Intelligences
Intelligences How much of our intelligence is based on the belief that we are intelligent? Is there a fine line between "being" and "feeling", or are they really the same thing? Psychologist Howard Gardner has codified eight types of intelligence: linguistic, logical, musical, spatial, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. I'll bet there are even more, but the idea that different people develop different intelligences is a breakthrough that makes so much sense to me. If we are all unique, it only makes sense that each one of us has a special intelligence to offer. The vast world of creation and invention would be so limited if diverse capabilities didn't exist, just as problem solving often benefits from a new angle to reach better solutions. I am convinced that we need to discover our own particular intelligence in order to release our personal power. We must cultivate it, develop it, and polish it until it becomes a pearl. Just as ...