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For many decades, the world has put great stock in the intelligence quotient (IQ). Psychologists came up with ways of testing IQ—one's intellectual or rational intelligence—to predict success in life. The higher the number, the belief went, the greater the intelligence and therefore the higher the success one could expect. But sheer intellect is only part of the true measure of our intelligence.
Emotional intelligence is another important aspect. In the 1990s, psychologist Daniel Goleman popularized the concept in his best-selling book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. He used findings from neuroscience and psychology to show the importance of an emotional quotient (EQ) to success in life.
He defines emotional intelligence "as a set of skills, including control of one's impulses, self-motivation, empathy and social competence in interpersonal relationships" (www.danielgoleman.info).
Another dimension
It wasn't long before other authors were recognizing another new dimension to human intelligence—a spiritual quotient (SQ). This is the intelligence involved in questions about the meaning of life and ultimate values.
But is this so-called spiritual quotient really new? Don't the ancient writings of the Bible indicate that man needs this added dimension to be able to attain his full human potential?
Consider this: "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?' But we have the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:14-16).
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