That is what school beat into us by putting certain types of intelligence on a pedestal and ignoring other types. If you are not good at math or language, you might still be gifted at other things but it was not called “intelligence”. Why?

I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits the bottom. – George S. Patton

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  Naturalist (nature smart)
  Musical (sound smart)
  Logical-mathematical (number/reasoning smart)
  Existential (life smart)
  Interpersonal (people smart)
  Bodily-kinesthetic (body smart)
  Linguistic (word smart)
  Intra-personal (self smart)
  Spatial (picture smart)