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The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success, Third Edition
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The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success, Third Edition

by Steven J. Stein, Howard E. Book
June 2011
Beginner
368 pages
9h 25m
English
Jossey-Bass
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Chapter 22

Emotional Intelligence as Ability

“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

—LOU HOLTZ

Much of what we've focused on in this book has involved the expression of emotional and social intelligence. In other words, we've explored the ways in which emotional and social intelligence are expressed through how we feel, think, or behave in the world. If we compare this to school performance, think of your school grades. Your grades were based on how well you performed on your assignments, essays, quizzes, exams, and maybe even on how big a star you were in the classroom. However, you may remember taking certain ability tests, like the SAT. These tests were designed to understand your ...

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