IQ, EQ and Social Intelligence

Sup brother?

Recently, I took an IQ exam over facebook. It says that I am way above average, my score is somewhere below 140. I did not publish it on my facebook page because of the following reasons:

1. I don't want to look like I'm boasting.

2. IQ is just a measure of how CAPABLE you are of learning. Therefore if you don't use your brain, you might be capable of learning a lot but your knowledge is ZERO. Being intelligent and having a high IQ is a different thing.

3. As Malcom Gladwell put it in his book Outliers, once a person is above a certain threshold, IQ is not anymore important. This is where Emotional Quotient and Social Intelligence comes in.



I am happy that at least I am blessed with an above average IQ. However, I find myself lacking so much in EQ.

First, I am very dependent on others. If my classmates (not necessarily my friends) aren't studying for our exam, as much as I wanted to study, I simply can't. I don't exactly know the reason why. Yeah it sucks.

Second, a lot of people do not like me. I'm not being emo here, that is the truth. I am sensitive enough to know that it isn't easy for people to like me. Of course I have friends. But most of the people around me aren't happy with me. It's just my personality that is so different and incompatible with the majority. I know it's not entirely my fault. But being different and not going with the flow has its disadvantages.

I always feel bad whenever I feel/realize/know that someone doesn't like me. Again, I don't know why. I stand with what I believe in. I don't care about what others will think about me. But I can't stop feeling really sad about it. Not the usual sad my dear. As in sad talaga.


As with social intelligence, I think I'm average. I hope in time I'll be able to boost my EQ..