Hello, my dear people. We come to the third type
of intelligence. Now we are doing intelligence
measurement, which is not really mainstream or
followed in the institutions or how we train
our young people. And this seems to be the need
of the hour right now. Okay, interpersonal intelligence.
What is this about? This is the intelligence
of connection, collaboration and human influence.
Why is this most misunderstood yet most powerful
in intelligence in the world today? Some minds
think in words, some minds think in numbers,
but interpersonal intelligence is ability to
think in relationships. to understand people,
to read emotions, to feel the social currents
and move groups towards shared goals. How necessary
is this in a world of social media, where all
we are doing is playing the blame game, one another,
causing more separation, isn't it? Than bringing
harmony and unity amongst cultures. This is the
intelligence behind teamwork, leadership, negotiation,
influence, empathy, conflict resolution and community
building. Ironically, it's the one intelligence
the modern classroom is least prepared to identify
or nurture. Educationists, policymakers, get
rid of your bogus curriculums where you just
train some mathematics to every single kid. Some
are born collaborators. World is run on collaboration
and this is the intelligence the future depends
on in every country, okay? What is interpersonal
intelligence? This intelligence looks like collaborative
skills, the capacity to complete tasks with others,
cooperative attitude, the willingness to offer
and receive input, leadership, the natural recognition
as someone others follow. This is important to
the future leaders of our world. Not somebody
who tweets in the middle of night. Not that kind
of a leader, okay? Social influence, ability
to pursue it, inspire and mobilize. Social empathy,
awareness and compassion for others. Social connection,
form meaningful interpersonal bonds. The children
and the young adults gifted with this intelligence
seek group support, value relationships deeply.
They enjoy collaborative work. They are comfortable
sharing about themselves. They solicit ideas
from others. They carry a natural winning personality.
Emerge as leaders even without trying. This is
not extroversion. It's human intelligence in
motion. So, how do we identify? For all the educators,
psychologists, counsellors, life coaches, etc.
How do you identify this interpersonal intelligence
in children, especially for parents and teachers?
Children with this intelligence prefer group
activities over solo tasks. They resolve conflicts
quickly, harmoniously. They offer help to classmates
without being asked. Form friendships easily
and maintain them. Understand emotions, both
their own and others. Speak up confidently in
group settings. Enjoy storytelling, sharing and
expressive communication. They demonstrate a
leader -like behaviour right from childhood,
in play. These children are often labelled quote
-unquote talkative. See how quickly the teachers
especially tend to label the children, isn't
it? Pink Floyd made a whole album about it. about
the modern so -called education system. In reality,
they are emotionally strategic thinkers. How
it emerges in young adults? In adolescence and
early adulthood, interpersonal intelligence shows
itself through strong desires to collaborate
rather than compete, high emotional intuition,
sensing what others feel without being told,
natural leadership in group work, communities,
clubs or social circles. ability to pursue and
negotiate and influence outcomes, skill in navigating
social complexity, which has become even more
complex with this silly social media business,
isn't it? Kids talking across cultures which
are very diverse. American culture is nothing
like Indian culture, see what I'm saying? And
the children are talking over the web or Reddit
or any one of these platforms. It creates more
chaos. We need to build a different kind of educational
system to understand this. Also, deep interest
in helping professions, teamwork and community
initiatives. Comfort in diverse social contexts.
Recognition from peers. You are the one who holds
the group together. These young adults often
thrive in careers involving people like communication,
leadership, management, counselling, teaching,
HR, diplomacy, marketing, coaching and community
development. So what should we do? We are talking
about education reforms. Something we need to
put in there, isn't it? practical curriculum
enhancement what do we do number one group -based
learning as core curriculum not just group work
but structured collaboration that builds shared
responsibility peer -led learning students teach
each other the best way to activate cooperation
and leadership the smarter ones teach there less
matter ones in the class for example The way
that will happen is faster than what a teacher
can say. Teacher is the authority figure. Kids
are generally scared of teachers. It's too much
of a gap. But if the peer group teaches one another,
they learn faster. Number three. Social -emotional
learning programs. Empathy, communication, conflict
resolution and emotional literacy. Where is the
start? Tell me. In the schools? Nothing. Four.
Role play, debate and dramatic. Activities let
students experience diverse viewpoints and practice
influence ethically. Student -led teams and clubs,
sort of there at the moment. Sports teams, innovation
groups, community service circles. This is a
fertile ground for developing sound, well -organized,
well -rounded individuals as leaders. Number
six, choice -based grouping allows students to
choose their teams. Sometimes it builds ownership
and self -understanding. Number seven, cooperative
problem solving challenges, escape rooms, design
sprints, hackathons, service projects. Number
eight, classroom guest interactions. Bring in
resource people who expose students to various
social styles and leadership models. Number nine,
cross classroom collaboration efforts. Joint
projects with other classes to promote broader
social networking and teamwork. Number 10, it
says healthy competition, I disagree. It should
be healthy collaboration, no rivalry. The moment
you introduce competition in any structure, let
it be your games, let it be your sports, let
it be your exam business, whatever your exams
are right now. The moment we introduce the thing
called competition, which you need to completely
get rid of at every level in the human society.
We are talking about education here. and replace
that word with collaboration, we will start building
a better human society. Competition creates separateness.
It creates, I want to win over the other. It
creates inferiority complex. It creates aggression
and violence. We need to get rid of that, folks.
If you want to do away with the wars and have
some peace on earth, you need to get rid of competition,
full stop. These tools do not create social butterflies.
They create empathetic leaders, team -centered
achievers and collaborative thinkers. Closing
thought now. Interpersonal intelligence is the
backbone of leadership. It is the source of empathy.
You need empathy for all of this stuff. It produces
individuals who can guide teams, uplift community,
integrate communities. What about that? Different
ones across the globe. Emotionally intelligent
leaders capable of dialogue, not division. Like
I said, get rid of competition, you will get
rid of division. This is the way we need to think
forward, folks. I shall see you in the next.
If you have some more comments, leave it, share
it. We need to develop this more. And I'm giving
a hint in that planets in the thumbnail, isn't
it? I shall see and tie this more into Vedic
astrology later. See you in the next.