Exercising the mind is not like the body. No one can see the results of studying six hours a day, six days a week. Instead of, we hand someone a diploma that’s says they did they are now competent. And we think that must mean intelligence.
The thing is about measuring intelligence, it isn’t something that can be easily measured. No matter how much we try. There is no benchmark for Emotional Intelligence. Maybe the smartest scientist in the world can’t express themselves or change a tire.
We lump intelligence into this category of books when in reality, we should be evaluating the whole.