There is a lot of talks about leadership and personal qualities. An international study in which more than 500 business leaders participated showed that employee skills are important only for 39% of managers, while personal qualities matter for 78% of leaders. In his book "Emotional Intelligence" written by Daniel Goleman where he suggested that EQ is more important than IQ.
So let's start by defining two terms to understand what they mean and how they differ.
The difference between IQ and EQ
IQ is a total score derived from several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence. An IQ tells you what your score is on a particular intelligence test, often compared to your age-group. The test has a mean score of 100 points and a standard deviation of 15 points. The standard deviation means that 68% of the population scores an IQ within the interval 85-115 and 95% within the interval 70-130. This term was coined by the psychologist Willian Stern for the German term Intelligenzquotinent in 1912.
IQ represents abilities such as:
EQ, on the other hand, is a measure of a person’s emotional intelligence level. This refers to a person’s ability to perceive, control, evaluate and express emotions. Researchers such as John Mayer and Peter Salovey, as well as writers such as Daniel Goleman, have helped shed light on emotional intelligence, making it a hot topic in a wide range of fields, from business management to education.
EQ focuses on capabilities such as:
Since the 1990s, emotional intelligence has gone from a gloomy concept found in scientific journals to a generally accepted term. Today you can buy toys that are said to help boost your child’s emotional intelligence or enroll your children in social and emotional learning (SEL) programs designed to teach emotional intelligence skills. In some schools in the United States, social and emotional learning is even a requirement.
Is IQ or EQ more important?
At some point, IQ was seen as a major success factor. It was assumed that people with high IQs were designed for life and achievement, and researchers argued whether intelligence was a product of genes or the environment (a debate about old nature and parenting).
However, some critics began to realize that not only high intelligence is not a guarantee of success in life, but also, perhaps, a concept is too narrow to fully cover a wide range of human abilities and knowledge.
IQ is still recognized as an important element of success, especially when it comes to academic performance. People with high IQs tend to do well in school, often earn more money, and tend to be healthier. But today, experts acknowledge that this is not the only success factor in life. Instead, it is part of a complex set of influences that include emotional intelligence among other things.
The concept of emotional intelligence has had a strong impact in a number of areas, including the business world. Many companies now require training in emotional intelligence and use EQ tests as part of the hiring process.
But. There is another fundamental success factor - VQ - life energy ratio. The ability of leaders to energize themselves and others, and there is a discussion that VQ is even more important for a successful leader than IQ and emotional intelligence. So what is really important?
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient
https://www.inc.com/steve-goldstein/eq-is-massively-more-important-than-iq-for-leaders-heres-why.html
Questions:
1. How do you rate your EQ level?
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
So let's start by defining two terms to understand what they mean and how they differ.
The difference between IQ and EQ
IQ is a total score derived from several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence. An IQ tells you what your score is on a particular intelligence test, often compared to your age-group. The test has a mean score of 100 points and a standard deviation of 15 points. The standard deviation means that 68% of the population scores an IQ within the interval 85-115 and 95% within the interval 70-130. This term was coined by the psychologist Willian Stern for the German term Intelligenzquotinent in 1912.
IQ represents abilities such as:
- Visual and spatial processing
- Knowledge of the world
- Fluid reasoning
- Working memory and short-term memory
- Quantitative reasoning
EQ focuses on capabilities such as:
- Emotion Detection
- An assessment of how others feel
- Control your emotions
- Perceive how others feel
- Using emotions to facilitate social communication
- Relate to others
Since the 1990s, emotional intelligence has gone from a gloomy concept found in scientific journals to a generally accepted term. Today you can buy toys that are said to help boost your child’s emotional intelligence or enroll your children in social and emotional learning (SEL) programs designed to teach emotional intelligence skills. In some schools in the United States, social and emotional learning is even a requirement.
Is IQ or EQ more important?
At some point, IQ was seen as a major success factor. It was assumed that people with high IQs were designed for life and achievement, and researchers argued whether intelligence was a product of genes or the environment (a debate about old nature and parenting).
However, some critics began to realize that not only high intelligence is not a guarantee of success in life, but also, perhaps, a concept is too narrow to fully cover a wide range of human abilities and knowledge.
IQ is still recognized as an important element of success, especially when it comes to academic performance. People with high IQs tend to do well in school, often earn more money, and tend to be healthier. But today, experts acknowledge that this is not the only success factor in life. Instead, it is part of a complex set of influences that include emotional intelligence among other things.
