Competence types who respect each other's abilities. Can accomplish much but may lack emotional warmth.
- ✓Mutual respect for capability
- ✓Both value independence
- ✓Can work effectively together
- !Both avoid emotional intimacy
- !Three's image vs. Five's authenticity
- !Relationship may become dry
Three pushes for action; Five retreats. Both avoid emotional core of issues.
How Each Type Sees the Other
Initial Attraction
The Five's intelligence and expertise; their depth of knowledge in specialized areas.
Core Perception
A valuable resource for information, but whose slow pace and withdrawal frustrate the Three.
Trigger Points
- •The Five's inaction and hesitation
- •Withholding knowledge or engagement
- •The Five's judgment of the Three's superficiality
What They Appreciate
The Five's thorough analysis and objective perspective; their genuine expertise.
Blind Spot
The Three's pace overwhelms the Five; the Three doesn't see that depth requires time and space.
Initial Attraction
The Three's effectiveness and ability to execute; their capacity to manifest in the world.
Core Perception
An impressive achiever who gets things done, but whose superficiality is intellectually unsatisfying.
Trigger Points
- •The Three's pace and impatience
- •Being pushed to act before understanding
- •The Three's focus on image over substance
What They Appreciate
The Three's ability to translate ideas into action; their competence in the external world.
Blind Spot
The Five's slow pace frustrates the Three; the Five doesn't see their withdrawal as obstruction.
- →Both learn emotional expression
- →Three learns Five's depth
- →Five learns Three's engagement
Build emotional connection intentionally. Share feelings, not just accomplishments.