Emotional Intelligence Must for Intellectual Intelligence

Let us understand the term intelligence first as per the various dictionaries and psychologists aspects.

Definition of intelligence as per the various dictionaries are the following:

Ø Cambridge Advance Learner’s dictionary 2006  “ The ability to learn , understand and make judgements or have  opinions that are based on reason”

Ø All Words Dictionary 2006 “ The ability to use memory , knowledge , experience , understanding , reasoning , imagination and judgement in order to solve problems and adapt to new situations”

Ø The American Heritage Dictionary 4^th edition 2000  “The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge”

Psychologists’ definitions of Intelligence

Ø J.P Das  says “The ability to plan and structure one’s behaviour with an end in view”

Ø H. Gardener says  “ An intelligence is the ability to solve problems or to create products that are valued with one or more cultural settings”

Now we can discuss about Emotional intelligence and its importance and how it influence intellectual intelligence.

Emotional Intelligence this term is given by famous psychologist Daniel Goleman  it is also known as EQ (emotional quotient) which means empathy understand own feelings as well as others feelings too , good interpersonal skills , job-interviews, best behaviour, networking etc It is an ability which we learn after birth in society and It is a lifelong process. It is an experiential learning.

Intellectual Intelligence (IQ)  which means intelligence quotient the term is given by William Stern  IQ . It means heavily based on logic and reasoning such as science, maths. It is an ability by birth. It is related to cognitive brain process , memory , learning , academics too which we learn in school time.

Importance of EQ and how it is essential for IQ

Research says that people with  high EQ have better mental health , job performance and the way of high living life.

5 categories of EQ are the following :

1)    Self awareness

2)    Self regulation

3)    Motivation

4)    Empathy

5)    Social Skills

 We learn EQ to deal our problems , solutions to our conflict after birth as it is not by birth . As Human being is a social animal so we need EQ as a vital asset to empathize people and understand own feelings , other feelings ,  job interviews, networking , to deal with emotions and good interpersonal skills. It is a base of IQ which is by birth in a person which talks about logic, reasoning such as science, maths etc .  IQ is related to cognitive brain process which talks about memory, learning, academics, reasoning , logics , maths, business , finances etc.

Success in career and personal life which is entirely based on EQ so that’s how IQ can be considered as a dependent variable and EQ independent variable . Let’s see  few examples  of family relations, dealing with customers, time management , boss management all can be only done in the presence of EQ in a person whereas IQ is also important however it gives us performance , logics, reasoning and good academics only which can only depicts  theoretical aspect of life not practical aspect so hence practical aspect can be only functional in the presence of EQ in a person.  

Conclusion: Psychologists agree that among the ingredients for success IQ counts for roughly 10% (at best 25%) the rest depends on everything else including EQ both complement each other to succeed in life one must develop both for their better career and personal lives .