have to kind of earn your right a little bit to reap the benefits of financially being able to be multi passionate and sell all the things, right? You hear about like niching and all of that also important. But you are your niche. You really, really are. But that being said, to earn credibility and street cred, basically you have to do one of two things honestly and you have to do it well or both. You have to solve problems for people that they would actually pay money for. Or you know, if you're part of building a community, that's fine too. But you have to understand if, if you're in the beginning processes of building community, you might not be able to convert that to you income that all these, you know, gurus out there are telling you can make, you know, six figure five seconds worth of business. Right. I've been building an online brand for 10 years now. And just in the last few years I would say I can kind of branch out and do a few different things and be effective in all of them. But it's because I've earned it. I have built community over 10 years. You know, all the things I have proof of transformations for, for a decade now, right? But if you're somebody who's multi passionate, it's okay to be multi passionate. It may not reward you multi financially, if that's even a word, or multi monetarily, right? And that's okay, that's okay. But if you're in a place like I was where this was my livelihood, this was my income, it is just me, there's no backup plan. You have to be very, very, very smart about what this looks like now. Personality wise, my multi passionate, that's okay, that's okay. I, you know, my daughter, I use as an example a lot of the times, you know, she's an Enneagram 7, right? The Enneagram 7 is the poster child for multi passionate. But all Enneagram types can be multi passionate, I just want to say that. But they tend to want to do many things. So when she was picking an industry Gosh, she's 26 now. She started in her industry eight years ago, which is cr to me when she was 18 and picking an industry, she picked an industry where she could have multi passions within this umbrella of what she does. So I think she does 13 different kind of things in the beauty industry. She does makeup, she does, she's a licensed esthetician, she does microblading, she does tattooing, she does piercing, she does spray tans. Like she does all sorts of things. And that has proven well for her because she earned credibility in that industry and then was able to tack on. Right. She's also, also multi passionate and now she's a certified licensed astrologist as well. And you know she's built community over the last eight years even as a young girl that when she talks about her astrology and doing readings and things like that, boom, she gets filled up. That is a good example of using this multi passion and being very smart about when you execute your multi passions and for it to be monetarily beneficial for her as well and also fulfilling. Seriously, she loves what she does. Now if you're not an enneagram7, what does that mean for you? I'm somebody that you know I've got a lot more years under my belt than probably a lot of you. So I have a lot of life experiences and especially as a coach I know that I could help a wide range. I really, I mean you know this if you've listened. I work with corporate CEOs, companies like Google, Amazon, John Deere and I also with work with people like you, a solopreneur, a mom, a dad, I work with teenagers, I work with 20 somethings, I work with a full range of people and again I have earned that because I have proven transformation in all those areas. Plus I've been doing this a long long time and I have a lot of life experience now. What if you are just starting out and this multi passion maybe is coming from a place of panic and this is where you have to be really radically and it's not or and compassionately. Compassionately honest with yourself. You need to be able to find your zone of genius. Find the thing that not only you love and are passionate about, but also can execute a transformation of some sort or create entertainment. I was talking to the boyfriend not too long ago about some ideas that I had and I've said this before, especially in the online space, especially in the online space you have to do one or two things, solve a problem and do it well and solve a problem that People are like, take my money or you have to create Entertainment. You know, TikTok has shown, like what creating entertainment or education, like even educational entertainment, like cooking and makeup and all that stuff. But you have to do it well, right? And a lot of times this multi passion is coming from a place of this purpose anxiety. If you haven't listened to an episode, I did it back in November on purpose anxiety. It's going to be one of my main keynotes that I do now because I think this multi passionate. Although there is an element of truth to having multi passions, like, you know, like I said, I work with a wide range of people. I do strong recovery work with people that a lot of you don't even know about. Right? That's a big, huge passion of mine. I do a lot of family workshops because