Infinity and beyond

You never get enough of what you really don't want. One of the characteristics of an Enneagram ego style is excess. Freud noted that all neurotic desires are infinite. This explains why, some people can not get enough money. In the US, the top 1% have 38% of the wealth and the top 20% have 84% of the wealth and are lobbying--bribing-- to have their taxes reduced and are sheltering their money in the Cayman Islands. The Wal-Mart family has as much money as 120 million Americans (that's one third of the population).
Individually and collectively, egotism leads to excess. That's why, when I want to determine an Enneagram style, I ask, "What do you do, voluntarily (that's important - that it be voluntary) too much of? Work too hard, eat too much, surf the net too much, watch TV too much, shop too much -- it can be anything. The reason it is excess is because you're doing it instead of getting what you really want. You shop because you want personal power, or because you want to think you're beautiful or you want to take revenge on your spouse by spending the money--our excesses can disguise our real wants. Our desire for more is not targeted at what we really want.