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Inbox Insight No. 16

QUOTE

"I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect."

Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, playwright and author.

INSIGHT

Don't you just love those people who delight in showing you you're wrong whilst making you think that they're helping you?

With all the focus on IQ's and 'advanced' education, other forms of intelligence are sometimes ignored.

'Emotional Intelligence' has been shown to be more important than IQ points for success in the workplace.

 

QUESTION

People who can voice their ideas are often seen as the 'most intelligent'. Do you think this is necessarily true?