The following chart is from Precision Nutrition. Use it to discover how you like to learn, how that can help you feel better, and how that lets you discover your superpowers! [6]
| To learn best, you like to… | Your superpower type is… | Which means you kick ass at… |
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Move around and do stuff
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Bodily-kinesthetic |
Control and coordination of one’s body; physical performance and movement; manipulating objects and working with one’s hands |
| Reflect on large questions or phenomena (e.g. “What is the meaning of life?”) |
Existential-theoretical |
Considering deeper meanings; values and principles; one’s purpose and place in the world |
| Solve problems, judge and evaluate scenarios, use abstract reasoning, calculate |
Logical-mathematical |
Logic; abstraction; numbers and calculation; critical thinking and “objective” reasoning
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| Listen or create sounds and rhythms (e.g. little memorization rhymes) |
Musical-rhythmic |
Awareness of rhythms, tones, music, and sounds (including language)
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Interact with your environment |
Natural-environmental |
Awareness of one’s relationship to one’s surroundings, especially the natural world
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Reflect and self-question |
Self-interior |
Introspection and self-reflection; understanding one’s own inner world
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Interact with others |
Social-relational |
Relationships, social interaction, understanding other people and interpreting their signals, moods, psychological states, and motivations |
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Talk, write, and read |
Verbal-linguistic |
Written or spoken language; reading and writing; telling stories; discussing and debating
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| See things or make visual materials (such as models or drawings) |
Visual-spatial |
Imagining and visualization, solving puzzles, seeing and manipulating things in three dimensions |
Remember, people are usually a combination of several superpowers. Most people fall into multiple categories.
Try this:
Review the above info – notice what superpowers resonate with you. See if you can live them just a little bit more today. Try this habit for the next 3-7 days.
