IQ became more and more popularized, so much so that it is now a household word.įrom 1900 to 1990, the only focus was on IQ and not on EQ.
In 1918, the US army started testing all their recruits for IQ. One of the founding fathers of the IQ concept, began administering IQ tests to school children. The concept of IQ was developed around 1900. Before that time, the sole focus was on IQ. The concept of EQ developed in the 1990s. This realization led to the concept of EQ. There are many skills, unrelated to IQ, that are critical to our success.Īnd all of these skills are associated with emotions. Lack of communication skills and lack of leadership skills. In all of these cases, you see individuals with superior IQ who are not successfulīecause of problems related to their emotions: lack of emotional control, lack of motivation, Overall result of the research facility is disappointing. With her lack of confidence, she is unable to lead the group and the His work is inferior despite hisĪ highly intelligent researcher is promoted to a management position within her research facility.Įven though her research skills are excellent, she is very shy and afraid to speak inįront of a group. Even though he has exceptional programming skills, he is unable toĬommunicate effectively with other team members. Eventually, he has no academic success and drops out.Ī highly intelligent computer programmer is required to work with other programmers He yells at people, his team fears himĪnd both he and his team are unproductive.Ī highly intelligent teenager is not able to get himself motivated to study for school.Įven though he has superior learning abilities, he sits all day in front of hisĬomputer playing video games. Is unable to control his anger when faced with mistakes In everyday life, you can see examples of people with high IQ who are not able to achieve success in their work despite their superior academic abilities:Ī highly intelligent manager in a manufacturing company If you look at success at work and also success in private life, it is even more obvious that IQ alone does not determine success.
Many people with low IQ are successful, while many people with a high IQ are unsuccessful. While it is true that people with a high IQ are more likely to be “successful” at work than people with low IQ, there is a large gap in the correlation between IQ and success. As the concept of IQ became popularized it was more and more used as a predictor not only of academic success but also of work success. The concept of IQ was conceived at the end of the 19th century and was initially used as a predictor of academic success. In the 20th century the focus was on IQ, not on EQ.
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