Emotional Intelligence Paves the Path to Success

Have you ever known a person who seemed to soar through school with the highest GPA; who had a super high IQ, and all the opportunities for career advancement imaginable, but just couldn’t seem to get as high as their potential indicated? Maybe you’ve been that person. The missing link in the success chain could be the most crucial one of all, emotional intelligence, otherwise known as EQ. Emotional intelligence, a phrase coined by psychology professors, John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey in their 1990 research paper, may be considered the single most important characteristic of the most successful people.