The Six Intelligences
The Building Blocks of NeuroPower
The Six Intelligence Centres are the neuro-biological building blocks of human behaviour and personality. People generally have access to these six key functions but, through conditioning during their life, they develop a preference and more habitual use of some functions over the others. The variations in the mix of these functions give rise to different personality profiles.
Here is a brief overview of the Six Intelligence Centres:
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P1 The Personal Value Centre P1 refers to the personal value centre of the brain, the seat of implicit procedural memory. This part of the brain is culturally determined and heavily impacted by the individual’s family of origin and primary care-givers in their early life. You have a process for dealing with periods of high transition based on how your family or carers dealt with it. |
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C1 The Feeling and Adaptability Centre C1 is high-energy and witty, creating funny conversationalists, exceptional lateral thinkers and a bubbly, effervescent attitude. It is the part of the brain that expresses emotion and links it with happiness, novelty-seeking, adaptability and agility. It is the fun-loving child within. In transition, if you don’t have healthy ways to express emotion, you shut down your ability to be adaptable to change. The more you express emotion, the more you are able to change. |
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P2 The Reward Centre P2 is used by the mind to change the external world to get what you need internally so you feel satisfied. This is the part of the brain that is the seat of motivation, drive and ego. It enables you to break old habits and patterns and go that extra mile to get what we want. In periods of change, it gives you the energy to go for what we truly desire. |
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I2 The Empathy & Authenticity Centre This part of the brain allows you to empathise with others by feeling what they are feeling. It is experienced as heart-felt joy or deeply felt passion. It is the seat of authenticity and passion and can be found in the four loves – charity, eros, affection and friendship. Often changes in life are triggered when your passion for a task or a person subsides and you begin to look for new experiences, activities or people. |
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I1 The Pattern RecognitionCentre I1 is the part of the brain that recognises patterns whether they are feelings, behaviour, cause and effect or other forms of data and information. Learning involves being able to interpret data that can be used in aspects of life. You can live a life where there are patterns you don’t want to accept, so you ignore them. In transition, you look at the resources you have so you can leverage what you need to move forward. |
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C2 The Brain’s Modem C2 acts as a modem for the brain, downloading new paradigms and concepts. In the corporate setting, this is designated as a fresh vision. Your external world reflects your internal paradigm. In times of change, your outer world does not align with your inner world as you are already experiencing a shift. |
