Factors such as nature, nurture, experiences, and other intelligences can contribute to becoming a synthesizer.
Motivation, goals, and the ability to tackle big issues are also essential. Living largely in one’s mind, being insatiably curious, and asking many questions are common traits of a synthesizing mind.
Knowledge about many topics
Exhibiting wide curiosity, asking good questions, having an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, reading widely, collecting information, oscillating between wandering and focus, being interested in multiple disciplines, and connecting dots across disciplines
