Psychology Today | 10.02.2026 01:25
Once upon a time, we thought that people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ) were the crème-de-la-crème of humanity. However, times changed, ideas shifted, and people with a high emotional intelligence or emotional quotient (EQ) were thought of as more clever still, and became the more valued. However, according to the latest research, the trait that separates the truly intelligent from the rest of us—the quality that can’t be beat—is something known as metacognition, or the ability to think about your thoughts. But, not just think about them, but also do something about them.
