Intelligence?

Intelligence, the ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things; the ability to do something well.

IQ, or Intelligence Quotient, is a measurement of a person's intelligence that is calculated from the results of special tests.　It has been said that people with high IQ will succeed better than those with a low IQ.
But how true is it?

I feel it unfair to use this IQ measurement as an indicator of that person's futures and success. No doubt that, and person with higher IQ will have an advantage against those who has lower IQ. But that does not mean that one is destined to fail in his/her life from the day he/she is born.

But from the definition of the intelligence, itself (see above), it is something that can be learned, and understand.

With this, I started to try to take into consideration of other factors as well. What other intelligence that we might need in order to survive in this world?

The first being the emotional intelligence.

In a book titled, Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman said, "Emotional intelligence, is the abilities such as, being able to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustration, to regulate one's mode and keep distress from swamping the ability to think, to empathize and to hope."

The author continues, "While there are those who argued that IQ cannot be changed much by experience or education, ..., crucial emotional competencies can indeed be learned and improved upon by children - if we bother to teach them."

At least, these statements brings hope to those, including myself, who found themselves have low IQ scores.

The second being the financial intelligence.

I got to know this term from another book entitled, Rich Dad Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki. From the author definition and the way I understand it, being financially literate means that you can handle your financial problems rationally, and able to provide solution to your everyday financial problems. This requires us to understand what is actually happening in this world.

The ability to turn a sum of amount to a larger amount is a type of test for financial intelligence. The ability to command your money to work for you instead of you working for money is also another type of test for financial intelligence, and so the list will continue. These abilities will together sum up as your financial quotient.

My point is, our brain is the most important "asset" to us and we should make good use of it. This brain of ours is the part that will decide whether we are successful or not in the future. Although some might have been defeated by the IQ, but that doesn't mean much to our future.

The good point is that we can learn from time to time to increase our intelligence.