Do you know Hongkongers have been paying more attention to Emotional
Quotient (EQ) in recent years?
Be it education institutes, managerial class from business sectors
or even psychologists, they all start to realise the importance of having high
(or at least not bad) EQ.
The measure of EQ refers to how we recognize our emotions and using
the information to guide our thinking and behaviors. Even though the whole EQ
theory is under lots of criticism and challenges, we Hongkongers like to use it
as a yardstick to gauge how well people can handle stress.
In Hong Kong, while the business sectors try to introduce EQ
training for their employees and the education sectors suggest the implantation
of EQ education to help students cope with stress, some psychologist claimed
that EQ is actually “nothing new” to Hongkongers. The reason is that EQ is more
or less the emphasis of virtues and concentration, which is similar to the
Confucian teachings and Hongkongers should be familiar with. He also points out
that hobbies like listening to music, painting and practicing calligraphy would
do us lots of good if it is EQ that we want to train.
However, “having high EQ” somehow develops a negative meaning in
Hong Kong. It becomes a mockery which basically means that people’s stress handling ability is so high
that they are “willing to be put up with anything but not having the guts to
fight back”…So, in other words, a patronizing way to call others “spineless
coward”.
Now that I have mentioned it, let’s look at what’s in Hong Kong: corrupted
and inefficient government, exploitative employers, lack of housing, and
ridiculous price of daily necessities…We are not lumberjack, but we are still
ok.
Hongkongers are…“emotionally strong”, aren’t we?
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