The word intelligence is theorized as the essence that is within us, the one that solves mathematical problems, the one that makes us memorize, the one that plans all kinds of strategies or the one that makes us develop decisively in our environment.
Intrapersonal intelligence is already defined as an example within the Theory of multiple intelligences by Howard Gardner. Defines it as "Own emotional life" and is attached to interpersonal intelligence (the one that has the ability to interact with others), the logical-mathematical (non-verbal intelligence, the one that evaluates the IQ), the spatial (visualization), the musical and linguistic (the gestural and oral communication) and the synthetic-corporal (within the fields of sport, dance or movements with reflexes).
What is intrapersonal intelligence?
Intrapersonal intelligence is defined as one of the mental abilities of our character, from our innermost "I". This type of intelligence refers to the level or degree to which a person get to know your innermost aspects: to think, act and feel. From this point, it would be necessary to analyze what is the ability of that person to know what their own interior is like, to what extent does she know herself.
How can we know ourselves?
Getting to know ourselves is the fact recognize all the feelings that fluctuate within our mind and our own being. Having this knowledge we can know differentiate all our moods, manage to channel them and take advantage of this advantage to regulate our behavior towards certain objectives.
Qualities of a person with intrapersonal intelligence
This type of intelligence evaluates the type of model that interacts within oneself, with the knowledge of the own person, the precise and objective individual image that is projected, with their moods where they include their emotions, desires, self-esteem, self-discipline and self-understanding.
- A person has to have the ability to reach have self-control and self-discipline.
- Know your own limitations and knowledge.
- Have the ability to do a meditation on what happens y get a performance Of it.
- Having elevated self-esteem.
- See everything realistically and be aware of evaluating who we are and what we want. And above all, give importance to our actions.
- Makes us know much better how to satisfy our emotional needs, when we should calm down when we need it and how act with practicality when something has happened to us.
In addition to intrapersonal intelligence, it further increases our capacity for empathy towards others. We will be able to understand people much better and know how to interact with them. This means being much more sociable with all the people around you and makes you popular.
How to improve our intrapersonal intelligence?
There are methods that can help us improve this type of intelligence. Your training has to be constant to improve it, although it is still a field little studied. There is nothing firm that has been studied to improve it, although there are several techniques that can help us:
- El Mindfulness and meditation: this type of practice they help to know our own interior and in the long run increase the ability to regulate emotions. You can do these therapies in a group or by looking for information on the internet on how to practice them.
- Reflect and state what you feel: Evaluate every feeling you experience to know how to recognize them every time they reappear. In this way you will always look for how to find a solution to that state of mind and how you should act in such a situation.
- Evaluate your progress and approach it with your own criteria: always is good look back and evaluate what has worked well and bad. At this point we have made a personal criticism of our way of acting, especially with our feelings. It is a way of working our own person, from consistent meditation and knowing that you achieve great achievements.