For decades, a lot of emphasis has been put on certain aspects of intelligence such as logical reasoning, math, skills, spatial skills, understanding analogies, verbal skills etc. researchers were puzzled by the fact that while IQ could predict to a significant degree academic performance and to some degree, professional and personal success, there was something missing equation. Some of those with fabulous IQ score were doing poorly in life; one could say they were wasting their potential by thinking, behaving and communicating in a way that hindered their chance to succeed. Validated mind One of the major missing parts in the success equation is emotional intelligence, a concept made popular by the groundbreaking book by Daniel Goleman, which is based on years of research by numerous scientists such as Peter Solovey, John Meyer, Howard Gardner, Robert Sternberg and Jack Block, just to name but a few. For various reasons and thanks to a wide range of abilities, people with high emotional intelligence tend to be more successful in life then those with lower IQ even if their classical IQ is average, discover more from "VALIDATED MIND"