Intelligence and LO LO9245

Ben Compton (BCOMPTON@novell.com)
Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:46:54 -0600

Replying to LO9216 --

Cherry writes

> I'm not sure that IQ on its own is that significant. I know "clever"
> people who are not very "wise", and I know "wise" people whose IQ isn't
> extraordinarily high.

I don't believe IQ is everything, but I believe it is very important. Charles
Murray, author of the Bell Curve, suggests that really successful companies
hirer people with a high IQ. I'd like to look into this more, but the government
has made it illegal to use an IQ test as a condition of employment. Too bad.

I also believe, contrary to what Murray says, that people can dramatically
increase their IQ. To believe otherwise, in my opinion, undermines the
nobility and greatness of the human soul. In my opinion, learning to think
systemically is an excellent way to increase your IQ. . .

> And what about EQ - emotional intelligence? That was a hot topic here a
> few months ago. (I wonder how that maps onto Myers Briggs - if at all?) I
> think EQ really helps to build/maintain a learning organization.

I don't know much about EQ either. Saw a book about it at the bookstore. I
have too much to read, so I didn't buy it. In the 5th Discipline, Senge talks
about "advanced maturity." He quotes Bill O'Brien as follows:

"Whatever the reasons, we don't pursue emotional development with the
same intensity with which we pursue physical and intellectual development.
This is all the more unfortunate because full emotional development offers
the greatest degree of leverage in attaining our full potential."

Well said O'Brien! I find it interesting that our school systems don't focus on
the emotional development of the students, and many parents seem to
forget that the locus of responsibility to nurturing emotional maturity rests
with them. . .the result is that many of us grow up emotionally immature.

Thus, from the little I know, I think emotional maturity is very important.
Those who pursue, nurture and develop their emotional being will be far
more successful than those who don't.

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Benjamin B. Compton ("Ben") | email: bcompton@novell.com Novell, GroupWare Support Quality Manager | fax: (801) 222-6991

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