Discover Your Level of Vigorosity — the Deep Personal Energy That Fuels Vision, Resilience, and Purposeful Action / vigorosity test

elenaburan
Jun 6
13 min read

This concept, explored in Elena Buran's IPER typology, helps explain what made individuals like Nikola Tesla incredibly productive and precise in their ideas.

It also aids in better understanding yourself — and unlocking your natural cognitive abilities.

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Self-Assessment: Rate Each Statement on a Scale from 1 to 5

1 — Not at all like me

2 — Rather not

3 — Neutral / Sometimes

4 — Rather yes

5 — Exactly like me

10 Statements:

I feel a surge of energy when faced with a challenging task.
Even when tired, I can pull myself together if I feel the task is important.
I often have an inner feeling: "I can handle this, I just need to start."
When I have a goal, I mentally run through the steps to achieve it.
After a failure, I usually become more focused and active.
People are sometimes surprised by my endurance and ability to work for long periods.
I feel physical and mental strength when I'm engaged in "my thing."
Even if things don't go as planned, I feel an inner impulse to see it through.
I can concentrate on a complex task for a long time without losing motivation.
It's important for me to complete a task, even if no one is pushing me.

Score Summary – Vigorosity Level Interpretation

Total Score	Vigorosity Level	Interpretation
41–50	High	You possess a powerful inner energy resource. You have both strength and resilience. This level of vigorosity enables you to realize intuitive and strategic insights — like Nikola Tesla.
26–40	Medium	Your energy resource is decent, but it may fluctuate without meaningful input or the right environment. It's worth identifying the conditions that bring you into a state of flow — and enhancing them.
10–25	Below Average	Your energy tends to dissipate rather than accumulate. You may be living or working in a system that doesn't suit you. It's important to restore your connection with your spirit, body, and deep soul-driven motivation, and to resolve inner contradictions.

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Bonus: Vigorosity + Intelligence Type /vigorosity test

Combined with your IPER intelligence type, vigorosity reveals even more.

Intelligence Type + High Vigorosity — What It Means

Intelligence Type	With High Vigorosity, This Means…
Homo Intuitivus	Strategic foresight, realization of vision, intuitive modeling (Tesla’s type)
Homo Rationalis	Building analytical systems, technical leadership, sustained logic
Homo Ethicus	Inspiring leadership, competence and clarity in relationships, moral conviction. Charismatic orchestration of human dynamics
Homo Practicus	Energetic organization of real-world business, mastery in action, practical adaptability to circumstances

Take the express test "Intelligence Type + Vigorosity Level"

"How do you often feel?" — a visual test of intelligence type and vigorosity level

Useful for:

Career consultations: quick profile + initial recommendations.
In resumes/portfolios, e.g.: “My strategic cognitive profile: High-energy intuitive strategist.”
Setting up AI assistants or career coaches: for personalized responses and recommendations.
UX/HR audience analysis: as soft profiling for recommendations or task distribution in a team.

Why it works:

Images are easier to perceive than abstract questions — especially if a person is tired or stressed.
Images encompass feelings and bodily perceptions, not just rational answers.
Choosing "what resonates" speaks to the inner state and cognitive style better than words.

So, choose the image that best resonates with your state:

Interpretation of the choice of an image

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Images 1–3. Homo Intuitivus — Intuitive Intelligence Type:

Image 1 shows the "Visionary" archetype — with high personal passionate energy and intuitive intelligence type. High vigorosity and intuition give a state of dawn and the idea of light; the contours of the future are already glowing above the horizon. You look only forward. The space symbolically leads to success; the meaning of the main idea "is heard." Remember, you need partners with the same energy level but different intelligence types — a logician, communicator, and practitioner; otherwise, it will be difficult for you to realize your vision — the energy of one person, even someone like Tesla, is not enough to cover all the needs of modern successful life. Or you will have to get an AI agent that replaces an entire team. See an example.