of the transformation I've had within my family. Like I said, I work with corporate CEOs. That's different than this multi passion that might be coming from a place of I gotta figure out what I'm here to do. I gotta figure out what I'm here to do. That's not multi passionate, that's a panic attack. And I mean that. I, I mean panic attacks are a very real thing. I'm not making light of it, but this purpose anxiety and needing to know what you're here to do, and I hate to break it to you, and I say this all the time with a lot of my private VIP clients that I work with. I get this sweet spot of clientele from usually around 27 to about 35. They come to me with this purpose anxiety or multi passion kind of thing or feeling like they need to pivot. And I'm going to tell you something right now, and this is the God's honest truth. And I know if this was said to me back when I was that age, I would probably say something like, you don't understand, you don't get it. Like, I do get it. I want you to know I get it completely. And having kids in their late twenties at this point allows me to not be so far removed that I don't get it. I really do freaking get it. This is the benefit of, of your mama T over here being, gosh, I'm going to be 51 in a few days. When you're listening to this and this is the truth, your purpose, your passions will evolve. And I don't want you to hit your trailer to this one truck for the rest of your life because I'm going to tell you, when I was 35 between the last 16 years. Like what I'm passionate about, what I'm good at, what I am doing for business, how I am as a parent, how I am as a woman, how I am as a friend, a lover. All the things has come completely radically changed. And it doesn't make what I was back at 35 any less real. It was very real for who I was at that moment and my ability to be radically and compassionately honest with myself. Right. So really being able to discern, am I being multi passionate or am I panicking or am I having purpose anxiety? Now here's the other part. Do you need to pivot? Do you need to pivot? Well, I also see a lot of these basic coaching, I help, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. There's a lot of basic shit out there that isn't your zone of genius. When you just like, I help moms do this. Like, that's not your zone of genius. Like, yeah, you might be able to help them do that. But why are they coming to you? There's lots of coaches, Instagram, people that can help moms or people or whatever do xyz. Why are they coming to you? Why are they coming to you? I remember, gosh, when I was in my early days of building an online business almost a decade ago, over a decade ago, people knew me for a few different things. My faith. I'm very strong, rooted in faith. And I say the word a lot. Totally. Okay. Being a single mom to two teenagers at the time. Now they're 20 somethings, right? And that I am driven to serve. I love the Cubs, I love big pickup trucks and I love wearing baseball hats. Like, seriously, people knew me for those things and I like that. Does the fact that I drive a big pickup truck have anything to do with the transformation? That I can guarantee? No. But it creates this know, like and trust, right? So when it comes to needing to pivot, when it comes to business, if you aren't getting the leverage that you want, a few things need to happen. You haven't built the street cred yet. You haven't built the community yet. You know, it's a lot harder to build online community than it. Like 10 years ago when I was starting, it was kind of, I was one of the first, you know, people building online community and online influence. I'm not an influencer, but building that online kind of presence now there's so much noise. You have to be very clear about what your zone of genius is and owning it. Like I am owning the fact that I Am your Enneagram girl. Not just your Enneagram girl, but the girl that helps you integrate this shit so you can transform your life. Accelerate transformation. Help the people. Be a great mom, be a great dad, be a great partner, friend, lover, all the things. And feel really fulfilled and excited about it. I plant that flag every goddamn day and I will scream that from the rooftops. I don't care what Enneagram expert I'm standing in front of. I will go toe to toe with any of them. You want to know why I'm successful? That right there. Not just me saying it and declaring it, but I actually believe it. And my posture and my energy and my presence has aligned that. But here's a little something you may not know if you're new to the show. It was probably 2018. 17. 