Who is more emotionally intelligent? The person who knows what his own needs are, or who knows what the world needs?

Do we need more star performers as Dan Goleman describes them in his book "Working With Emotional Intelligence"?

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Who is easier to brainwash? A person of high or low emotional intelligence? And why?

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Which would be a better test of emotional intelligence: One which predicted high scores in math and science or one which predicted high scores in art and literature? Or in conflict resolution? Why?

Which would be a better test of EI: One which predicted who would make a soldier successful at killing and invading, or a successful peace advocate? Why?

Which would be a better test of EI: One which predicted who would make a successful employee, or a successful entrepreneur? Why?

Which would be a better test of EI: One which predicted success in sports, or success in freelance photography?

Which would make a better test of EI: One which predicted parents who raise their children to be conformists and obey their teachers, or non-conformits who question their teachers and disobey when their conscience tells them to?

Which would make a better test of EI: One which predicted parents whose teenagers make high grades in govenerment schools in communist countries, or who make high grades in alternative schools in democratic countries?

Which would make a better test of EI: One which predicted teenagers who make high grades in govenerment schools, or who are able to save their suicidal friends' lives by being emotionally supportive listeners?

More Questions about EI and EI Tests

Iis killing yourself a sign of low EI, or high? Or is it unrelated?

What does the world need more? A test that will predict which teens are likely to kill themselves or who would make a good used car salesman? Or a good soldier?

How do we define a good soldier? A successful soldier? A successful business manager? How do we define a good anything? A successful anything?