It used to be a college education was enough, and then you would learn a few job skills and be on your way. People often stayed in
same job, much less career, for their entire working life.In today’s fast-paced workplace, college education is just beginning, and you must continually learn new skills. And what can you expect of your college education?
If it was a good one you will have learned how to think, how to apply things you’ve learned, and not how to USE your knowledge. You would not have just stored up an accumulation of facts.
As S. W. Kimball said, “Real intelligence is creative use of knowledge, not merely an accumulation of facts.”
So how can you pick up where your academic learning left off? Many individuals are finding Emotional Intelligence (also called EQ) to be missing link. Studies are showing that EQ is more important to your health, happiness and success than your IQ, and good news is – it can be learned. It’s generally accepted that your IQ is fixed at or near birth, but your EQ can be developed over your lifetime, with outstanding results.
Emotional Intelligence has broken down something rather mystifying – such as “the creative use of knowledge” and “common sense” and “people skills” into a set of practical competencies that can be learned. I work with people all time who start developing their emotional intelligence and experience immediate positive results in their life.
Emotional Intelligence allows you to make use of what you know, in sense of academic subjects. After all, I’m sure you know people who are very intelligent and well-educated who are not very successful at work or in relationships. They are lacking some skills that allow them to manage their own emotions, or to understand others, or to work well in a team environment, or to put into practice what they know. These are all Emotional Intelligence competencies.
How do you start filling in gaps? Start by taking an Emotional Intelligence assessment ( http:/ inyurl.com/z94t ). This will tell you where your strengths and weaknesses are. And remember, good news with EQ is that if you test low in “resilience,” for instance, all you need to do is start learning it! Start EQ coaching.
