{"id":1573,"date":"2020-03-05T08:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T08:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autismconnect.com\/blogs\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:27:33","slug":"emotional-intelligence-and-autism-a-key-skill-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autismconnect.com\/blogs\/emotional-intelligence-and-autism-a-key-skill-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional Intelligence and Autism – A Key Skill to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intelligence is one of the most sought-after features, but which no one has yet been able to define comprehensively. Definitions and attempts to measure it vary drastically, but not all criteria are accepted. Such a complex concept as intelligence cannot be grasped with one definition without neglecting some aspects, especially when it comes to emotional intelligence & <\/span>autism<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

An earlier notion of Intelligence<\/b><\/h4>\n

For years, we have been used to associating intelligence primarily with logical and mathematical skills – things such as computational fluency, logical and orderly reasoning, or solving puzzles. Intelligence was divided into blocks – linguistic, motor, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical and emotional. However, logical-mathematical intelligence as a very specific type of intelligence has long been considered one of the key success factors, especially of the professional one, while emotional intelligence is often sidelined.<\/span><\/p>\n

To a large extent, intelligence depends on basic cognitive skills such as attention, perception, memory and language, but it also depends on the ability to interact with other people, to read their emotions- empathy, and the ability to decode and manage your own emotional states.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gradually, scientists began to notice a strange paradox: on the one hand, in fact, there were people with very high IQ, who, however, failed both in their careers and in private life. On the other hand, there were people who, although they did not have logical-rational skills above average, did amazing careers with great satisfaction even in the personal sphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

What has been observed after a closer look at those two groups is that the \u2018not-so-strict mind\u2019 comes out more victorious in terms of success in life.<\/span><\/p>\n

So which are the IMPORTANT SKILLS for success?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

The distinctive features of successful people are those that:<\/span><\/p>\n