Very generally Emotional Intelligence (EQ) can be viewed as the ability to perceive emotion, integrate emotion to facilitate thought, understand emotions and to regulate emotions to promote personal growth.

It seems from some of the threads lately that there is a disconnect between traditional intelligence (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ). While some people maybe be highly intelligent (IQ) they struggle with emotional intelligence.

This has me wondering if maybe I wasn't so smart (not trying to be cocky or anything) and have the ability to analyse and rationalize and try apply logic to everything it would make EQ a lot easier. It seems sometimes that the people who are most oblivious (not sure if this is the right word) are the most content. It just feels like sometimes my brain can be my worst enemy.

So my question is: would you be willing to give up some traditional intelligence to gain emotional intelligence. Or maybe its not necessarily a trade-off?