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Many celebrate graduates in June. Celebration's deserved for peak in performance. That often occurs as we learn new skills from others.

Initiate something different on the job and your brain rewires new dendrite brain cells for that skill. Each time you do the skill seems easier... And, you build savvy, too. Here's a thumbs-up to bloggers who raise the bar by using more of their gifts and talents aka multiple intelligences in novel ways.

Bodliy-kinesthetic Intelligence: Carol Kinsey Gorman, shares how we can we can improve on our body-language to engage others in ways that benefit us at work. She's just published, Non-Verbal Advantage.

To get some fresh insights about your body language, check out Anna Farmery's interview of Carol in The Importance of Body Language, a podcast. They discuss...

* How you raise the engagement of employees in meetings through body language.
* How to use your body language in meetings
* Whether you can change the body language of others
* What are the secrets to charisma and how to be a charismatic leader?
* Why do people struggle to trust and engage with politicians
* Insights into the body language of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain

Musical Intelligence: If you have need of music for a production you are creating, Erikiso offers offers excellent sites where you can locate and download great music free.

Intrapersonal Intelligence: Grace goes hand in hand with kindness and thankfulness in my mind and it was a joy to read Terry Starbucker's definition of grace this morning...

When one lives with grace, it means that in one’s manner, talk and action, there flows an elegance and warmth that respects and honors all individuals with kindness, compassion, understanding, and tolerance. This warmth is capable of spreading to everyone this person encounters, so that the person is described as adding “grace” to an occasion or to any other gathering (or a blog, for that matter). When one lives with grace, they also possess grace, in that they draw moral and spiritual strength from it, and ultimately, true happiness and fulfillment.

Terry had been surprised by Rosa Say's grace in republishing his contribution on grace at Joyful Jubilant Learning. Thanks Terry and Rosa! This is Intrapersonal Intelligence shining brightly through you both.

Interpersonal Intelligence More and more social networking is imperative to build your brand. Gavin Heaton provides several reasons why...

We are effectively seeing the 20th Century modes of business (command and control) being subverted by the activities of individuals. The strict hierarchies and mechanisms of control are being called into question by active (consumer) participants and employee evangelists determined to achieve outcomes (often in spite of the barriers placed in their way).

Spatial Intelligence Ever ride the wave of your imagination? Karen Swim reminds me to just sit and let my imagination take me away and let me see new mental images of things I was aware of previously and which are not yet realities. Einstein did this all the time...

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Linguistic Intelligence - Can you remember the last word you wrote in your last exam answer sheet before you graduated from college? My bet would be no. AxeCity, a fairly new blogger, decided to concentrate on one word in his final exam: "Future." What would happen if you concentrated on "Future" as you carry out your work next week? Check to see what happened...

Naturalistic Intelligence Brad Shorr tells a story of a Mother Robin who decided to build a nest in a maple tree near his childhood home. Bullies want Brad to help them smash the eggs. You'll have to read Brad's powerful story to see how this touch his life...

Let's give Robert Hruzek a high five for this month's focus on animals in his latest What I Learned From … group project. Check his site next week for fascinating stories I see in the queue. For instance, I noticed Joanna Young learned about the writing life from her cat. There'll be many fascinating entries...

Logical-Mathematical How do you market your business with little money? Drew McLellan offers five strategies to get your brand visible without breaking the bank... Now that takes real savvy, Drew and thanks for the great tips. Here's just one and check his site for more.

Hang out where your potential customers hang out and be helpful.

What would happen if you looked through the lens of a new intelligence as you approach a problem at work? Try stretching what you usually do and see what happens!