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Why Is Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Important?

Let's understand the reason Have you ever heard of the term Emotional Intelligence or EQ before? It's a term that's being thrown around a lot these days, and it's becoming more and more important in our personal and professional lives. Now, Intelligence Quotient or IQ is something that we're all familiar with. It's commonly associated with our cognitive abilities like problem-solving, critical thinking, logical reasoning and memorizing information. But Emotional Intelligence or Emotional Quotient is a bit different. It's all about our ability to sense and understand our own feelings and the emotions of others around us. Is emotional intelligence the key success factor? Imagine a class of 50 students from a top business school, all of whom were selected based on tough selection based on their high IQ levels. In such a scenario, it is reasonable to assume that most students would perform equally well academically. However, it has been found that those who ou...