18. It was 2018. So, gosh, that was what, five years ago now. I was just a performance and leadership coach. And I was a damn good one. You know, if you've ever seen the show, Billions, Wendy Rhodes, like, I'm pretty much her in a lot of ways. I can execute all the things. But being a leadership and performance coach was too basic. It was too basic. And no matter how great I was, I couldn't stand out. I couldn't stand out. So what was my zone of genius? Well, little did I know I had been using this beautiful tool of the Enneagram for five, six years before that and telling no one. I got pissed off enough that I started to see the Enneagram being used in a very basic kind of way. And so I took my beautiful, beautiful skills as a leadership, performance, success coach. And my zone of genius, honestly, is the tool of the Enneagram. And when I married them together, that was my needing to pivot. I couldn't help the people if I wasn't in front of them. And just being a performance and leadership coach, even a very, very good one, wasn't good enough to stand out. It wasn't until I had this tool that I was already using and I was an expert in. In integrating it. It wasn't until I started to lead with that. So understanding, you know, from a marketing point of view and putting your ego out of the way, because I'm going to tell you really truthfully, my big ass enneagram8 ego was like, I am way more than a Enneagram girl. And I am, and I am. But I can't help people that aren't in front of me. Right? And so I really had to put my marketing brain on and Take the ego off a and say, yes, I know I'm more than the Enneagram girl and I know that you're listening right now. You know, like, you come to me for Enneagram wisdom, but you know, I'm a hell of a lot more than that. Right? That is understanding the need to pivot. Now, the final thing is asking yourself, are you running? A lot of times multi passionate people are shiny object chasers. And I'm not judging you if you are one of those. I'm raising one of those. Right? And there's this beautiful moment to settle in to the discomfort of understanding. Am I truly multi passionate? Do I need to pivot? Do I need to reframe my messaging? And this could be in your own family, in your own relationships. I'm not just talking business here. Like, I'm not just talking business here. This is also in relationships, right? Are you running? And whatever your Enneagram type is will dictate kind of how you ask yourself this question again, radically honest, compassionately. Because if you just go in rogue and tough loving the hell out of yourself without compassion, you're going to end up in a shame cave or a shame spiral, and you're going to become and stay more stuck than you were in the beginning. And this is why I'm so passionate about the Enneagram. Even though, yes, leadership, performance, all the things I can do any kind of transformation in your life, personally and professionally, with my experience and, and my skills, I absolutely can. But I love using the Enneagram as a big starting point to discernment and to understanding and the ability. I honestly, as skilled as I am, I had a hard time being compassionate with myself. You know, if you're like me, and I'm sure you are, that nobody could be harder on you than you. And this ability to be compassionate, and not just with fluffy ass language, like energetically compassionate with yourself, like this is required for you to have the level of self awareness, emotional intelligence, the ability to critically think in a beautiful, beautiful way. Right. You can't have that without compassion. Otherwise it's just like sweeping under the rug or things like that. But understanding if you're running from something or running to something, right. Sometimes we have to settle into the discomfort of not knowing right away and sitting in the solitude long enough to discover who you really, really are at the deepest level. So you may have taken an online assessment before an enneagram one, they're inaccurate 65 to 70% of the time. And so if you have taken one of those and you don't know if it's accurate. Some of these questions that you might ask yourself based on Enneagram type might not help. You might not get the clarity. It might take longer. And that's ok. Hey, if you're okay taking a while to figure this shit out, go for it. Lord knows. The first 12 years of my personal development journey, I did it the hard way. I really, really did. I did it with pride. I did it in seclusion. I did it in isolation. I did it very quietly and privately. And I got nowhere. I shouldn't say I got nowhere. It was like four steps forward, five back, four forward, five back. So I was making progress, but it was very, very frustrating. And why the tool of the Enneagram is beautiful is when you have the right information, you can accelerate this and eliminate a lot of this wreckage that happens in your life by understanding who you are with this framework now. It isn't a label, it isn't a box I'm putting you in. Honestly, this has helped me flourish, thrive, grow into, like the goat of myself, honestly, the goat of who you are is waiting for you. And so if you've taken an online assessment, but you don't know what to do with it, or, or you know you want the right information, or you've decided that the Enneagram is a. A tool for you. And honestly, next to my faith, it is the number one tool I use. And quite honestly, this keeps me rooted in my faith 95% of the time, you know, because we're human, right? And it keeps me in my intuition and keeps me in honoring the and regulating my nervous system. But you have to have the right information if you're going to use this tool effectively. If you want to go on a discovery journey