My Non-Artificial Intelligence

We took several tests to measure intelligence.  Right about time I start getting to know myself. Below are my insights as to how my strengths affect me in working with myself, my group, and my class.

PDI - I/ENTJ

Usually have original minds and great drive for their own ideas and purposes in fields that appeal to them, they have a line power to organize a job and carry it through wth or without help. Skeptical, critical, independent, determines, sometimes stubborn. Must learn to yield less important points in order to win the most important.

MIT -

Intelligence type	your totals
Linguistic	31
Logical-Mathematical	20
Musical	36
Bodily-Kinesthetic	29
Spatial-Visual	29
Interpersonal	34
Intrapersonal	27

AIM EMI

Your Score & Percentile Rank
Emotional Competency (EiQ)	Your Raw Score	Your Percentile Rank
Emotional Literacy ( EL )	10	64
Self-confidence ( SEC )	32	62
Self-management ( SM )	40	20
Self-motivation ( SMO )	51	85
Dynamism ( D )	16	7
Collaboration ( C )	53	19
Social consciousness ( SOC )	9	12

My top 3 strengths are Interpersonal Skills, Self Motivation and having an original mind.
These strengths have worked for me for the last 3 months of MBA.
I have gained a lot of friends but most especially I have found 2 new bestfriends. We keep hold on to during the hard times and we laugh together during the good times. It is just an awesome feeling knowing I have them around. I am one of the few people here who have found genuine friends. Most of us are still finding a sense of belongingness. If I get more genuine friends then great I would be most happy but as long as I have these 2 I am fine. I don't need anything else.

Self motivation has really carried my thorough my devastating performance in LOB. I have seen classmates succombing to the pressure and letting it take over them. But because I know myself well that I am humble enough to accept my weaknesses I am actually performing better. I try my best to study and I get help from my bestfriends. It also actually helped that in one of the HBO session,having different kinds of intelligences was discussed and emphasized. That day I decided to captalize on my strengths and work hard to pass my weak subjects. if I give my bestest in my strong subjects I can be so much better rather than sulking and crying over my weaknesses. With weaknesses, for as long as I acknowledge and accept them and work on them I am in balance.

Having an original mind worked both as a strength and a weakness for me. It takes me forever to study subjects like QA and LOB because I have to dig in on every single rule and concept. I have to understand things from the very beginning. And I myslef get annoyed with that becasause I do not have the luzury of time. I am so lucky my best friends are so patient with me because I bombard them with never ending questions that even they havent taken the time to care about. Debanjana told me I think wholistically. If I was had to memorize concepts without knowing the whole story I will never get them. So now she also makes it an effort to explain things to me the way she knows I would understand them.
As a strength though it helps me excel in marketing. Which is very important for me because marketing is my passion. I came harness my knowledge and be the best in marketing. I think this trait is what makes me unique as an individual. This is also my triat which endears me to my freinds and groupmates. I ddint even know that this was a real strength. But when I got to know people I realized, even in MBA, there are people who still don't have a mind of their own. They can't put up their own poitns, they can't stand up for them and most of all they use people for their own survival. Because of that, I realized what I have is something I should be proud of. I can think for myself. I can be right I can be wrong I can even be stupid but I know myself well enough to know that nothing matters more than having your own mind and being true to who you are.

Enough of the self analysis becayuse I have always spent too much time analyzing myself. Below is the action plan I am already doing to capitalize on my strengths and ovecome my weaknesses.

ACTION PLAN:

Challenge # 1: One of the reasons I do less CP is because I have not read the cases. My problem with reading is not just that I do not have time for it; it is that I am not very fond of reading itself. I find it very effortful to maintain my focus especially if the material is very long. I also tend to fall asleep while reading making me very unproductive. As a result, I miss some of the details from the cases because I am not an effective reader.

Action Plan	Then	Now (Progress)
I will read materials in advance so that I have more time allowance to finish them	I am not able to finish a 25 page reading. When I come to class, I can only keep tack with 25% of the discussion because I have only read that much. I am always not able to read a lot because I am interrupted by daydreams and sleepiness.	I am able to finish at least 3 of 5 readings for the week because we discuss it among the group now and I have to facilitate at least 2. I am still taking a very long time to read. I have not found a way to get rid of my daydreams. For my daydreams my group mates have suggested that I do kinaesthetic things while reading like writing, listening to music, and jogging while reading. I intend to try them all.
To improve on my attention to details, I will read each material at least twice. First is for casual reading, second is to take note of important points.	I miss a lot of details when I read because my mind is only half into it.	When reading the regular materials, I still do not get enough time to read twice, so I read it once and highlight at the same time. For WAC, I read it at least 3 times before starting with the analysis. I have sat down with 2 of my classmates and helped them jot down and classify all the points needed for the case.
To improve my CP, I will do CP at least once every meeting for my weak subjects such as LOB and QA. For subjects where I think I am doing well, I must be able to do CP every single meeting. One of them must be a very good point (or at least a good attempt at it).	I have not done a single CP in LOB and QA because I am terrified to speak for fear of saying dumb things.	I was only able to do 2 CP’s in LOB and the other 1 was on a marketing topic. For subjects like MM, OM, and HBO I have done several CP’s. For MM I think I am consistent however I need to work on doing it more frequently.

Challenge No. 2

Challenge 2: I am not assertive I n speaking out my points especially on subjects that I am not good at. Case in point: LOB. I do not speak that language at all. On the other hand, I am assertive on the subjects that I do know like Marketing, OM, and HBO.

Action Plan	Then	Now (Progress)
To improve on being assertive, I will be more prepared on the subjects I am better at so that I can contribute the most. I must be able to contribute not only researched information but real life experiences as well.	I am not able to speak up during the CAN meetings because we are discussing a topic I do not know – LOB. I raise my hand in order to speak a point. I am too polite to cut people off that sometimes I do not get enough chances to speak.	I think that I can assert myself better because I am more knowledgeable in subjects like MM and OM, and HBO. In the class, I am able to do more CP and raise good points on the subjects that I know. I am more confident to speak out during CAN meetings. The only time I do not speak is when we are discussing LOB. For the rest of the subjects, I speak substantially.

Challenge 3: I am a person who is on extreme sides. When I am passionate about something, I have unlimited interest in the subject. I voluntarily do extra research and I do outputs myself. But when I am not interested in something, I am exceptionally bad at it. Hence it makes me lose my focus and interest in the subject. To avoid this,

Action Plan	Then	Now (Progress)
I will make the effort to get help in these subjects so that I can further understand it. Having a deeper understanding of the lesson will allow me to contribute more, do more CP and ultimately get better grades.	I study on my own but for LOB I am sometimes not finish on time or I am not able to clear my doubts.	I attend study sessions conducted by accountant subjects. I seek help from Nishant and also from Debanjana. Unfortunately I am still too scared to speak when I am unsure. I did 1 CP on marketing and not even numbers.
I will focus and listen to the discussion and take notes if I am not able to contribute a lot.	My mind wanders when I am not able to comprehend things making me even less productive. I daydream 45 minutes after the class starts. When I lose my focus I only do selective listening.	I take lots of notes during subjects like QA – which proved to be useful during open note exams. At this point my distractions only come during QA.