EQ Improves All the Relationships in Your LIfe

Ten years ago, almost to this day, Time Magazine awakened people to the concept of Emotional Intelligence. In their article, "The EQ Factor New brain research suggests that emotions, not IQ, may be the true measure of human intelligence." Here is some excerpts from the Time article:

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; they sing to themselves; they try to play games or even fall asleep. When the researcher returns, he gives these children their hard-earned marshmallows. And then, science waits for them to grow up. By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey of the children's parents and teachers found that those who as four-year-olds had the fortitude to hold out for the second marshmallow generally grew up to be better adjusted, more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable teenagers. The children who gave in to temptation early on were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and stubborn. They buckled under stress and shied away from challenges. And when some of the students in the two groups took the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the kids who had held out longer scored an average of 210 points higher. When we think of brilliance we see Einstein, deep-eyed, woolly haired, a thinking machine with skin and mismatched socks. High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others. This is where the marshmallows come in. It seems that the ability to delay gratification is a master skill, a triumph of the reasoning brain over the impulsive one. It is a sign, in short, of emotional intelligence. And it doesn't show up on an IQ test.

For most of this century, scientists have worshipped the hardware of the brain and the software of the mind; the messy powers of the heart were left to the poets. But cognitive theory could simply not explain the questions we wonder about most: why some people just seem to have a gift for living well; why the smartest kid in the class will probably not end up the richest; why we like some people virtually on sight and distrust others; why some people remain buoyant in the face of troubles that would sink a less resilient soul. What qualities of the mind or spirit, in short, determine who succeeds?

The phrase "emotional intelligence" was coined by Yale psychologist Peter Salovey and the University of New Hampshire's John Mayer five years ago to describe qualities like understanding one's own feelings, empathy for the feelings of others and "the regulation of emotion in a way that enhances living." Their notion is about to bound into the national conversation, handily shortened to EQ, thanks to a new book, Emotional Intelligence ( by Daniel Goleman. Goleman, a Harvard psychology Ph.D. and a New York Times science writer with a gift for making even the chewiest scientific theories digestible to lay readers, has brought together a decade's worth of behavioral research into how the mind processes feelings. His goal, he announces on the cover, is to redefine what it means to be smart. His thesis: when it comes to predicting people's success, brainpower as measured by IQ and standardized achievement tests may actually matter less than the qualities of mind once thought of as "character" before the word began to sound quaint.

In the decade since that article, the concept of EQ has been advanced greatly.  In fact, a validated test of Emotional Intelligence has been developed. Mind Media is proud to announce that we have joined with Central Test, the leader in online psychometric testing to bring you a scientifically validated Emotional Intelligence test that will give you insight into your current EQ. But even better than measuring your current EQ, this test will provide you with strategies for improvising your Emotional Intelligence and make all your relationships better (the one with yourself included).

It doesn't take an Einstein to understand the implications of raising your EQ will have on all aspects of your life including your work and career, friendships as well as family and intimate and significant others.

The test can be taken in the privacy of your home or office in your browser. It only takes about 20 minutes to complete and you can take it at your leisure.

The test only takes a few minutes to be scored by Central Tests computers and then you are given a link to the results. You get so much information from the test, that i cannot show the entire results. Part of the results are ratings in Self Knowledge, Self Control, Self Esteem, Self Motivation, Empathy, Emotional Expression, Assertiveness, and Conflict Resolution. Too much to show you all my scores but here is just excerpts to give you an idea of what you get:

:Here are all of these ratings in a one of the reports chart that shows you my unique EQ as chart

If you want to learn more about your EQ, visit this link now: Mind Media and Central Tests