Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE
Your sixth form of intelligence is 
interpersonal
. This is the highest-
paid form of intelligence in the United States. It is the ability to
communicate, negotiate, influence, and persuade other people. It is
characterized by a high degree of sensitivity to the thoughts, feel-
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ings, motivations, and desires of others. A person with high inter-
personal intelligence has the ability to interact with people effec-
tively to get things done.
Successful managers, team leaders, and even military officers
usually have interpersonal intelligence developed to a very high de-
gree. As a result, people want to work and cooperate with them in
the accomplishment of group goals.
The highest-paid salespeople are those who are excellent at per-
suading others to purchase their products and services. The most
effective businesspeople, consultants, and professionals demon-
strate this intelligence constantly. It is the most important single
ability of the successful politician. This may be your particular area
of genius, as well.
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