My income trippled once I understood this and actively pursued improving my emotional intelligence.
As Goleman explained in his interview, for any given role, there will be an IQ floor. If you become a professional software engineer, you will likely have an above average IQ. Otherwise, you won’t have developed the skills and expertise necessary to get the job in the first place.
However, the same can be said of all the other engineers you work with. Intelligence will no longer be the factor that sets you apart.
Having that IQ requirement allows a person to hold those careers. To people outside those careers success is defined as holding that position for a period of time. Kind of like a musician playing a song or chef cooking some food. The performer(s) will have a much stronger (and likely harsher) opinion of their performance than their audience. So in a sense merely having that IQ, to an outside observer, is a determiner of success.
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My income trippled once I understood this and actively pursued improving my emotional intelligence.
Having that IQ requirement allows a person to hold those careers. To people outside those careers success is defined as holding that position for a period of time. Kind of like a musician playing a song or chef cooking some food. The performer(s) will have a much stronger (and likely harsher) opinion of their performance than their audience. So in a sense merely having that IQ, to an outside observer, is a determiner of success.