EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: THE EQ FACTOR

NEW BRAIN RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT EMOTIONS, NOT IQ, MAY BE THE TRUE MEASURE OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

It turns out that a scientist can see the future by watching four-year-olds interact with a marshmallow. The researcher invites the children, one by one, into a plain room and begins the gentle torment. You can have this marshmallow right now, he says. But if you wait while I run an errand, you can have two marshmallows when I get back. And then he leaves.

Some children grab for the treat the minute he's out the door. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait. They cover their eyes; they put their heads down;...

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