that takes a while, please go have at it. You have 300 plus episodes to help yourself figure it out. But if you're someone that's like, I want this information, I want to know what to do with it. You're with the expert of integration right here. And I say that with so much love and pride that this I Finally, at 50, here I am doing what I know I'm going to ride out into the sunset doing. I really do know this, then having the right information will be key. So what do you do? Well, I have worked really hard over the last decade becoming this person that is the integration specialist when it comes to the Enneagram, personally and professionally. That you can go to my website, tracyomalley.com I've created customized blueprints for you, the assessment I have you take is very in depth. It is not a free one. Honestly. The free ones and the paid ones online are inaccurate 65 to 70% of the time. And I've developed these customized blueprints for you. It's a 75 page handbook basically for your enneagram type, your subtype, your wings, your growth number, your stress numbers, all the beautiful framework and architecture of your soul blueprint. And my assessment is accurate over 95% of the time. I think I've had three or four over the last few years. I've done thousands and thousands of these that, that were inaccurate, but I'm really good with those numbers. And once you have the right information, you know, you know your framework because your framework's unique and it's very specialized. So if you're going to use this tool, invest in having the right information. Now you can get that one of two ways. You can just go do my blueprint. You go to my website, Tracy O' Malley.com get the blueprint. Boom, there it is. You'll get an assessment link within 24 to 48 hours. Then you'll take the assessment and then I will review it and then I will send you your customized beautiful blueprint. Or you want to get that information and you want 90 minutes with me to dive deep and guide you in what all of that means. It's kind of like watching a YouTube video versus having me explain it to you, right? And in real life, in your real situation, you can ask real questions, whether it's personally, professionally, both parenting, marriage, couplehood, friendship, money, business, health, whatever that looks like. There is nothing off the table in a 90 minute session. So both of those are available@tracyomalley.com the work with me section. We also do couples or partners. Like you can be best friends, you can be business partners, you can be lovers, you can be roommates, you can be married, you could be whatever. We do all those things as well. Those are powerful, powerful sessions. All of that is available to you. And if you do a couples or partner session, you each get your own blueprint as well. I'm very excited to bring more of this to you because I don't want you to continue running if you are multi passionate like understanding how to leverage that in your life, personally and professionally will be really, really important. If you need to pivot, understanding how to do that in a way that feels authentic and true to who you are in a way that you can plant your flag like I do and own it and really love it. That energy is contagious than magnetic and will attract more for you. More clients, more money, more love, more support, more joy, abundant health. All those things. That energy, your energy does not have a poker face, y'. All. And so learning how to let that work for you will be really important. And understanding whether or not you're multi, passionate, need to pivot, or if you're running can really help streamline that process. And as always, I'm really grateful that you trust me with your journeys. I appreciate the time that you take to listen into this podcast. I know you have many, many, many, many choices out there and even many Enneagram choices out there. I am just honored that you respect and trust me to be your Enneagram integration expert and leadership and performance person, whatever that looks like for you. Personally, professionally, any of the things. Maybe you just like to hear me say the word, I don't know. But I am really, really grateful for you. I wish you so much love and transformation. Go get your Enneagram blueprint right now or hop on 90 minutes with me I've heard 90 minutes with me feels like 10 years of very effective therapy. I'm not a therapist, but as somebody who's been through decades of therapy, I would agree. It's why I didn't become a therapist. I love therapy. I think it's very important. But most of you are in a situation where you need to move and move fast and therapy can be slow. 90 minutes with me will accelerate the growth in which you want to have in your life. But you have to come to the table honest, open and willing for the process. This can only be as effective as you are honest, open and willing. But you're safe with me. You're loved. You're not judged. I see. I hear, I understand and value you for who you are. Go get yours today. I look forward to seeing you and we'll see you in a few days.

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You into the next level of your life, Sam.