Visual/Spatial Intelligence - Picture Smart

Ability to perceive the visual. These learners tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information. They enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies.


Their skills include:

• puzzle building

• reading

• writing

• understanding charts and graphs,

• a good sense of direction

• sketching

• painting

• creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts)

• manipulating images

• constructing, fixing, designing practical objects

• interpreting visual images

Possible career interests:

• navigators

• sculptors

• visual artists

• inventors

• architects

• interior designers

• mechanics

• engineers

Logical/Mathematical Intelligence - Number Smart

Ability to use reason, logic and numbers. These learners think conceptually in logical and numerical patterns making connections between pieces of information. Always curious about the world around them, these learner ask lots of questions and like to do experiments.

Their skills include:

* problem solving
* classifying and categorizing information
* working with abstract concepts to figure out the relationship of each to the other
* handling long chains of reason to make local progressions
* doing controlled experiments
* questioning and wondering about natural events
* performing complex mathematical calculations
* working with geometric shapes


Possible career paths:

* scientists
* engineers
* computer programmers
* researchers
* accountants
* mathematicians

Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence - Music Smart

Ability to produce and appreciate music. These musically inclined learners think in sounds, rhythms and patterns. They immediately respond to music either appreciating or criticizing what they hear. Many of these learners are extremely sensitive to environmental sounds (e.g. crickets, bells, dripping taps).

Their skills include:

• singing

• whistling

• playing musical instruments

• recognizing tonal patterns

• composing music

• remembering melodies

• understanding the structure and rhythm of music

Possible career paths:

• musician

• disc jockey

• singer

• composer

Interpersonal Intelligence - People Smart

Ability to relate and understand others. These learners try to see things from other people's point of view in order to understand how they think and feel. They often have an uncanny ability to sense feelings, intentions and motivations. They are great organizers, although they sometimes resort to manipulation. Generally they try to maintain peace in group settings and encourage co-operation.They use both verbal (e.g. speaking) and non-verbal language (e.g. eye contact, body language) to open communication channels with others.

Their skills include:

• seeing things from other perspectives (dual-perspective)

• listening, using empathy

• understanding other people's moods and feelings

• counseling

• co-operating with groups

• noticing people's moods, motivations and intentions

• communicating both verbally and non-verbally

• building trust

• peaceful conflict resolution

• establishing positive relations with other people

Possible Career Paths:

• counselor

• salesperson

• politician

• business person

Temperament Blend: ChlorMel - Choleric Melancholy

Choleric Melancholy or ChlorMel is an extremely industrious and capable person.

The optimism and practicality of the Choleric side overcomes the tendency toward moodiness of the Melancholy, making the ChlorMel both goal-oriented and detailed.

ChlorMels have quick analytical mind and they usually do well in school.

ChlorMels are decisive and they are the kind of leaders whom one can always count on to do an extraordinary job.

ChlorMels are excellent debater. In fact, never take a ChlorMel on in a debate unless you are assured of your facts, for he/she will make mincemeat of you, combining verbal aggressiveness and attendance to detail.

Someone with this temperament is extremely competitive and forceful in all that he does. He/she is a dogged researcher and is usually successful, no matter what kind of business he pursues. This temperament probably makes the best natural leader.

Equally as great as their strengths are their weaknesses. They are apt to be autocratic, a dictator type who inspires admiration and hate simultaneously.

As an opinionated person, he/she loves an argument, enjoys the role of a devil's advocate.

They are natural born crusader whose work habits are irregular and long.

Many of the leaders of activist organizations are ChlorMels, their philosophy of life determining which they are on.

Temperament Blend: ChlorSan - Choleric Sanguine

Choleric Sanguine or ChlorSan is one such powerful personality.

ChlorSan is the strongest natural leader of all the temperament combination and is usually the one who involuntarily takes over any group or organization in which she is involved.

Someone who has this personality blend is a highly opinionated person and has enough extroversion to state what she thinks before others announce their ideas.

ChlorSan is not only powerful, but is also determined to have her way.

ChlorSans are very capable, energetic people who have a strong will.

Temperament Blend: SanChlor - Sanguine Choleric

Sanguine Choleric or SanChlor is the strongest extroverts of all.

Those who have this blend is made up of the two most powerful extrovertish temperaments.

Since the Sanguine temperament predominates, SanChlors are happy individuals who have charisma to burn.

The choleric side of their nature provides the necessary discipline and resolution that will enable him/her to give a favorable first impression.

SanChlors have the capacity to lift everyone's spirit around them and are genuinely fun, loving people.

Knowledge of the Self: Our Intelligences

When I was young, I was thought of only One Intelligence--The IQ or the Intelligence Quotient. The IQ has something to do with academic. Those relating to aptitude test.

Then some years later, I heard of EQ or the Emotional Intelligence Quotient as being popularized by Daniel Goleman. The EQ has something to do with our emotions. They say this is better than IQ. Most of those with high IQ fail in life because they can not handle or manage life's challenges and adversities. So, it is better to nurture EQ than IQ. But don't forget to develop your mind.

EQ ...

• Self Awareness
• Management of Self and emotions
  

Along the way, I encountered the eight intelligences of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner.

Gardner theorizes the ff.:
1. Spatial Intelligence (picture smart)
2. Interpersonal Intelligence (people smart)
3. Intrapersonal Intelligence (self smart)
4. Linguistic Intelligence (word smart)
5. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence (number/reasoning smart)
6. Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence (body smart)
7. Naturalist Intelligence (nature smart)
8. Musical Intelligence (music smart)


Then, Covey educates the people about the "To live, to learn, to love and to leave a legacy" wisdom which basically speaks of Physical Intelligence, Mental Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence.

Physical Intelligence ("To Live") is explained or associated with

• Physical Health or Well-Being and
• Financial Health - One's Economic Conditions

Mental Intelligence ("To Learn") is with

• Learnings
• Mind Development
  

Emotional Intelligence ("To Love") is with

• Love of Self
• Love of Others

Spiritual Intelligence (To Leave a Legacy) is with

• Depth in character - Who we are as a person
• Faith - Our Love and Faith in God
• Our Legacy - How we want to be looked or perceived by others when we pass away
  

Then, the latest I heard of is the Social Intelligence presented again by Daniel Goleman.

Social Intelligence - being able to perceive what is happening around.


This is great! We have many intelligences! And, I think there's many more to be discovered.

Personality Temperament Blends

As a review, there are four main temperaments:

• Choleric
• Sanguine
• Melancholy
• Phlegmatic
  

Out of these temperaments, a person can have at least a combination of two personality temperament blends. Though there are people who have three temperaments but they are only few.

The Twelve Temperament Blends are the following:

• ChlorSan - Choleric Sanguine
• ChlorMel - Choleric Melancholy
• ChlorPhleg - Choleric Phlegmatic
• SanChlor - Sanguine Choleric
• SanMel - Sanguine Melancholy
• SanPhleg - Sanguine Phlegmatic
• MelChlor - Melancholy Choleric
• MelSan - Melancholy Sanguine
• MelPhleg - Melancholy Phlegmatic
• PhlegChlor - Phlegmatic Choleric
• PhlegSan - Phlegmatic Sanguine
• PhlegMel - Phlegmatic Melancholy

To know your temperament, take the personality plus profile test from the book Personality Plus by Florence Littauer or you may take the test online: Personality Temperament Test.