The concept of emotional intelligence has had a strong impact in a number of areas, including the business world. Many companies now require training in emotional intelligence and use EQ tests as part of the hiring process.
But. There is another fundamental success factor - VQ - life energy ratio. The ability of leaders to energize themselves and others, and there is a discussion that VQ is even more important for a successful leader than IQ and emotional intelligence. So what is really important?
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient
https://www.inc.com/steve-goldstein/eq-is-massively-more-important-than-iq-for-leaders-heres-why.html
Questions:
1. How do you rate your EQ level?
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
Comments
I have no idea - i don't know the scales and how one can measure it but i'd say it's within standard.
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
No
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
Not until now.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
Neither VQ,EQ nor IQ is the most important. Every one of them is equally important. There is plenty of different types of intelligence and everyone will have different distribution of skills in them and can find something that will suit him.
2. I don’t remember, but I probably did something like this while being examined for dyslexia.
3. No.
4. I think that you can’t make use of EQ if your IQ is close to zero. People with higher EQ are probably more friendly in overall, but on the other hand it is harder for such people (high EQ, low IQ) to find a satisfactory job and to be useful for the society. The certainly are, but the problem is the amount of such people which generates very high competition. Both factors are important and the best approach is to look after both of them. To be smart and not to be an asshole.
2. To be honest, I have never done such a test, but I think I will have to do it for my own curiosity to find out my result.
3. I didn't know there was such a thing.
4. In my opinion, to function properly you need to find a balance between all these things like IQ EQ or VQ. But I think that EQ is the most important of these three things in everyday life.
2. Yes, of course.
3. I've never heard of it, but it sounds very logical. And I think it can really be a real reason for success. How can you create something worthwhile if you don't have harmony in your head and soul?
4. If we take into account life in society, but not success in business, it seems to me that the EC indicator is more important.
I never checked it. I think it is above average.
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
No, I've never checked my IQ before.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
No, I've never heard of VQ before.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
First of all, a lot of empathy is very important in life in society. The ability to listen to others is also important. People love to complain or brag and expect us to hear them.
2. Yes, I have.
3. No, that was something new – some kind of leader’s ability. Interesting.
4. I’d say that EQ is the most important for this “normal” life. People with low IQ but high EQ live happy lives among the friends and lovers which is considered pretty normal. Now this new factor, VQ – I’d say it is important too, or rather that it comes alongside the EQ and IQ and can boost both those factors.
2. No, because I'm not sure if these tests are 100% efficient. They are just certain type of tasks which can be learnt to solve and repeat.
3. No, I haven't before.
4. I think that essence is in balance. Both intelligence, emotional sphere and ability to motivate (energize somebody) are equally important and lack of one of them can't be made up by surplus in others.
2. No, I haven't passed any IQ test.
3. I have not heard of VQ before, but it seems like it could be a thing.
4. I think a balance between IQ and EQ is the best to properly live in a normal society.
2. I tried a few free online tests, but I don't take them as valuable source. I'd like to take official IQ test from Mensa
3. I'd heard about 9 types of Intelligence and I think VQ was one of them. I think it's a quite interesting idea, in the end life energy ratio is crucial factor in motivation and goals achivement or leadership.
4. It's hard to say, because it depends on one's lifestyle/career/personality. There are social roles in which IQ is the most important factor, but we cannot put everybody in one bag and measure them as equal. Depending on the situation sometimes EQ or VQ would be more important. I like to say that we should seek for balance on daily basics
- an assessment of how others feel – mostly relatives, not everyone.
- control your emotions – with this I have some problems, there are some illogical situations, that I simply can’t understand, doesn`t matter how hard I try, but I`m working on it! (the only one thing in our life we can control, it`s how we react)
- perceive how others feel – I exactly know what emotions my words, or my behavior will cause
-using emotions to facilitate social communication – of course, I use it! When I`m looking for a victim and then I suck out his life energy...) Seriously – no. I try to filter my “aroundness”, to speak with those from whom I can get some useful information and about what I really interested in.
-relate to others – there are no any others, there are only me and my brothers))… No, we are all in one boat, but some of us can`t understand that, but I really relate to them with good thoughts. We are humans, and humans can make a mistake.
2. I tried, but got feeling that it is not correctly test our level of IQ. I`ll explain, if test asks me to continue the sequence. And I`ll choose wrong one, but I can explain why I chose it. Why it will call me low-IQed… I think someone who is good in Math can`t be such a person.
