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Explore your preferred multiple intelligences

Thinking about why certain occupations seem attractive to you can give you insights into the preferred intelligences you are good at using.

Click on the highlighted text to find your top three intelligence preferences.

Multiple intelligences - questions to ask yourself

1. Do you aspire to be a linguist, poet, writer or wordsmith?

2. Do you aspire to be an architect or cartographer, painter, surgeon or engineer?

3. Do you want to be a mathematician, scientist or lawyer?

4. Are you inclined to be a musician or tabla player, or a car mechanic who can diagnose a car fault by its sound?

5. Are you inclined to be a counsellor, leader, manager, social worker or any role that involves dealing with people?

6. Are you a aiming to be a life coach, motivator or inspirational coach?

7. Are you a dancer, athlete, trainer, pilot, paraglider, cyclist or juggler?

8. Are you a naturalist, biologist or fashion designer?

Tick three intelligences which you are good at using.
Linguistic Spatial Logical-mathematical Musical
Interpersonal Intrapersonal Bodily kinesthetic Naturalistic
Linguistic intelligence involves abilities with words and verbal language.
Spatial intelligence involves being able to visualise ideas and see patterns in the world
Logical-mathematical intelligence involves thinking through things and reaching reasoned conclusions through mathematical and scientific thinking.
Musical intelligence involves being able to compose music and to understand it in terms of pitch and rhythm.
Interpersonal intelligence involves getting along with people form all walks of life.
Intra-personal intelligence involves insights into your inner self and being able to understand what motivates you and look at your meta-level of emotions.
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence involves using your body and having very good eye-hand co-ordination.
Naturalistic intelligence involves being able to make detailed discernments of patterns in the natural world.

Continue with this exercise to find out about using these intelligences.

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