EXPLORING YOUR INTELLIGENCE - PART 2

Human intelligences, according to Buzan (2000), can be divided into three major categories namely: Creative and Emotional Intelligences, Bodily Intelligences and your traditional IQ intelligences. All these intelligences need to be fully and effectively harnessed and be applied to life's demands and challenges.

Creative Intelligence: your creative intelligence is your ability to think in new ways - to be original; and where necessary 'stand apart from the crowd' Your creative intelligence includes but not limited to:

• Fluency - the speed and ease with which you can produce novel ideas, thoughts and expressions.
• Flexibility - your ability to see things from different angles, to consider things from the opposite point of view, to re-arrange and reproduce old concepts in new ways and to refine pre-existing ideas. It also includes your ability to use all your senses in the creation of new ideas.
• Originality - this is the heart of all creative thinking. It represents your ability to produce ideas that are unique, unusual and 'eccentric' (that is, away from the centre!) Although, many people think such a person is 'uncontrolled', exactly the opposite is true. Originality often results from a great deal of directed intellectual energy and it generally shows a capacity for high levels of concentration.
• Expanding on ideas - the creative thinker is able to build on, develop, embroider, embellish and generally elaborate and expand upon ideas.

Creative people usually show a lot of determination and persistence, even in bleak situations. They are often in trouble with authority, have high levels of energy when involved in their creative tasks, have a flair for life and are often considered to be colourful characters. They are usually interested in all kinds of music, writing and art, and are often in sports and physical activity.

The question at this juncture is: are you creative?
------ Wale Oladokun.