Emotional Intelligence and IQ, Which One is More Important?

Hi getbrowser! I believe that both are equally important. You can't succeed if you only have high IQ and you also can't succeed if your emotional IQ is high. If you can balance between these two types of intelligence you are most likely to succeed. I also believe that standard IQ can't be changed (even it varies during the life), but you can learn how to achieve higher emotional IQ (because it is the way of understanding people). Excellent question! Thank you! Happy mylotting and take care!

Well, I think both Intelligence quotient and Emotional intelligence are all important precursor to measured the intelligence and emotional abilities of a person. IQ is administer in schools and also when one apply for job as one of the requirements to know the levels of intelligence if one know the job and have the necessary talents and skills to perform his job. While, EQ is also administer both in schools and in company when one applies. But, I could say the results could not fairly says that it is reliable as any person who undertakes the test could lie.. Hence the results would be in favor of the test taker as he/she could pretend doing right and so it could be cheated. Both are important while IQ test the person knowledge or levels of understanding, reasoning, math skills etc...and the EQ serves as a test how a person behaves towards his relationship with other people whether on the job, schools or in any social activities or or the survival skills against adversary knowing the wrong or right.

It seems that EQ is much more important than IQ today. If you have high EQ, you know how to get on well with each other. You will have a good relationship with others. And you can solve the problems in a better way. I think it will lead to the success. I love China

EQ is the most prefered among two.Todays corporates belive that people with moderate IQ can be trained to perfection if they are given time to learn but people with negative attitude and weak emotional stability are considered unemployable.One problematic person is enough to spoil the whole work place attitude...

I’ve seen something on Oprah about emotional intelligence versus intelligence quotient and in my opinion, although both are important emotional intelligence is vital for success because it is with E.I. that you will figure out solutions to problems, control anxiety and relate to people in a mature way and as Fadolf mentioned emotional intelligence can be learned whereas it is more difficult to change our I.Q.

hi there! i believe that both are equally important and it'd be far better if we can balance these two. but have you heard of the multiple intelligences? there are 7 and that's quite the new approach to intelligence now. intelligence covers a wide spectrum and people have a little of all its aspects. if we can develop the natural intelligence that we have, we can surely be successful because each aspect has its array of opportunities. the key is to know your intelligence and do everything to develop it. that would lead you to success. ^^

Sorry, I’ve never come across the term ‘emotional intelligence’ so can you elaborate on this or provide a link for further study? Till now, I was aware of human IQ levels and its importance in determining a person’s intelligence level.

I think both are important because you can't succeed if you only have intelligence quotient, A person must have emotional quotient to cope with the stress and problems of life. A balance of both is the best thing to do.

They are both important. I do not think one is very much good without the other.

I think if a person has a higher emotional intelligence they are more apt to have a higher IQ and more sucess in life. If they have emotional challenges they are less apt to be sucessful. The more severe the emotional intelligence is lacking the problems in life as well.

can i choose both? LOL becaue as an individual we need an IQ and we also need an emotional intelligence. so i choose both. and thanks God i have them both. hahaahhaa

To be honest, this is the first time I've heard this term, Emotional Intelligence. Anyway, I believe both are important since they work hand in hand. Dumb people have a great chance of having a low self-esteem or emotional intelligence. Both are improvable so any person can have high IQ and EQ at the same time.

Conventional wisdom has it that there is a direct connection between our IQ and our ability to succeed in life. In school, we are ranked by our GPA. At certain points in grade school, students are given standardized test that ranks them with other students around the country. Schools are obsessed with how their students rank compared with others. A requirement for most colleges is a satisfactory score on the SAT or ACT exam. But there have been many studies that show IQ only accounts for about 20% of our success. The major attributes of success are our social and emotional intelligence. Yet there is very little emphasis put on emotional intelligence. Only a handful of schools have any formal programs that address emotional intelligence. We have an emotional mind and a rational mind. In large part, our emotional mind developed to help us survive. When man first wandered the earth anytime he encountered some new experience, he needed to make instant decisions about whether the encounter involved something that he could eat or something that might try and eat him. To rely on the rational mind, which works much slower than the emotional mind, might have meant the end of mankind. The emotional mind springs into action much quicker than the rational mind. But unless we learn to control the emotional mind, we will make lots of bad decisions and poor choices. Our emotional intelligence has such a large impact on our success in life, it is important that we fully develop our emotional skills. Here are the top five reasons why your emotional intelligence determines your success in life.

for me, both are important..but if i was given a choice, i would say that EQ is the crucial thing we should look first. EQ teach us how to live a life, and IQ teach us how to solve a problem. Erm..I think EQ come first and then it will influence our IQ to develop as well. people who are only high in IQ will not equalize other's IQ wih high EQ..but, people with high IQ and EQ can't underestimate those who have high SQ..

I believe both are needed in order to succeed in life. Life is all about a little bit of everything. We may be geniuses in our chosen career but we do not know how to be patient, how to deal with people, to have control, success may be difficult to achieve. If I have a choice, I will have to choose both.

hi getbrowser they are equally important and too usually if someone had high emotional intelligence they will also have a higher IQ as the two seem to me to be interlinked. In one way in order to use your mental intelligence you need to possess alot of emotional intelligence too. I think they] tend to go hand in hand for a lot of people, myself. I have'never seen a person whom I know to have high intelligence act emotionally out of whack. It is as if the one needs the other in order to both function to maximum efficientcy.

Hey getbrowser! I really don't know enough about the subject to make an informed response. But, I do believe that having a high intelligence quotient alone without emotional intelligence would probably lead to some sort of problems sooner than later! You need to be able to think and reason and feel to make what I believe are informed decisions! It is not enough to just be intelligent! There is more to being intelligent than having a high intelligence quotient, at least that it what I surmise!

EQ and IQ both are important for success.In my opinion,IQ is fixed at some extent when we finish our school.while,EQ can be improved when we working.

IQ intelligence people can create many discoveries, but Emotional intelligence people can spot successful people a.k.a. IQ intelligence people, and smart enough to know how to utilize this knowledge. So, which is more successful in life, the cow who gave milk, or the herder who collect and sell those milk? I know, unfair world.

Hey, I have a pretty high IQ and it has never really got me that far in the real world, outside the academic work! I also read people very well, and use that to more of my advantage in the work place. I am now in a career where both are useful and i am gaining success, before i worked in an environment where being good with people was the main thing and although i did well, i was not that happy as i was not ruthless enough! I like the blalance i have between the two! People can succeed with either, many autistic people have little emotional intelligence but can still succeed. You find your own niche in life if you try hard enough!