I can think of at least one person who takes a definitive side on that question. Daniel Goleman, who may very well be considered the father of Emotional Intelligence, once said that the “ability to manage one's own emotions is more important than a person's intellect.” This was supported in the Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads On Emotional Intelligence when it concluded that 90% of what moves people up the ladder when IQ and technical skills are similar is emotional i