The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Life's Success and Happiness

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In life, it's not always the intelligent people who succeed. The most important decision is who you marry, but that's never taught in schools. Humans are not spreadsheets, they're emotional beings. Understanding how the world actually works is more important than theory. Historian Will Durant said logic can be ignored by the universe. George Soros buys stock market bubbles, which may seem crazy to intelligent people, but smart people understand why.

This episode is about the difference between intelligence and smarts, and why one is valued more than the other despite being less useful in the world.

The core here is realizing that people are not spreadsheets. They are emotional, hormonal, misinformed, status-seeking, insecure creatures trying their best to make it through the day. So if you have to choose between understanding how the world should work in theory vs. how it actually works in practice, lean towards the latter. It’s like historian Will Durant once said: “Logic is an invention of man and may be ignored by the universe.” That is so smart.