KiB #7 austin emmons 9-4-18

Knowledge in Bloom #7 Throughout the chapter, you have discovered three things about the way you learn best: Your multiple intelligence, your learning style, and your personality type. Write them down in the space below: My dominant intelligence is – My dominant intelligence is interpersonal. My learning style is – My learning style is tactile. My personality type is – ENFJ. Now that you see them all together, think of them as a puzzle and you need to “connect the dots.” In other words, put them all together and what do they look like? What do they mean? How do they affect your studies, your relationships, your communication skills, and your career choices? Example: If Mike’s dominant intelligence is interpersonal, his learning style is verbal and his personality type is ENFJ, connecting the dots may suggest that he is the type of person who loves to be around other people, he is an extravert who learns best by listening to other people or explaining how something is done. He is a person who would probably speak out in class, be more of a leader than a follower, and someone who would start a study group if one did not exist because he is outgoing, organized, and very much a goal setter. Mike is the type of person who values relationships and listens to what others are saying. He is a person who shares and does not mind taking the time to explain things to others. He could easily become a good friend. Some of the challenges Mike could encounter might involve taking a class where discussions are rare, having to sit and never share ideas or views, or having a professor who is not very organized and skips around. He would not deal very well with peers who are disrespectful and did not pull their own weight in the study group. He might also have a hard time with group members or classmates who are very quiet and prefer to observe rather than become involved. He would have trouble being around people who have no goals and direction in life. He might also run into some trouble because he is a very social person and loves to be around others in social settings. He may over-commit himself to groups and clubs and on occasion, he may socialize more than study. As you can see, by connecting to dots, Mike’s Personal Life Profile tells us a great deal about his strengths and challenges. It also gives him an understanding of how to approach many different situations. Now, it is your turn. Take your time and refer to your chapter for any information you may need. Examine your assessments and create your own profile in the four areas listed below. Discuss your strengths and challenges for each area. THE PERSONAL LIFE PROFILE OF (your name here) Austin Emmons Academic Strengths: I found that I am an ENFJ, but I am a little different. I like a good balance of being around people from the good and the bad. It is hard to just say I like to be around people, but the quality of people is what matters. I would say that I definitely learn best by working with my hands and actually doing it myself. I am good at documenting important information in fields that I have interest in. Academic Challenges: I found that I have a hard time documenting information in fields that I have no interest in. If I have to go through a class subject that I don’t like, I have to struggle. Sometimes if I am in a class with too many negative people I have to keep my walls and lose my social capabilities. Most classes do not allow you to work enough with your hands, and they involve too much sitting and listening/seeing. Communication Strengths: I found that I am good at talking to people and making them happy. I can give them energy and get them to the path that they need to be on. Communication Challenges: I found that I am sometimes challenged by my physical strength to sustain my communication perfections that I am able to perform. If I am tired I will not be able to help other people as much. Relationship Strengths: I found that I have an ability to have a relationship with anyone as long as I put my energy into it. Whenever I give people my energy I make them happy, and this keeps my relationships strong. Relationship Challenges: I found that I am sometimes in trouble with my relationships because the other party isn’t on my level of spirituality or understanding. People who think too little of the world end up suffering, and I see every ounce of it and try to help them. Doing this too often pulls on my physical strength. Career Strengths: I found that I am able to work strongly with anything computer related. I can make a lot of money if I put my energy into something and get the help I need. Career Challenges: I found that I am able to work strongly with certain things in the computer fields, but I have challenges with anything outside these fields. If I have to work something physical like customer service for 8 hours a day, I will end up drained and too tired. The same thing applies to fields like cooking and cleaning. I need to work something mostly computer related as it is my ability. Looking at all of this together, write an extensive paragraph about what all of this means about you. Include thoughts on your learning style, personality, study habits, communication skills, and overall success strategy. I think if you bring together my qualities and traits and look at them closely, a lot of things will kind of click together. I have a type of yin/yang duality in my life, I am able to achieve whatever I put myself into with great success, but the problem lies with my stamina and strength to sustain it. I can be friends with anyone, make anyone happy, but if I do it too much I will lose my strength and not be able to continue. The same thing exists in my work and schooling, if I do something I myself believe in, I can do it without ceasing, but if it is something against my ethics I will ultimately not be able to continue. My career has to something computer related because of all this put together, I have good stamina with computer related tasks and can manage very well because of the lack direct contact with people.