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ed anymore thus limiting our scope of development.While Christopher Langan had the highest IQ, he certainly did not have the highest EQ, which is half the reason if not more, that determines your success, decision-making abilities and overall development of you as a person.Let us take a look at some of the reasons why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) plays such a vital role in our lives:<h2 id="490f">How is EQ Important to an Employer?</h2>Employers who are looking to hire candidates for the front end job roles in a company, where the interaction with the client is a pivotal aspect of the job, always prefer to have one informal round of interview in a social setting.Most of the candidates who are interviewed for client-facing roles are filtered after the basic job requirements are met. This means on the face of it, the resume of most people would have quite a few similarities. However, the importance of one’s education and experience has a limited impact in this context. This is because employers don’t just want to hire the brightest person they meet. What they want is an individual who understands the softer and qualitative aspects of doing business.Consulting companies are known to gauge potential candidates by asking them to meet for dinner. This is because these firms understand that the conversation you have at the dinner table with your client is not going to relate to work in any way.The client might want to talk about the price of Cream Cheese in the South of France, thus what the employer wants to know is that, do you have the EQ to carry these conversations forward as those dinners are the building blocks of your relationship with the client.<h2 id="7624">How Does EQ Shape Your Personal Relationships?</h2>Most relationships that are hanging by a thread broadly have a couple of issues that are common to the cause. That is that either your partner or you don’t listen or don’t communicate effectively.The underlying issue to this problem is the lack of Emotional Intelligence in people. Quite often, we are so self-involved and self-centred, that the other person’s feelings and emotions are not even the last priority on our list. It always is I, me and mine.Having the ability to listen and recognise somebody else’s emotions and feelings and put it before your own goes a long way in shaping our personal lives.One of the reasons we feel so comfortable with Counsellors is because they have all the attributes of an Emotionally Intelligent Person. They listen, don’t judge you, help you

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recognise your own emotions and make you feel comfortable and human for having your issues.<h2 id="3b24">Importance of EQ in Shaping Your Mental and Physical Health?</h2>Not having control over our emotions often leads to us not being able to manage the stress in our lives. <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003211.htm">Stress</a> is nothing but a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous.The ability to manage your emotions and compartmentalise the issues in your life goes a long way in helping you establish stronger relationships, higher self-esteem and be less prone to anxiety and depression.One of the learnings children should get today from their schools and parents is that it is normal to emote and talk about your feelings. Especially those which make you feel uncomfortable. When we aren’t taught to emote or are shunned for expressing ourselves, we tend to go into our shells with the burden of that problem in our minds. This is more and more common with teenagers today, which is why the number of kids suffering from depression is only increasing.If these problems linger in the mind of children as they grow up, it can land up shaping their thought process in a negative way which might lead to further problems down the road. Sadly they will not know how to tackle them.Some of the ways in which we can make the first step towards being Emotionally Intelligent are:<ul><li>We should practice self-awareness. This means learning to read how your behaviour can make the other person feel and pay close attention to your emotions as quite often, that is the driver to your behaviour.</li><li>Learn to empathise with people. The ability to relate with people on a human level and setting an environment for mutual respect and understanding despite a difference in opinion plays a significant role in strengthening our relationships.</li><li>Start paying close attention to nonverbal social cues that are being communicated to you either in the form of facial expressions or body language. Understanding these aspects gives us the ability to interpret how someone is feeling and also gauge their emotional state of mind, which helps us in retaining their attention.</li></ul>The beauty of Emotional Intelligence is that you can start today. It doesn’t need a curriculum or a lecturer to explain it to you. All it needs from you is to be an active participant towards your own and somebody else’s emotional state of mind.See you next time…</article></body>

Why is Emotional Intelligence Crucial in the Development of an Individual

How is it More Relevant Than the IQ of a Person

One thing you can’t hide, is when you’re crippled inside — John Lennon

Most of us are conditioned to believe that our ability to process and grasp information is the single most crucial factor to determine our success rate in life. Many of us define this ability of ours as the sole factor of intelligence.

This interpretation of intelligence begins for us from a young age. Since the time I was in school, I always thought that the outcome of intelligence is to rank as the best in every field. Technically that is enough, I mean, ranking first is a clear indicator of you being at the top of the game, and the assumption is that you will succeed, as long as you continue to do what you are doing.

