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Your result: ‘Good EQ’
Congratulations! You have high
emotional intelligence. This is
good news! EQ counts for twice as
much as IQ and techni cal skills
combined in determining who will
be a star performer. Your level of
EQ likely has been and will be a
driver of your high performance
under pressure for years to come.
Areas to work on: W hile you are
doing well, don’t forget to take
time out of your busy day -to-day
activities to stop and reflect on what brings you the greatest meaning in your life. If we
fail to do this on a regular basis, we risk becoming tranquilized by the tri vial, sedated
by the small details. Yes, deadlines need to be met and goals achieved. But if we are
working toward goals that are not in alignment wi th our key values and greater
purpose, we face becoming frustrated and cynical when we face pressure – losing
sight of the reason we are doing ‘all of this’ i n the first place!
As W illiam James said: “I have no doubt whatsoever that most people live, whether
physically, intellectually, or morally, in a very restricted ci rcle of their potential being.
They make use of a very small portion of thei r possible consciousness… much like a
man who, out of his whole body organism, should get into the habi t of using and
moving only his little finger… W e all have reservoirs of life to draw upon, of which we
do not dream.”