Monthly Archives: October 2011

I read an article once about Blackstone executive David Blitzer, whose father-in-law he once charged with trying to shake him down for $7.5 million. The man was ultimately arrested after Blitzer, 38, made a $500,000 payment as part of a deal to get the harassment to stop. Blitzer’s father-in-law had originally requested that Blitzer loan him money, which Blitzer did. However, when Blitzer refused to relinquish more money than originally requested, things turned ugly. According to the article:

We probably quit more things in our lives than we would like to admit. If you have quit 10 things in the last year then that isn't a very good sign. Maybe you quit trying to play the piano because you didn't have time for it or it wasn't as enjoyable as you hoped.

For the last few years, it has been common industry knowledge that in most functions that require social interaction, an employee with higher emotional intelligence is more effective and more in demand than an employee with higher IQ. Every human has emotional intelligence. But what are the traits that mark a person with higher emotional intelligence? According to psychologists, people with higher emotional intelligence show the following traits: