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yourself. People who possess this kind of intelligence have control of their
own thoughts.

To elaborate on this a bit further, intrapersonal intelligence is often called
emotional intelligence. It is your ability to control emotions such as fear,
greed, anger, sadness, and love. For example, when you’re afraid, do you

react and run, or do you talk to yourself calmly, responding rather than
reacting? When angry, do you control your temper or blow your top,
saying things you later wish you had not said? These are examples of a
person’s intrapersonal intelligence.

Intrapersonal intelligence is also called the success intelligence, since it is
required for success with all other intelligences. For example, a person
could be a verbal-linguistic genius, but without intrapersonal or emotional

intelligence, they may never study and will fail just like students who are
weak in verbal-linguistic skills. Athletes gifted with body-kinesthetic
intelligence may never attain professional status if they fail to practice and
control their own self-talk.

The same goes for musical intelligence and all other intelligences. Have
you ever heard a golf announcer say that a golfer “mastered the mental
game”? What the announcer is saying is that the golfer has high

intrapersonal intelligence. This is why it is often called the success
intelligence.

In this book, intrapersonal intelligence is the thumb. It is the intelligence
that gives entrepreneurs the advantage in the world of business.
Intrapersonal intelligence empowers entrepreneurs to do what most people
are afraid of doing, or do not want to do. You probably know people who

did very well in school, but fail to do well in the real world. One reason
may be because they are gifted linguistically and mathematically, but they
lack the emotional control, the intrapersonal intelligence, to handle the
challenges of the real world.

Most addictions—drug, food, sex, and smoking—are related to a
diminished intrapersonal intelligence. In other words, it takes high
intrapersonal intelligence to overcome addictions and bad habits.

Intrapersonal intelligence also plays a big role in delayed gratification.
People with low intrapersonal intelligence have challenges with willpower.