3. Nope, it was the first time. You took my VQ virginity ))
4. On my opinion, the combo of IQ and EQ. If you are clever enough, its very good. But if you don`t use possibilities of a subtle sense of nature, you will not get far on your way. And if you skillfully cope with difficult tasks and smooth out conflict situations without unnecessary emotional distress, others, who can’t so easily go through such situations will just follow you… this is VQ.
EQ is very-very important thing, maybe not nowadays but soon it will be. When we`ll ask ourselves about difference between androids and people.
I have never done such a test and I don't think I intend to do it because it looks like an excuse for a poor IQ test result.
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
I have never taken this test because I didn't need it, but if I need it, I don't mind doing it.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
I have never heard of such a test before.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
I think that the most important thing in society is not to harm anyone. Do not impose your will or views on anyone. It is important to contribute to society and be useful.
I have never checked it, but I think that it is bad, it is hard for me to control my emotions.
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
Yes I did. It was very good actually.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
No, I have never heard of it.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
I think that EQ is more important. People do not care about intelligence nowadays.
No idea at all, i've never heard about EQ. But i think it's not low.
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
I believe it was at school, but I can't remember.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
I've never heard about VQ either, but this is cool too, I
m definitely going to try them both.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
I think the most important thing is to be a human. Also you have to follow your heard and trust your gut.
I have no idea, I guess my EQ is like around average, I never did any test
to evaluate my EQ , so I actually don't know.
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
I haven't did any IQ test as well, I hope I won't fail if I will do some IQ test haha.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
I never heard about it, it is my first time to know about this, even if I search VQ in
internet now, it doesn't return me too much information, but I really agree
with what you mentioned about VQ. Around 200 BC, there was a man in China named Liu Bang who was an ordinary rogue doing nothing for 40 years, but he has the highest VQ in the whole China that time, and he became the emperor later only because of his VQ, eloquence and a bit luck, moreover, the last emperor of Liu Band was Qin Shi Huang who unified china for the first time since around 2500BC, you could imagine how impossible it is for a rogue to overthrow such a great emperor, so VQ is really important if we want to achieve some high level.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
I think normal EQ with high IQ is kinda important, we can not live without EQ, we get to know how to contact with people, but everything is meaningless without IQ, so we had better increase our IQ as high as we can.
2)No, but I would be happy to try it.
3)Weirdly enough, no. At least I don't remember ever meeting this term in any paper or article related to this topic.
4)It is not completely clear what exactly IQ and EQ tests measure, so it's hard to say for certain. But as far as the actual research on this topic concerned, IQ seems to be the strongest, and by far at that, predictor of personal success that social sciences have ever discovered.
2. Not official one and online tests rather don't count as they are easy and useless.
3. Not really, it's first time I hear about it
4. Extremely inteligent person without social skills will have a hard time in life. Dumb sociable person as well. So the best would be probably mix of both, but overall if we'd like to be ambitions then person with great IQ and average EQ can probably manage his life much better than in reverse situation. What we can get with social skills alone is limited.
I have never done such a test before and I don't think I intend to do it. I don't like this kind of test.
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
I never took this exam because I didn't need it, I don't think I will.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
I never heard it because I wasn't interested.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
It is not entirely clear what exactly such tests measure, so it is difficult to say with certainty. However, the IQ test is, I suppose, as stable as the predictor of the personal achievement that the social sciences have ever discovered.
2. Yes, I passed one test for IQ, at the end of the test they demanded that I send them 5 euros, and they would send me an answer with the results, I naturally did not send anything, I think that I passed the test in my own way.
3. Yes, I saw in one article about this.
4. Well, still, if you choose between these 3 options, I would say that the EQ is more important.
2. Yes, I was probably subject to it in primary school.
3. I have not heard under this name but with a similar definition.
4. In society, EQ and VQ are probably important, but I would prefer to have a higher IQ.
Being pedantic EQ is a measure of emotional intelligence.The answer is “it is work in progress” as everyone can build and develop their emotional intelligence however they rate their capabilities
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
The only actual IQ tests are standardized IQ tests administered by a psychologist. These tests tend to be pricy; I have never been that curious. I have never had an actual IQ test but things have happened throughout my life that gives me a reasonable guess.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
Not really, I google it but still didn't understand what does it means.
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
I think ability to socialize and respect people.
Average... I hope that my short reply didn’t offend your feelings
2. Have you ever passed a test by IQ definition?
I never took part in a test by IQ definition, but I would like to try if there is chance and if possible, any other similar test.
3. Have you ever heard about VQ?
No, never what is this VQ is?
4. What is really more important for a normal existence in society?
Living in harmony with yourself and your surroundings.