Multiple Intelligences and Personality Type : Tools and Strategies for Developing Human Potential (Understanding yourself and others series) [Paperback]

Dario Nardi (Author)

Book Description

Series: Understanding yourself and others series | Publication Date: January 15, 2001

Just as a seed contains all the instructions and nutrients needed to begin fulfilling its potential, so too do we hold everything we need to draw out and excel in multiple intelligences - personality, cognition, and consciousness.

Like a seed, all of our human potential lies deep within and is present from the beginning. If even minimal conditions for sustaining life are present in the environment, then the natural cycle continues and our hidden potential bursts forth, becoming visible and real. As with refreshing water and vital nutrients and the warm energy of the sun, finding and applying needed resources moves us out of feeling "stuck" in who or where we are. And life is more than survival - the beauty of a creative act, the joy of shared relationships, the rewards of wise leadership. And like the seed that travels the ocean to begin colonizing a distant shore, each intelligence contributes a new way of perceiving and making choices, enriching all that we are.

Multiple Intelligences and Personality Type is different. The tools and strategies outlined in this book are more than just self-tests, an inner exploration, or a one-time academic journey on the topic of intelligence. Rather, this book is designed to teach you flexible tools and some important new perspectives so that you can tap your creative potential, fulfill goals and ideals, discover new outcomes, and better help others realize their potential as part of a larger shared vision, system, or organization.

************************************************ Part of the Understanding Yourself and Others(R) Series ************************************************

Multiple Intelligences and Personality Type provides you with;

• an understanding of intelligence from multiple perspectives. • an introduction to Internal Strategies and Sensory Modalities. • an introduction to Temperament Theory. • applications of Temperament to problem solving, communication, learning, and stress. • an introduction to Howard Gardner's 8 Multiple Intelligences with exercises. • examples illustrating how Temperament can intersect with the Multiple Intelligences in the real world. • an introduction to intelligence as consciousness. • appendices with - an overview of the 3 models for understanding the 16 types--temperament, interaction styles, and cognitive dynamics. - frequently asked questions and - a guide for consultants and practitioners

Editorial Reviews

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"...a fascinating addition to the journey toward self-discovery that captured my interest immediately and kept me involved all the way through." -- (Linda Ernst, Co-author of The Guide for Facilitating the Self-Discovery Process(TM)

"...a remarkable collection of concepts around the variability of intelligence and personality...an excellent resource for individuals who are curious about exploring these theories." -- Norma Barretta and Philip F. Barretta

...provides an advantageous foresight, or map, into human interaction. Detailed Models enhance the creative process, presenting paths of possibilities. -- J. Ben Joshua, Creative Media Consultant, ImageLine Media Production

About the Author

Dario Nardi, Ph.D., is currently an adjunct assistant professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the department's Program in Computing. He is the author of Character and Personality Type: Discovering Your Uniqueness for Career and Relationship Success and co-author of The 16 Personality Types: Descriptions for Self-Discovery and has authored several papers on type research with students. He has been working with type and temperament since 1992 and has been intimately involved in innovative product development with the Temperament Research Institute for seven years. Dario received his degree in systems science from the State University of New York at Binghamton's Watson School of Engineering. His background in systems thinking, linguistics and artificial intelligence, undergraduate curriculum design, and writing has led him to breakthroughs using multiple methods and models for getting at the "true self," as well as for restructurin! g academic courses to suit all learning styles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Telos Publications (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966462416
• ISBN-13: 978-0966462418
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,273,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guide for Continued Personal Development, November 25, 2001

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This review is from: Multiple Intelligences and Personality Type : Tools and Strategies for Developing Human Potential (Understanding yourself and others series) (Paperback)

Dario Nardi's "Multiple Intelligences and Personality Type" represents a comprehensive look at the concept of intelligence through three sections and provides great "workbook-style" exercises for personal reflection. The first, personality and intelligence explores eight styles of personality type (Keirsey Four Temperaments taken a step further) and gives real-life character descriptions to provide concrete examples of those types. The second sectionon Multiple Intelligences, explores Howard Gardner's eight intelligences and gives you two different exercises to find out your strength in that intelligence---these are worth the price of the book. The third section, Intelligence and Conciousness, Dr. Nardi explores intelligence from a unique perspective--through the understanding of the different concious and unconcious perspectives people go to for analysis and learning. This section is complex, but is accompanied by exercises that put the learning to use and makes the information easier to grasp. I would say that anyone interested in personality and personal development should purchase this book. It seems like a great book for counselors, coaches--or the like--that need material to help people build interpersonal and intrapersonal skills for furthering their growth and development. I would like to see what others thought about this book---so if you have read it, let everyone know what you think--Thanks!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Ask not how smart you are; ask how you are smart"!, February 18, 2010

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This review is from: Multiple Intelligences and Personality Type : Tools and Strategies for Developing Human Potential (Understanding yourself and others series) (Paperback)

Dr. Dario Nardi is a very deep thinker, and if you're dealing with his material on personality type I highly recommend you go to Dr. Linda Berens' workbooks first and get the background on temperament, interactive styles and cognitive dynamics that she's developed (in some cases with Dr. Nardi's help and that of others). And so it is with this workbook. Here Dr. Nardi integrates the work of Howard Gardner of Harvard on "multiple intelligences" with the work of the personality type students, giving examples of how different people of different Myers-Briggs types would employ the same kinds of intelligences.

Now this work (like Dr. Gardner's) is an invaluable tool toward breaking the fallacy (imposed on us thanks to the Stanford-Binet IQ test and the like) that there's such a realistic thing as "general intelligence". We do have various kinds of intelligence, and just like all the other facets of human personality, they can exhibit synergy in different personalities. Yes, in general problem-solving different people do have different levels of ability, but two watchwords by Dr. Gardner are brought out by Dr. Nardi in this workbook and drive its agenda: "Ask not how smart you are; ask how you are smart" and "Ask not whether you're motivated; ask what motivates you." Those are words of deep wisdom. In that light, I'm mystified as to why this edition was allowed to go out of print. It is a highly valuable reference work in addition to being a very helpful workbook.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful, May 18, 2008

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Jessy Carlisle (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multiple Intelligences and Personality Type : Tools and Strategies for Developing Human Potential (Understanding yourself and others series) (Paperback)

For anyone who is currently a teacher or training to become one this book offers a variety of insights into how to effectively engage students.
The reason why I did not give it five stars is because it endeavours to convey too many complex ideas in too little detail in some areas. It would have been better to simply make the book longer and explain these sections more clearly.
Nonetheless I'm still going to buy a second one for somebody else.
Thank you for this book of useful strategies.