Image 2 shows an intuitive intelligence type with medium vigorosity — personal passionate energy. Medium vigorosity means you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but most of the path is not quickly clarified — there is not enough visionary energy to mentally trace all the details of the path. The future, although visible, is foggy; the road ahead is blurred. You feel where to go but are not sure. Energy is in anticipation but not activated. The "Idea Explorer" archetype can work well in the second position in a team, voicing innovative non-standard ideas and solutions, needing an intuitive mentor with a higher energy level or a team whose members can analytically calculate new ideas, think through implementation scenarios, create practical guides, communicate with clients and partners. It's important to remember that insights come first, and then calculations on them, not the other way around. Crises and problems arise where rational and emotional-practical, or even communicators try to dictate what insights the intuitive should receive, not understanding that insights can only come freely in a certain state of consciousness; insights are not born and nurtured forcibly. The intuitive type should also remember that their insights are primary, not secondary to success, and it is they, not someone else, who are responsible for maintaining the life of their intelligence, their intuition. How to do this — find out in a consultation with the developer of the IPER intelligence typology; write in the website chat or on Telegram https://t.me/IPERtypology

Image 3 shows an intuitive intelligence type with low vigorosity — personal passionate energy. The "Seeker" archetype seems to be groping in the dark; the direction is not visible, but they intuitively search and from time to time have insights and guesses that are not available to other intelligence types. You peer into yourself, flit between images; the road is almost erased — there is no impulse to go. You have not yet passed the stage of initial chaos; Take control of the chaos, focus, set realistic goals, and go clearly towards them, eliminate contradictions between your ideas, thoughts, feelings, actions. As your mind begins to resemble the clear surface of a mountain lake, it will absorb more energy from the "sun of life," and you will be able to nurture your ideas to full logical calculation and practical implementation. Solve tasks one at a time; the next should be slightly more difficult than the previous one; don't take on too difficult ones immediately — you'll only lose energy. Take on tasks and situations that are solvable by 75–90%. The remaining percentages of "unsolvability" will stimulate your intuition to find new and non-standard solutions.

Images 4–6. Homo Rationalis – The Rational-Analytical Type of Intelligence

Image 4 shows a rational-analytical intelligence with a high level of personal passionate energy — vigorosity. The archetype is “The Knowing Critic” — always analyzing before taking action, always carrying a clear map with marked paths. You move confidently, your step is firm, you’re a team leader. Everything is calculated. However, remember that you lack intuition, which provides strategic and systemic vision and foresight. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that the best forecast is calculated based on the past — the “no future without the past” idea. Analytics deals with facts and past data but fails to see that the new never repeats the past — it grows again from its essence. The past and future are connected only symbolically or sometimes methodologically, if the method is rooted in the intuitive function of consciousness. Don’t try to strangle your intuitive partner with criticism, threats, pressure, reproaches for being late, or even insults. As soon as you lose an intuitive partner with the same energy level — because you didn’t listen, didn’t try to understand — you’ll go off track, relying solely on the past. You will literally disappear into the past, and the future will pass you by — because you can only see it through the lens of the past. Besides an intuitive partner, you also need someone in your team who can build equal relationships, because your tendency to dictate is not appreciated by clients or partners. Everyone will leave you — with your criticism and sharp, saber-like logic. You’ll be forced to get an AI agent instead of a team. You also need a lively and cheerful emotionally-practical seller, someone who can charismatically present things, because you’re tuned into destructive criticism, while people want to pay for and bring into their lives the positive energy of happiness and success. Don’t justify yourself by saying “success is impossible without criticism”. People already know plenty about their lives — what they want from others is happiness, health, and joy. Criticism is not a value in itself — it’s only a tool for refining raw material.

