Visual-spatial intelligence: 7 expert-approved tips on how to unlock your hidden genius

Some high performers don’t need directions. They map success in their heads before others even kickstart their GPS.

They’re the ones who can feel the layout of a room they’ve never walked in. See the map in their head like it’s already drawn. All powered by raw spatial instinct to get them ahead.

That’s visual-spatial intelligence in a nutshell—one of the nine types mapped out by Howard Gardner. It’s the inner edge that elite innovators, engineers, and strategists of the world rely on to s...