I had always wondered if he was a type 3. Especially after watching the graduation speech he delivered at Dartmouth. He seems to be a bit of a workaholic. My cousin watched a live taping of
Conan and even though Conan was sick with a very sore throat, he still continued on normally as if nothing was wrong.
Then I continued to research, cuz I LOVE Conan and really want to know his enneagram type, and found several people saying that Conan is clearly a head center type. Possibly a 7w6. I saw one link mention 6w7. I could see both 6 and 7, but I wanted to know which came first.
He seems positive and optimistic like a 7 and sometimes seems scattered with his thoughts. But then again, I strongly think he is an ENFP, who are often optimistic and with their Ne, they can go from thought to thought rapidly as well.
So I tried sitting with the idea of him being a 6 and wasn't really sure if I could see it. But then I saw this video of him on 60 minutes:
Conan O'Brien - 60 Minutes - CBS News
At 4:45 min he talks about being a "paranoid person" and being a person who can "come up with lots of negative scenarios", which strikes me as being a 6. (But then again, I wonder if Ne can do this to a person as well)...Anyways, that made the argument of him being a 6 stronger to me.
Then I think of how 6's can often be overcome with fear, yet are often quite adept and strong in crisis situations. How he was able to manage and get back on his feet again seems like a 6 who helped handle a crisis well (though it understandably took time and he was depressed for a while). Even when a joke bombs on
Conan (a mini-crisis for comedians)he is amazing when he handles it so well afterwards. Sometimes I look forward for the joke to bomb just to watch his funny reactions to it.
If he is a 6, then that explains why I saw 3 in him before. And if he is a 6, then this could explain a little bit of why he doesn't seem as openly emotional on tv (except on rare situations) as an NF would seem to be. My mom is an ISFJ-6 and sometimes she could pass as a thinker type because of how often she relies on logic to make her decisions versus her feelings.
I don't know any 6w7s IRL though, so I am not sure if this is his type, but just trying to rationalize it given his interviews and shows, makes me see that it is possible.