Image 5 shows a rational intelligence type with medium passionate energy - vigorosity. Medium vigorosity allows for ongoing periodic calculations but doesn’t enable you to grasp the full system. Half of the route is clear, but beyond that — fog. You’re ready to move, but tense, holding a list, yet uncertain. You need to train your mind to see broader cause-and-effect connections by grasping positive trends and success stories — this will allow you to see life in richer shades and gain energy. Don’t look at things too narrowly. You may think you’re focusing — but in reality, you’re only limiting your potential. Try to understand that logic isn’t just flat and linear — there is logic of events, of relationships, and a systemic logic of dynamics and energy. Logic is everything that can be described in a sequence of words, because “Logos” means “Word”, and “Logos” is etymologically linked to “Glory” and “Light”. And “Light” is an ancient name for the world, the cosmos, and clarity as "World" goes from "Word". The world is full of light — in all shades, not just black and white. The archetype “Technician” usually can’t build relationships and struggles to present their own invention. Learn to get along with Ethical, Intuitive, and Emotionally-Practical types — because you complement each other. Don’t see a competitor in everyone.

Image 6 shows a rational type with low passionate energy (vigorosity). Low vigorosity may indicate a refusal to seek new things or a lack of impulsivity that’s vital for movement. The map doesn’t work, decisions are delayed. The road exists, but you’re afraid to walk it. Listen to real-life stories of people like Steve Jobs — from beginning to end. This will help you see the full chain and order of events — with both negative and positive outcomes. Then begin choosing only the steps that lead to positive outcomes. If you reach a crossroads and can’t fully calculate the outcomes — anxiety will come. Return to the steps that were completely clear — and from there, do only what is fully clear to you. This way, you’ll at least be the master of your own life — and better control events as needed. If you lack information — go find it. No one will do it for you. Don’t rush to become a “blind executor” of someone else’s will — it will inevitably lead you astray. Yes, you’ll play the role of executor in a team — but don’t become a blind one. Through understanding and reflection, you’ll gain energy and grow in your career. Clarity means the presence of mental, creative, and vital energy. Don’t lose clarity of your actions, feelings, and thoughts. Develop yourself by following positive clarity. The “Self-Critic” archetype may include self-devouring, self-punishment, suspiciousness, closed-off behavior, excessive brevity, a kind of “masochism”, constant anticipation of something bad or dangerous. Remember that we program our lives ourselves — seek the positive for balance, and then for overcoming the negative.

Images 7–9. Homo Ethicus – The Type Sensitive to the Quality of Relationships

Image 7 shows the ethical intelligence type, sensitive to the quality of relationships, with a high level of passionate energy (vigorosity).This is the archetype of "The Soul of the Company" — an inspirer, supporter, and diplomat. Signs along the path are there to help you — they speak of the values and meanings of relationships. How many times throughout history — in nations and companies alike — have such diplomats saved colleagues, partners, and clients from the dictatorship and destructive criticism of the rational, from the chaos of unskilled intuitives, and from the manipulation of emotionally-practical sellers! Customer support, company atmosphere, the purity of values and principles, harmony, synergy in creativity, negotiation — this is your domain. But remember: relationships arise after an initial vision of their meaning. And relationships also require a certain logical grounding. So do not place yourself above "eccentric" intuitives or "cold", logical administrators. If you lose an intuitive and a logical partner at your level of energy, your communication skills may begin to turn into manipulation, consuming themselves. Relationships emerge from vision and meaning. Relationships for the sake of relationships — are empty.

Image 8 shows the ethical intelligence type with a medium level of passionate energy. Medium energy (vigorosity) allows you to maintain a circle of communication, but doesn’t let you see the full picture or system of relationships to make strategic decisions. Medium energy is suitable for tactics. From time to time, you may feel you’re standing at a crossroads, feeling both empathy and indecisiveness. A dilemma. You may benefit from studying ancient epic works that convey the harmony of communication structure — including emotions, descriptions of actions, speech rhythms, consequences of decisions. By studying the system of relationships, you’ll be able to build your speech so it supports and stimulates flow and rhythm, guiding toward a common goal. People will criticize you less, you’ll receive more positive responses, and your energy will increase. You can also train your speech with inspiring examples of speeches and dialogues from the best representatives of the ethical intelligence type — diplomats, journalists, coaches, and sometimes presidents. You may be in a supporting role in a company — but this will give you the opportunity and time to work on yourself, accumulate energy, and grow. The "Harmonizer" archetype performs well at a medium level, for example in an HR role.

