Can emotional intelligence be improved?

Hello i think it is not fully genetic dependent , IQ can be improved a lot but not over night, it requires lot of effort and special training Thanks for sharing your views, happy posting, cheers Prof

I'd like to think that everything (or at least almost everything) can be learned and improved, with the right discipline and perseverance. Perhaps there isn't a test or course yet that has been crafted today to improve EQ. I bet though that in the future some psychologists/scientists will come up with a way to do so. Having said that, I still think that nothing beats experience when it comes to learning. Experience expands both a person's IQ AND EQ. You can only read and memorize so much but if you don't apply it to real life then it's of no use. More than IQ, I think that life's experience teaches us most EQ-wise. It teaches us how to be more mature and considerate of others. Anyways, that's just my 2 cents' worth.

We've kind of brought it upon ourselves, haven't we? :) Had we realized what a problem population can be, may be we would have stopped almost 50 years ago. So competition is essentially because of population, and skills or IQ only offer a way to select. I think emotional maturity cannot be learnt so easily. Each incidence in our life affects how we think and react. We select our reactions to be part of our persona based on the satisfaction we derive from it. Therefore, there will definitely be resistance to change those reactions. We may, at the most, accept something - temporarily. But beneath it, we cannot change much. Perhaps, some bit of reactions can be drilled into us with constant commands like they do in army. But it is an interesting thought.

Hi princess, I have studied so many materials on this and took so many tests as I was once writing couple of things on this topic. I had to do some research. What I think is that one is always born with a fixed amount of IQ. Yeah, it often has a genetic trait. IQ is never decreased or increased. What may change of course, is your level of alertness and ability to use that IQ. We often fail to rein our own emotional activities. We work on something but our mind wanders away. This means our full capacity is never fully utilized. Now this deviation can be minimized and it has to be minimized to gain the most out of your existing IQ. Screening helps of course but not in determining the level of intelligence but in calculating how much a certain candidate has gain control over his own mind and how much alert he is when he faces an intelligently challenging task. God bless you Take care

Well thats a true fact. Emotional intelligence is what we discuss at our lunch breaks. We need a emotional maturity to build up to grow out in different roles. Just the bookish knowledge wont really be an working intelligence.

i think so. Im ashamed to tell you I am a 'that book changed my life' mylotter!. The book is Emotional IQ Why it can matter more than intelligence by Daniel Goleman. It doesn't just explain the different types of emotional iq it goes into detail about the impact of high and low emotional iq. As well as explaining how and where differences can be made. I think emotional iq is best 'altered' through conscious effort to improve ones own thinking. Improve thinking prosesses and emotions have very little choice but to follow suit. You can't over react fully if your brain is telling you 'this is not a problem' Cognitive behavioural therapy at home if you like. Change the habits and change the life. It must be getting closer to a time when this is taken into account across the board. Not just in employment but in schools and universites/colleges

And that is so wrong. Young people don't have the time to develope on their own way and time. Everything that is rushed in lfe can have so many negative effects in the long run. Never throw a lamb in the lions den. We all know what the outcome wil be. So emotional intelligence can only be mproved and enhanced by each person themselves. TATA.

Yes, you are right! IQ is something that cannot be changed a great deal by reading books or practicing math! It comes along with you! Also, companies nowadays hold an aptitude test that tests your aptitude - your ability to grasp and get hold of something quickly! In the current competitive world, companies are looking for diplomats who have the ability to guide people and a leadership quality and one must have a sense of working together as team ! One's emotional maturity also needs to be checked as he/she must forget all his emotions and problems at home while working!

I believe it can be approved. Its more like you gaining experience everyday of your life. As we go to this journey of so called life we experience alot of pain, trouble, sufferings that if properly faced helps our emotional intelligence be improved. The way you handle this hardships lets us know if youve become mature enough of the task ahead of you