Why not being too smart

Stretching to the pen and paper keyboard pushed me to the recent translation of the article “Why is it bad to be too smart” on the Megamind. The author of the article sees the reason for the lack of life success of too smart people in the lack of wisdom. I suppose it is not.

And that's why.

In my picture of the world, a person’s ability to achieve success in life is determined by the formula
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E = IQ * EQ ^ 2,

where E is the vital energy of a person, IQ is the coefficient of his intellect, and EQ is the coefficient of his emotional intelligence.


Emotional intelligence - understand a relatively new, so I will explain. According to Manfred Kets de Vries (Manfred Kets de Vries, “Mystic leadership. Development of emotional intelligence, M., Alpina Business Books, 2005) EQ determines human leadership abilities. Leadership, first of all, is to effectively manage your own life and only then by other people. Here are three EQ components:

• Self-awareness. Understand your own feelings.
• Self control Learn to manage your feelings.
• Empathy. The ability to see the world through the eyes of another person. The ability to empathize, mutual aid and effective interaction.

Now I will try to explain why EQ is much more important for success in life than IQ. Because in a postindustrial society, a person with a high IQ can do very little alone. Today, innovative products are the fruit of collective creativity. For example, according to my observations, in software development, up to 50% of the participants' working time is spent on communication and interaction, the effectiveness of which is determined by their ability to empathize and mutual assistance. Only a person who is aware of interconnectedness and interdependence, who has learned to think and act in the spirit of "win / win" can be truly effective.

If you have insufficient EQ, do not despair. In contrast to IQ, which is formed in early youth, and then practically does not change, EQ can be increased throughout life.

Well, the last. What does Perelman (junior). Probably, he has the highest IQ among humanity in the last 100 years. But does he have happiness and life success? Not sure. And I think the point here, just, in EQ.