Emotional Intelligence (EI) or Emotional Quotient (EQ) simply means ‘using your emotions to your advantage’. Knowing what feels good, what feels bad and to move from bad to good.

What do love, happiness, affection, elation, fear, hate, shame, disgust,surprise, sadness, and anger have in common? These are emotions that directly affect your day-to-day life. Generally, we believe that success in life depends on your level of intelligence or intelligence quotient (IQ) as reflected in your academic achievements, exams passed, marks obtained, and so on. In other words, your intellectual credentials are doing well in school, holding an engineering degree or advanced computer degree or a medical degree or qualifying in some top competitive exam to get a job, or obtaining high scores in an IQ test. All these are instances of intelligence of the academic variety (IQ).