[[People Growing]] tags:: #note/thing | #on/identity | #on/story people:: #people/ianmorgancron # The Improver Lon Setnik dates:: 2022-09-26 *I improve and reform, but this traps me with deeply held angers that we don't express." why does it matter - when The Improver moves beyond their contained anger, they get to a serenity of the idea of being present, celebrating, and enjoying the chaos of the world. 1 has to embody the freedom of accepting themselves as they are. The Improver has been renamed the Reformer, but I like the phrase the Improver better. ## [1](https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-1) [THE REFORMER](https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-1) The Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic - **Basic Fear:** Of being corrupt/evil, defective - **Basic Desire:** To be good, to have integrity, to be balanced - **Enneagram One with a Nine-Wing:** "The Idealist" - **Enneagram One with a Two-Wing:** "The Advocate" **Key Motivations:** Want to be right, to strive higher and improve everything, to be consistent with their ideals, to justify themselves, to be beyond criticism so as not to be condemned by anyone. ## Sources: [[The Story of You]]: Cron, I. M. (2021). _The story of you: An enneagram journey to becoming your true self_ (First edition). HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.