Image 9 shows the ethical intelligence type with a low level of passionate energy — low vigorosity. Ethical people can suffer from loneliness and feel a break in the path when the system of relationships collapses. Maintaining rapport is the key skill of ethical people, and when energy is lacking to keep relationships in focus, the ethical person feels they are losing themselves. They look at others from a distance, sensing a rupture within. Everything feels “meaningless.” This can happen when surrounded by too many rational or emotionally-practical people who act abruptly and sharply, without understanding the value of trust. You should know: if anyone can be your ally — it’s intuitive people. Your brain operates on the same wave as theirs (alpha brain rhythms). Don’t rush, don’t try to manipulate — instead, find a state of relaxed concentration when the alpha rhythm turns on. Then you’ll be able to scan the situation with your feeling and see your own path. Don’t let the rational and practical knock you off your alpha rhythm — they function in beta. For them, there are only two colors — their own and the “other's". For you and the intuitives, it’s completely different. Stick to the wisdom of your bright inner feelings; friendly communication opens all doors. Don’t confuse impulsiveness with chaos. Impulsiveness is what allows a caterpillar or snake to move — they extend their body forward in a pulse and then pull the rest along. Follow the positive impulse. The “Helper” archetype may include the desire to help everyone in hopes of feeling needed, of restoring a sense of connection. But remember: it’s more important to be a friend to yourself and fulfill your real mission — even if it means moving somewhere else where you’re truly needed. Those who don’t ask for your help and expect nothing from you — will not be grateful for your efforts.

Images 10–12 — Homo Practicus, the Emotionally-Practical Type of Intelligence

Image 10 shows the emotionally-practical type of intelligence with a high level of passionate energy — vigorosity. You’re already in motion — mud, wind, heat — it doesn’t matter, the energy in your body drives your movements. The road changes beneath your feet. You are always dynamic. It may seem like a great trait. Yes, but remember — it’s exactly this that makes it difficult for you to calmly trace predictive, long-term ideas or make broad generalizations. You are the opposite of intuitive types — you need geography, physics, engineering; they reach for far-off heights invisible to the eye. To the ethical type, you may sometimes appear rude, tactless, or blunt. Logical rationalists will often see you as an executor of their will — because you act first and think later. They do the opposite. Remember: your strength lies in real products and real presentations — brief and powerful, like a flash of light or a dish in an expensive restaurant — small, stunning, and costly. Let others do everything else. This is the archetype of the “Event Organizer” — a master of bright, tangible action.

Image 11 shows the emotionally-practical intelligence type with a medium level of passionate energy. Medium energy gives a firm hand and reliability, but doesn’t allow full charisma to emerge. You can succeed not only in a team, but also on your own — as a repair specialist, bartender, stylist, or even an osteopath with your own practice. But remember: examining tools is not the same as solving the client’s problem. To find clients, track their needs, send reminders — you may need a team, even a small one, or an AI agent - someone more charming and logical than you are used to being. Keep in mind: tools, services, and products can be very delicate, refined, microscopic, and incredibly valuable. You may have a plan — but don’t allow indecisiveness. Consult with an ethical, a rational, and listen to an intuitive. Consider their suggestions, accept what’s most relevant — but act yourself. Everything you suspect or imagine — most likely does exist on Earth. Go check. The archetype “Tough Nut” is well-known from many movies.

Image 12 shows the emotionally-practical intelligence type with a low level of passionate energy (vigorosity). Low energy means difficulty thinking things through and bringing your actions into harmony and order. Don’t allow chaos. Catch positive impulses, do something good and useful — it will add energy. Don’t force anything on others — that drains your energy. Remember what history teaches: irrelevant emotional outbursts lead to burnout — for nations as well as individuals. All flare-ups fade quickly. Life remains. It’s better to learn something good and useful, to engage kindly with other intelligence types, and to look at examples of energetic people of your type. Everything may feel “off” — even for oligarchs — if they steer in the wrong direction. The “Hothead” archetype can include both “good” and “bad” behavior.

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