What you’ll learn
Purpose often begins with something given to us in childhood—roles, expectations, or early influences. Over time, we need to push against those external definitions and turn inward to discover what we truly like and dislike. Yet purpose is also larger than us. It emerges at the intersection of what the world needs and what we most love to offer.
Purpose is felt in the Heart, planned in the Head, or carried out through the Body. When we get caught in loops of unproductive thinking, feeling, or doing, we lose touch with it. Obligation or responsibility alone cannot reveal our purpose—it must arise from desire.
When your core motivation is balanced across the three centers—Head, Heart, and Body—your sense of living with purpose feels grounded and authentic.
Your instinctual stacking further shapes how you express purpose. Your dominant instincts point to the environments where you naturally thrive and where your energy produces the greatest return.
Taken together—your type’s core motivation, balanced by the centers of intelligence, expressed through your dominant instinct, and refined by feedback from the world around you—this becomes the most genuine and sustainable expression of purpose.
About the Facilitators
Jim Zartman co-founded The Art of Growth in 2018 as a podcast that quickly grew into a platform for Enneagram-based training, coaching, and consulting. Since 2020, he has worked full-time as a coach and facilitator with teams and leaders in Fortune 100 companies, startups, non-profits, government, and education. He is the co-author of "Hunters, Farmers, and Teamers" with Joel Hubbard, which outlines how the three core instincts influence leadership and team culture.
Joel Hubbard is Co-Founder of The Art of Growth, an Enneagram thought leader, and certified coach dedicated to personal transformation. After experiencing burnout in ministry, he used the Enneagram to break free from self-sabotage, rediscover purpose, and channel his passion into helping teams communicate, collaborate, and thrive. His coaching, training, and speaking are enriched by personal pursuits like racquetball, where he recognizes and works through limiting patterns. Joel is the co-author of "Hunters, Farmers, and Teamers" with Jim Zartman, which outlines how the three core instincts influence leadership and team culture.