The assumption that one will succeed in life by memorising the content of a book or winning in the numbers race in life to come first or second couldn’t be further from the reality of the situation.

Think about this, Christopher Langan, who is considered to be the smartest person in the world with an IQ of over 190, worked as a labourer and bouncer for most of his life. To put things in perspective, Albert Einstein had an IQ of 160, and he went on to develop the theory of relativity, which is one of the pillars of modern physics.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be a bouncer or a labourer. However, this begs the question of why wouldn’t the smartest person in the world spend his time working on something significant to all of humankind?

This is where the concept of Emotional Intelligence comes in. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to identify and understand your own emotions and the emotions of others. A lack of EQ in a person is mostly the reason that she/he is unable to progress in life or make peace with their choices or who they are at a deeper level.

Simply put, lack of EQ is the point of mental stagnation from which we can never return. This is because our ability to process and progress mentally is not being challenged anymore thus limiting our scope of development.

While Christopher Langan had the highest IQ, he certainly did not have the highest EQ, which is half the reason if not more, that determines your success, decision-making abilities and overall development of you as a person.

Let us take a look at some of the reasons why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) plays such a vital role in our lives:

How is EQ Important to an Employer?

Employers who are looking to hire candidates for the front end job roles in a company, where the interaction with the client is a pivotal aspect of the job, always prefer to have one informal round of interview in a social setting.

Most of the candidates who are interviewed for client-facing roles are filtered after the basic job requirements are met. This means on the face of it, the resume of most people would have quite a few similarities. However, the importance of one’s education and experience has a limited impact in this context. This is because employers don’t just want to hire the brightest person they meet. What they want is an individual who understands the softer and qualitative aspects of doing business.

Consulting companies are known to gauge potential candidates by asking them to meet for dinner. This is because these firms understand that the conversation you have at the dinner table with your client is not going to relate to work in any way.

The client might want to talk about the price of Cream Cheese in the South of France, thus what the employer wants to know is that, do you have the EQ to carry these conversations forward as those dinners are the building blocks of your relationship with the client.

How Does EQ Shape Your Personal Relationships?

Most relationships that are hanging by a thread broadly have a couple of issues that are common to the cause. That is that either your partner or you don’t listen or don’t communicate effectively.

The underlying issue to this problem is the lack of Emotional Intelligence in people. Quite often, we are so self-involved and self-centred, that the other person’s feelings and emotions are not even the last priority on our list. It always is I, me and mine.

Having the ability to listen and recognise somebody else’s emotions and feelings and put it before your own goes a long way in shaping our personal lives.

One of the reasons we feel so comfortable with Counsellors is because they have all the attributes of an Emotionally Intelligent Person. They listen, don’t judge you, help you recognise your own emotions and make you feel comfortable and human for having your issues.

Importance of EQ in Shaping Your Mental and Physical Health?

Not having control over our emotions often leads to us not being able to manage the stress in our lives. Stress is nothing but a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous.

The ability to manage your emotions and compartmentalise the issues in your life goes a long way in helping you establish stronger relationships, higher self-esteem and be less prone to anxiety and depression.

One of the learnings children should get today from their schools and parents is that it is normal to emote and talk about your feelings. Especially those which make you feel uncomfortable. When we aren’t taught to emote or are shunned for expressing ourselves, we tend to go into our shells with the burden of that problem in our minds. This is more and more common with teenagers today, which is why the number of kids suffering from depression is only increasing.

If these problems linger in the mind of children as they grow up, it can land up shaping their thought process in a negative way which might lead to further problems down the road. Sadly they will not know how to tackle them.

Some of the ways in which we can make the first step towards being Emotionally Intelligent are:

We should practice self-awareness. This means learning to read how your behaviour can make the other person feel and pay close attention to your emotions as quite often, that is the driver to your behaviour.
Learn to empathise with people. The ability to relate with people on a human level and setting an environment for mutual respect and understanding despite a difference in opinion plays a significant role in strengthening our relationships.
Start paying close attention to nonverbal social cues that are being communicated to you either in the form of facial expressions or body language. Understanding these aspects gives us the ability to interpret how someone is feeling and also gauge their emotional state of mind, which helps us in retaining their attention.

The beauty of Emotional Intelligence is that you can start today. It doesn’t need a curriculum or a lecturer to explain it to you. All it needs from you is to be an active participant towards your own and somebody else’s emotional state of mind.

See you next time…