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YOUR MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

It is not HOW SMART you are but HOW YOU ARE SMART!

Howard Gardener a well-known psychologist has researched and identified NINE

different kinds of intelligences which we all possess but in different proportions.

Your key intelligences are:

NATURALISTIC INTELLIGENCE
(Nature Smart)

You appreciate the beauty of nature and are keenly aware of your natural
surroundings. You have the ability to understand, appreciate and relate to nature.
You enjoy reading and knowing more about plants, animals, oceans, mountains,
forests, volcanoes, stars and planets etc.

Related Careers/ Specializations: Agricultural specialist, Animal Trainer,

Anthropologist, Astronomer, Biologist, Botanist, Ecologist, Environmentalist,
Explorer, Floriculturist, Forest Service, Garden designer, Geologist,
Horticulturalist, Landscape Artist, Oceanographer, Ornithologist, Volcanologist,
Wildlife expert, Zoologist etc

Eminent Personalities: M.S. Swaminathan (Agriculturalist), Charles Darwin

(Naturalist), Jane Goodall (Anthropologist), Salim Ali (Ornithologist) and others.

MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE
(Music Smart)

You enjoy playing and listening to music. You are quick to understand different
types and styles of music. You choose the kind of music you listen to depending on
your mood. You may even write your own songs and frequently hum, whistle or
sing to yourself and have a jingle or piece of music in your head wherever you
go. You have an ability to learn and think in sounds, rhythms and patterns.
Related Careers/ Specializations: Arranger, Conductor, Composer, DJ,
Instrumentalist, jingle writer, Music Critic, Music Director, Music Educator, Music

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Publisher, Performing Artist, Producer, Sound Recording/Engineer, Singer,
transcriber etc.

Eminent Personalities: Zakir Hussain, Wolfgang Mozart, Johannes Bach, Ludwig

Van Beethoven, Ravi Shankar, A.R.Rehman, Johann Strauss and others.

LOGICAL/ MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE

(Number Smart)

You are good at solving numerical problems, applying logic and working with
numbers. Cause and effect relationships interest you. You are proficient at
understanding complex patterns, and making connections between pieces of
information. You like to experiment, make secret codes or solve mysteries. You
enjoy games like Sudoku and Master mind etc.

Related Careers/ Specializations: Astronomer, Banking and Finance, Economist,

Engineer, Forensic Science, Math and Statistics related fields, Medical Fields,
Operation Researcher, Research Analyst, Scientist, etc.

Eminent Personalities: AryaBhatta, Bhaskar, Euclid, Pythagoras, Nicolaus

Copernicus, Newton, Albert Einstein, Ramanujan, Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur,
Stephen Hawking, Vikram Sarabhai, and others.

EXISTENTIAL INTELLIGENCE
(Philosophy Smart)

You have the ability to understand the mysteries of human existence and explore
your inner universe. You are a reflective and deep thinker. You apply your
intuition to understand others and the world around you. You are typically able to
see the big picture.

Related Careers/ Specializations: Healer (Reiki, Pranayam etc), Ideator,

Imagineer, Philosopher, Psychologist/ Therapist, Religious Guru, Social Activist,
Theologist, Thought leader, Writer, etc.

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Eminent Personalities: Adi Shankaracharya. Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Confucius,
Karl Marx, Bertrand Russell, Swami Vivekanand, Paramhansa Yogananda, Shri
Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Paulo Coelho and others.

INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE
(People Smart)

You enjoy mixing with lots of friends and like to share things. People often come
to you for support or advice. You genuinely care and empathise with others;
understand other people's moods and feelings, and communicating both verbally
and non-verbally. You like to be a member of numerous clubs and enjoy playing
team games.
Related Careers/ Specializations: Counsellor, HRD specialist, Legal
Professional, Marketing and Sales professional, Medical Doctor/ Nurse, Political
Leader, Psychologist, Social Worker, Teacher, Trainer, etc.

Eminent Personalities: Jawaharlal Nehru, Mother Teresa, Jack Welch, Barak

Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Stephen Covey, Dr. Christiaan Barnard, Deepak
Chopra and others.

KINESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE
(Movement Smart)

You are good at sports, acting or dancing. You enjoy how different activities give
you the chance to have fun, stretch and play. You like activities, like crafts, fixing
things, sculpting, performing magic tricks, hiking, mountaineering, river rafting,
sports and other physical activities. You are likely to move around a lot and are
best at hands-on approach to learning.

Related Careers/ Specializations: Acrobat, Actor, Dancer, Defence Services,

Magician, Martial Act Practitioner, Model, Police Services, Rescue Officer,
Sportsperson, Swimmer, Yoga/ Dance trainer etc.

Eminent Personalities: Mary Kom, Bruce Lee, Michael Jordan, Michael

Jackson, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Mohd. Ali, Milkha Singh, Madhuri Dikshit,
Houdini, and others.

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 LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE
(Verbal Smart)

You think in words rather than pictures. You are good at describing and
explaining. You enjoy reading, writing, composing stories and talking about
things. You are a good speaker with power of expression. You like doing the
crosswords or puzzles in comics and magazines.

Related Careers/ Specializations: Actor, Author, Copywriter (Advertising),

Educationist, Journalist, Lawyer, Poet, Politician, Radio and TV artist, Script
Writer, Translator etc.

Eminent Personalities: Patanjali, Kalidas, William Shakespeare, Charles

Dickens, Robert Frost, T.S.Eliot, John Keats, Rabindranath Tagore, S.
Radhakrishnan, Arundhati Roy, J.K.Rowling, Chetan Bhagat, Kuldip Nayyar, and
others.

INTRAPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE
(Self Smart)

You are in tune with your inner feelings and have a strong will. You are intuitive
and self motivated. You also tend to be independent and happy spending time
alone. You like to set personal goals for yourself. You are likely to use art or write
a diary or online-blog to express your inner feelings. You have a good idea of your
own strengths and weaknesses. You find it easier to learn by thinking and working
quietly on your own

Related Careers/ Specializations: Philosopher, Psychologist, Researcher,

Theorist, Therapist, Writer, etc.

Eminent Personalities: Dr. Raja Ramanna, Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers,

Abraham Harold Maslow, Howard Gardner, and others.

SPATIAL/ VISUAL INTELLIGENCE

(Creative Smart)

You think in pictures. You tend to create vivid mental images or draw mind maps
to remember things. You might be a budding artist or inventor, and also have an
interest in other crafts like embroidery, pottery, woodwork or jewellery making.
You also enjoy activities like solving (like jigsaws). You are good at graphics,

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photography, drawing, 3-D modeling, video, multimedia, texts with
pictures/charts/graphs etc.

Related Careers/ Specializations: Architect, Art direction, Cartoonist, Civil

Engineer, Cinematographer, cosmetologist, Cosmetic Surgeon and Dentist,
Computer Animator, Designer, Interior Decorator, Landscape Architect,
Photography, Painter, Puzzle Builder, Sculptor, Town planner, Videographer, etc.

Eminent Personalities: Ritu Kumar, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso,

Walt Disney, R. K. Laxman, M.F. Hussain, Mario de Miranda, Le Corbusier,
Satish Gujral, Ernő Rubik, Satya Paul and others.

Your unique intelligences are important building blocks for designing a unique
career portfolio bringing together all your talents.

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“There’s a part of me that wants to write, a part that wants to theorise, a part
that wants to sculpt, a part that wants to teach. To force myself into a single
role, to decide to be just one thing in life, would kill off large parts of me.”

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