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FROM CHAPTER TWO: 'HOW ARE YOU SMART?"

(Note: this excerpt is taken from someone's personalized ebook. The content of your book would be personalized from your own responses to the FPYC questionnaire which you can begin at the top of this page.)

"...3. Visual spatial intelligence

It seems that for you visual spatial intelligence is neither a strength nor a weakness.

People with high levels of visual spatial intelligence have one or more of three main capacities.

Firstly they have a good sense of direction and are good at arranging objects for storage or display.

Secondly they can perceive images in their minds and from these create original design and artworks.

Thirdly spatially intelligent people often have an excellent mechanical sense, understanding instinctively how things fit together and work.

Let's now look at your level of ability in these three areas: general visual spatial ability, art and design ability and technical mechanical ability.

3a. General visual spatial ability

You seem to be reasonably confident with your general visual spatial abilities. You seem to be very confident at using your sense of direction to navigate, and quite confident at stacking and storing three dimensional objects.

Your high level of confidence with navigation and your sense of direction indicates that you have strong natural ability to find your way around in the world.

This ability suggests that you would excel in work which involves the transportation of people and goods: like drivers, pilots and couriers.

The basic human ability for navigation is becoming less important as technology begins to take over navigation work. However your ability could be employed to identify new
opportunities in this area.

If your work is not related to transportation, then it's likely that your strong navigational abilities will neither help, nor hinder your career.

The fact that you are reasonably confident at stacking and storing things indicates that you have the ability to visualize physical space in three dimensions.

This can be very useful in warehousing and storage work, and, in conjunction with a range of other skills and abilities, can be applied to fields like 3D animation and sculpture.

3b. Art and design ability

It appears that you have very strong abilities in the areas of design and art.

You are naturally drawn to analyzing the form and design of objects in the world, and you are very confident in your ability to visualize something in your mind and reproduce the visualization in a design or work of art.

These abilities are highly sought after in the new economy. As management guru Tom Peters says "Design matters!" Nowadays there is more emphasis on innovation and things that set you apart from the competition.

Also the time between conception and obsolescence of a product is now much shorter, placing more emphasis on design abilities.

All work that involves conceiving something in your mind and reproducing that image as a work of art or a design draws on your strong art and design abilities.

Fields like architecture, retailing, marketing, art dealing, product design, graphic design, landscape design, interior design and fashion design all make significant demands on this ability.

With a strong level of art and design ability, you could certainly excel in some of these areas.

But even if your work is not directly related to one of these fields, your appreciation of the aesthetic and design aspects of products can have positive implications for your career.

An important aspect of future proofing your career is to set you apart from your competition in the work market. Your design and art abilities could well come in very handy for this."

Reference: Free career interest test online

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