Contents

Foreword by Linda Silverman
Preface

Introduction
What is an extra intelligent person (XIP)?
What is an Effective XIP?
Why focus on enjoying this gift of being uncommon?
How to Enjoy the Gift of Being Uncommon
The impact of experiential knowledge
The layout of this book

Part One. The First Practice: Acknowledging Xi

Chapter 1 Characteristics of Being Uncommon
The defining characteristics of an XIP
Profile of an XIP: extra intense, complex and driven
Xi and Giftedness
Is it a Gift to be Uncommon?
Superhuman or extra intelligent?
A confusing variety of differences
Possible scenarios for acknowledgement

Chapter 2 The Complexity of Being Uncommon
Concerns about being different
Who does not want to be an XIP?
Recognition through vexation and reproaches

Chapter 3 The Challenge of Acknowledgement
The asset behind the nuisance
The underlying challenge of diversity management
The possibilities of Ximension
Good reasons to acknowledge Xi and XIPs

Part Two. The second Practice: Exploring Xi

Chapter 4 Discovering Xidentity
Multiple intelligences
Imaginal thinking/verbal thinking
Temperament
Extravert/introvert
Xinasty
Extra empathy / task-orientation
Extra receptivity
Male/female archetypes
The degree of Xi

Part Three. The third Practice: Applying Xi

Chapter 5 The Diversity of Applying Xi
Charting a course for the third Practice
The diversity of excellence and leadership
Superstars, strivers, independents

Chapter 6 Applying Xi amid the Norm
Autonomy and rapport, interdependence
Gift reciprocity versus market economy
Performance and the personal challenge for mastery
Is it excellence or deviance?
The need for personal leadership

Chapter 7 Tools to Support the Process
Mindset: Phrase compliments carefully
Embodied Cognition (EC)
Mirror Neurons (MNs)
A map of stagnation and flowing expression

Chapter 8 Living happily ever after as an XIP
Is it safe to accept being an XIP?
The effective XIP, a work in progress

Appendix 1: A case of applying Xi
The body and the mind, a brief intro on Chakras
Taking mind and body to a labyrinth
The Dynamics of expression
The path of flowing expression and of possible stagnation

Appendix 2: Personal reflections on Xi

References
Websites
Index
Photographs, paintings, and figures in the book
The Ximension Foundation
Kuipers & Van Kempen

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