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Is EQ Old or New?

May 30th, 2007 by Galba Bright

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Tanika Williams made this comment in response to my Albert Einstein’s 7 Simple EQ lessons post:

“Here goes intellectual wisdom in simple but powerful sayings. I think this boils down to my assertion that all human beings possess in some form or another Emotional Intelligence.”

She went on to argue:

“It is a natural endowment which in this age needs to be harnessed because our modern cultures have moved us away from simplicity.”

What do you think?

Is EQ a radical new idea, or is it simply old wine in new bottles?

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2 Responses to “Is EQ Old or New?”

  1. Ray Hobby Says:
    May 31st, 2007 at 1:56 am

    I think it is fair to say that everyone has ‘intelligence’ to some degree or other, but due to our intelligence we have wanted to know more about ‘the form’ and ‘make-up’ of that intelligence.

    Tanika is quite right to say “…our modern cultures have moved us away from simplicity.” but if we want to know more and more about less and less [ie we want to have an in-depth understanding of what we are about] then that is the price we have to pay.
    For simplicity’s sake, however, we do well not to lose the reasons for that study and the root of our original thinking […just in case we go into a tangential cul-de-sac and have to take a step back to enable us to return to productive and progressional thinking].

    In this case, Howard Gardner’s study into our Multiple Intelligences has served to illustrate that our intelligence is multi-faceted and has some 8 forms […and maybe more].
    In fact, MENSA ‘tests’ for potential membership using about 2 and a half intelligences [literal, numerical and a bit of spatial] and this may […?] be looked upon as intellectual intelligence.
    At the other end […?], assuming it to be linear […and it’s not] we have Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Intelligences which make up our Emotional Intelligence.
    A Google-look at MI fills in the gaps and makes stimulating reading …and offers substantiating thinking.
    Just as Galba’s 7 Laws if EI are re-entrant so are the Multiple Intelligences. As we live our life we tend to draw upon our wit to serve us well [hopefully] and so pluck what we need from wherever …a bit like an orchestral conductor.
    In that sense, our first violin [our natural predominant trait] may be numerical/ mathematical or the super-carer of other people or whatever.
    That’s why our population is so rich …we are all different, if only a bit.

    So, to answer […?] the question -
    EQ is, in fact and deed, very old ! What is new is our determination to find out why it IS so important
    …and long may it be so !

  2. Galba Bright Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    Thanks for your response Ray. I’ve posted your comment in full so that everyone can benefit from your knowledge and insights

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