What one needs to succeed in career

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IQ, EQ, MQ, and BQ ??What one really needs to succeed?
Posted on October 22, 2013 by tonserao
Wikipedia says that intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. IQ tests are used as an indicator of logical reasoning ability and technical intelligence.

It is generally presumed that a high IQ is a prerequisite for being successful in one?s career. But in recent times, the world is realizing that IQ, by itself, is not adequate to predict executive competence and corporate success!

A recent research carried out by the Carnegie Institute of Technology shows that 85 percent of your financial success is due to skills in ?human engineering,? your personality and ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead. Shockingly, only 15 percent is due to technical knowledge. Additionally, Nobel Prize winning Israeli-American psychologist, Daniel Kahneman, found that people would rather do business with a person they like and trust rather than someone they don?t, even if the likeable person is offering a lower quality product or service at a higher price.

With this in mind, instead of exclusively focusing on your conventional intelligence quotient, you should make an investment in strengthening your EQ (Emotional Intelligence), MQ (Moral Intelligence), and BQ (Body Intelligence). These concepts may be elusive and difficult to measure, but their significance is far greater than IQ.

EQ or Emotional Intelligence: EQ is the most well-known of the three, and in brief it is about being aware of your own feelings and those of others, regulating these feelings in yourself and others, using emotions that are appropriate to the situation, self-motivation, and building relationships.

MQ or Moral Intelligence: MQ directly follows EQ as it deals with your integrity, responsibility, sympathy, and forgiveness. The way you treat yourself is the way other people will treat you. Keeping commitments, maintaining your integrity, and being honest are crucial to moral intelligence.

BQ or Body Intelligence: Lastly, there is your BQ, or body intelligence, which reflects what you know about your body, how you feel about it, and take care of it. Your body is constantly telling you things; are you listening to the signals or ignoring them? Are you eating energy-giving or energy-draining foods on a daily basis? Are you getting enough rest? Do you exercise and take care of your body? It may seem like these matters are unrelated to business performance, but your body intelligence absolutely affects your work because it largely determines your feelings, thoughts, self-confidence, state of mind, and energy level.

What You Really Need To Succeed

It doesn?t matter if you did not receive the best academic training from a top university. A person with less education who has fully developed their EQ, MQ, and BQ can be far more successful than a person with an impressive education who falls short in these other categories.

Yes, it is certainly good to be an intelligent, rational thinker and have a high IQ; this is an important asset. But you must realize that it is not enough. Your IQ will help you personally, but EQ, MQ, and BQ will benefit everyone around you as well. If you can master the complexities of these unique and often under-rated forms of intelligence, research tells us you will achieve greater success and be regarded as more professionally competent and capable.

(Acknowledgements: Inputs for this write-up came from a publication in Forbes and Bloomberg by Mr Keld Jensen)

Source: http://tonse.in/2013/10/iq-eq-mq-and-bq-what-one-really-needs-to-succeed