EQ Genius: Mastering Emotional Intelligence

Almost everyone is familiar with IQ, or "Intelligence Quotient", a measurement of intelligence arrived at by tests of reasoning and comprehension. A little less well-known is EQ, which refers to emotional intelligence. We know what emotions are--happiness, sadness, fear, anger, boredom, surprise--but what, specifically, is the meaning of emotional intelligence?

Simply put, emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, understand, express and control emotions. At the most basic level, ...