What are Life Languages?

The 7 Life Languages are communication styles that fall under 3 Intelligence Categories of Act, Feel, and Think. Each Life Language has its own unique characteristics that reveal your interactive style and preferences.

3 Intelligence Categories

Whether you have a bias for action, feeling, or thinking, each category has its own type of intelligence.

Act First

Kinetic Intelligence

They tend to be either practical or innovative. Their first response is to move into action to accomplish their goals.

They often respond quickly and decisively with an instinctive awareness or practical intelligence.

Feel First

Emotional Intelligence

They tend to be relational. Their first response is through their feelings, which they reveal in their speech or behavior.

They often respond intuitively with their relational awareness and emotional intelligence.

Think First

Rational Intelligence

They use their head. Some think fast, while others spend time reasoning, researching, and thinking strategically.

They often respond rationally with their cognitive awareness or analytical intelligence.

The 7 Life Languages

A Life Language is a communication style with its own unique characteristics under one of the three intelligence categories.

ACTION

Mover

Leading the Charge

Movers are action-oriented, making things happen with passion and vision.

Innovative

Direct

High Standards

ACTION

Doer

Getting it Done Right

Doers are reliable and detail-focused, who meet needs with practical action.

Practical

Diligent

Detailed

Feeling

Influencer

Loving Life and People

Influencers thrive on interaction and inspire others with their vision and warmth.

Intuitive

Inclusive

Enthusiastic

Feeling

Responder

Energized By Feelings

Responders are sensitive and nurturing, showing emotional depth and care.

Compassionate

Creative

Passionate

Thinking

Shaper

Leading the Pack

Shapers are analytical and strategic, bringing structure and direction.

Organized

Strategic

Focused

Thinking

Producer

Creating Abundance

Producers are resourceful and responsible, ensuring quality in their work.

Financially Adept

Hospitable

Resourceful

Thinking

Contemplator

Quest for Knowledge

Contemplators are reflective and thoughtful, providing insight and depth.

Intelligent

Inquisitive

Philosophical

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Life Languages center around the seven languages that everyone speaks: Mover, Doer, Influencer, Responder, Shaper, Producer, and Contemplator.

Everyone speaks these languages with a different level of effectiveness and intensity.

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How do intelligence categories work?

All of us often go through each intelligence category rapidly and subconsciously. However, it’s helpful to understand the order in which this occurs. This is intelligence awareness: understanding how to recognize and switch across categories into the other person’s communication style.

For example, if your first intelligence is action-oriented and you want to communicate with someone whose first intelligence is thinking, you need to:

first stop and listen
then mirror their thinking words
before taking action

Is one language better than another?

No Life Language is better than another. However, all have their strengths in certain scenarios and when looking for particular outcomes. The key question is, what is needed most in this particular moment? We often 'pull up' lower languages out of instinct at work or in new situations — it just takes more energy.

Any language can be very effective in business and positions of authority. Each Life Language simply leads differently.

Do the languages have weaknesses?

All languages have strong, positive characteristics and corresponding weaknesses. Each language can have predictable and unproductive results when carried to an extreme or subjected to stress that becomes distress. Which is why we help you recognize the signals and get ahead of them.

Will the profile tell me who I am?

While the character traits are fairly consistent as described by your top Life Languages, people are complex and change over time. Moreover, different environments, life experiences, and friendships will draw out different characteristics in a person.

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Here are the headlines:

Everyone speaks all 7 Life Languages to some degree of fluency. Although it may take more energy and intentionality to speak your lower languages.
There is no Life Language that cannot relate to another. Although some may take a little more effort.
A Life Language is not an identity or an excuse.We shouldn't use the languages to box people in, including ourselves.
'Communication IQ' by Fred & Anna Kendall is fantastic resource to learn much more about how Life Languages work. Buy it on Amazon USA or Amazon UK.

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