Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Humans, more then a number


I found it very interesting to see numbers become a threshold and not a definition of who somebody will be. In a world that is dominated by GPA and S.A.T scores it was interesting to see somebody who believed that the most successful people are intelligent yes, but also posses the intangibles to succeed. This is called emotional intelligence, which is to say the ability to handle your emotions in order to succeed in the work place. Human capabilities are more than numbers; we are controlled by the Frontal Cortex and the Amygdala. They control our decisions and can sometime betray us in an amygdala hijack. Without these two parts of the brain working in tandem we cannot function well. The lawyer who had the connection split lost control of his life could no longer think comprehensively, yes his IQ was still high but he could not put it to use. Humans cannot be measured in numbers, especially in the work place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7x8URq-lJI&feature=PlayList&p=08FD34426220FA15&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=50 Is EQ better then IQ, explanation of how it effects your daily life in and out of the work place by Susan Dunn.

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