Have you heard of Emotional Quotient (EQ)?

Yup. I have read that EQ is better than IQ! EQ is used on how people cope with hardship and how emotionally stable they are.

Yes, I heard of it. Still, many companies in my country based their recruitment on IQ which I think not wise. I encountered several people who have high IQ but they could not cope well in a real working environment and also in life in general. And I read that many of the intelligent people have fragile emotional states, which is why they are easily duped and manipulated. While IQ is important to know the intelligent level of a person, I think we should also consider EQ to know the emotion level of a person.

I haven't heard of this before. I can't help myself though. It had to be someone in some back office that couldn't figure out the system so they found a way around the intelligence issue... No wait.. that would mean that they had a pretty high IQ to figure it out to begin with... so never mind!

I've never really heard of this. Will look it up for info. I'm kinda interested on finding it out. You should've explained the basics though for some enlightenment on the reader's part. :)

I actually know some people who has a great IQ but they are not really successful in life for some reason. For me IQ can have so many knowledge as they can but if they are irresponsible in life I don't think it will still lead to success. I totally agree that EQ is more important for a fact that they have the ability to handle pressure and resolve conflicts, being responsible in task, people person example in sales on how you sell your propose product, trust and humility must be also included. I remember before that one of my officemate in some animation studios, I really used to adore and amazed on how she excels in drawing, I mean she really has this potential like being a fast learner. She is talented and has potential to draw like she can draw 10 or more papers in 1 day without revisions. I could actually admit that I could envy someone like her for being a fast learner. But guess what? she is a cleptomaniac, who steals small things and some of her officemate are complaining about it. I was shocked! and good thing I haven't experienced that to her.

I have heard of this from people from ISKCON-Bangalore. They actually conducted a training session on how to improve it.

Yes, i have heard about this since i was studying. i guess this EQ thing measures the emotional capacity, or emotional health of a person i have not much information on this but i do think this can be very subjective. im sure though that experts have their well tested and scientifically proven tests so i would not say they are incapable to measuring EQ. I just find it a bit odd seeing in some kid's milk that drinking the milk could improve a child's EQ - i think its just not possibly related to what we drink, right? at least not directly involved in it as many milk product companies would claim.

Hi, I heard a lot about EQ, but I am still confused about it. I don't know the meaning of it. I totally understand that there is a need to channelize our emotions in the desired path. You may call that motivation too. Thanks God bless you

Yes I agree with you EQ is also as important as IQ. Science helps us to analyze everything very closely these days,and without science all this also would have not taken place.

I heard about EQ. I disagree when you said that EQ is more important than IQ when we talk about the success of the person. EQ and IQ should come together and they have the same value.

EQ affects IQ so I believe that EQ is more important than IQ because emotions affect the way you think. Having a stable emotion leads to better thinking.