Let's delve into the model presented by the EQ-factor laboratory under the direction of Nicholas Koro and Victoria Shimanskaya in 2014. It vividly illustrates the coefficients that shape the intellectual-emotional profile of a person — IEPP.
Emotional intelligence does not exist separately from intelligence; it is not its opposite. The coefficients of emotional intelligence EQ and intellectual intelligence IQ cannot be separated from each other. Moreover, if EQ is not developed, a person will not have a high IQ.
To develop emotional intelligence, one needs to focus on four drivers: mindfulness, self-esteem, motivation, and adaptability. Developing each of these drivers shapes the acquisition of the corresponding emotional-intellectual strategy.
- Mindfulness involves awareness of one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It develops the "Philosophers" strategy. Philosophers quickly learn and accumulate knowledge, but they find it difficult to transition from theory to practice and translate knowledge into real skills.
- Self-esteem includes acceptance, the ability not to depend on external evaluations and opinions, a positive perception of the world, and determination. It helps to master the "Stars" strategy. Such people are confident but tend to speak to make an impression. Stars risk staying at the level of "impressions" if they do not enhance the drivers of mindfulness and motivation.
- Motivation includes openness to new things, goal-setting, experiencing failure, and striving for self-actualization. It helps to master the "Heroes" strategy. Heroes enjoy self-development and achievements, so they constantly improve themselves and can lead others. Heroes risk burning out quickly if they do not realize the reasons for their work.
- Adaptability includes empathy, stress resistance, decision-making, and communicability. It develops the "Leaders" strategy. Such people are stress-resistant, empathetic, and hardworking but are prone to the imposter syndrome. This is a cognitive distortion where a person considers themselves a fraud and does not attribute their achievements to their qualities and skills.
Emotional intelligence is a kind of foundation of the personality pyramid. The larger the volume of this pyramid, the more opportunities and influence on their own life, the lives of other people, and the world as a whole a person can have.
All four profiles are equally promising. To build an effective life strategy, one needs to understand their strong drivers and pay attention to the weak ones. In combination with the vector of IQ intelligence, emotional intelligence forms the life strategy of "Creators." It helps to realize a person's potential and achieve the highest level of self-realization.