The fact is the humans ability is not restricted to only the above two categories, there are totally 8 categories considered as Multiple Intelligence. They are
Spatial: This area deals with spatial judgment and the ability to visualize with the mind's eye. Careers which suit those with this type of intelligence include artists, designers and architects. A spatial person is also good with puzzles.
Linguistic: This area has to do with words, spoken or written. People with high verbal-linguistic intelligence display a facility with words and languages. They are typically good at reading, writing, telling stories and memorizing words along with dates. Those with verbal-linguistic intelligence learn foreign languages very easily as they have high verbal memory and recall, and an ability to understand and manipulate syntax and structure. Careers that suit those with this intelligence include writers, lawyers, policemen, philosophers, journalists, politicians, poets, and teachers.
Logical –Mathematical: This area has to do with logic, abstractions, reasoning, and numbers. It correlates strongly with traditional concepts of "intelligence" or IQ. Careers which suit those with this intelligence include scientists, physicists, mathematicians, logicians, engineers, doctors, economists and philosophers.
Bodily-kinesthetic: The core elements of the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence are control of one's bodily motions and capacity to handle objects skillfully. In theory, people who have bodily-kinesthetic intelligence should learn better by involving muscular movement (e.g. getting up and moving around into the learning experience), and are generally good at physical activities such as sports or dance. Careers that suit those with this intelligence include: athletes, dancers, musicians, actors, surgeons, doctors, builders, police officers,
and soldiers.
Musical: This area has to do with sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones, and music. People with a high musical intelligence normally have good pitch and may even have absolute pitch and are able to sing, play musical instruments, and compose music .Careers that suit those with this intelligence include instrumentalists, singers, disc-jockeys, orators, writers and composers.
Interpersonal: This area has to do with interaction with others. In theory, people who have a high interpersonal intelligence tend to be extroverts characterized by their sensitivity to others' moods, feelings, temperaments and motivations, and their ability to cooperate in order to work as part of a group. They communicate effectively and empathize easily with others, and may be either leaders or followers. Careers that suit those with this intelligence include sales, politicians, managers, teachers, and social workers.
Intrapersonal: This area has to do with introspective and self-reflective capacities. People with intrapersonal intelligence are intuitive and typically introverted. They are skillful at deciphering their own feelings and motivations. This refers to having a deep understanding of the self; what are your strengths/ weaknesses, what makes you unique, can you predict your own reactions/ emotions. Careers which suit those with this intelligence include philosophers, psychologists, theologians, lawyers, and writers.
Naturalistic: This area has to do with nature, nurturing and relating information to one’s natural surroundings. Careers which suit those with this intelligence include naturalists, farmers, and gardeners.
The individual person may be very good in one or more categories. Not only that, apart from IQ there another entity which is named as EI (Emotional Intelligence) or Emotional literacy. Emotional intelligence is the innate potential to feel, use, communicate, recognize, remember, describe, identify, learn from, manage, understand and explain emotions. This also determines the individual’s success both in profession and personal endeavors.
There are 8 stages in achieving Emotional literacy. They are
Numbness – no conscious awareness of emotions.
Physical Sensation – Conscious awareness, but no understanding about emotions
Chaotic Experience – Awareness of different feelings and the beginning of understanding through naming them.
Verbal Line – The learning of language to help awareness and thinking about feelings.
Differentiation – Able to tell the difference between and name the different sorts of feeling, but still can’t express accurately.
Causality – Can understand reasons and implicating for feelings and can describe intensities and variation.
Empathy – Can recognize and acknowledge feelings in others by using the intuition.
Interactivity – Can interrelate with sensitivity and can express feelings effectively and appropriately.
Believe there is no discrimination in nature’s creation. All the humans are born to win and not to lose. Every one’s desire is success in life. But success is not common for all and it
will be miserable when one’s success compared with others, because as said before each individual human being is unique. Find out your own interest and ability among the 8 categories and sharpen your skills on that, travel in that path consistently and also develop the emotional literacy which makes a whole man. Here the parents and teachers plays a vital role, they have to believe that their children and students are all born in this world
with lot of qualities. The only thing they have to do is to observe them carefully, pickup
their talents and be the catalyst for their achievements.
“Dear Parents and Teachers don’t influence them to do what you want; because it may not be their choice or they may be meant for something else.
"Don’t try to train Tortoise to run and Hare to swim”.
