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I am taking a claim or argument that Emotional Intelligence is an important factor in success in education and career paths. I have read so much from Goleman, the Center for Creative Learning on their take on Leadership and EI-------The Time Magazine "EQ Factor"---------Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and Education----and Mayer, Salovey and Caruso on why EI may be overstated. That is the counter argument to my argument.
I need some organization of thoughts and pointers in a paper that should have an intro----body-------closure but an argument, counter argument showing evidence. It seems that I have all of it in front of me but seem to be in brain fade.

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Provision of an introduction and conclusion to an essay on Emotional Intelligence. The body of the essay included the abilities of Emotional Intelligence, and the relationship between education and EI.

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I am writing a 1600 word paper on intelligence and education. I am taking a claim or argument that Emotional Intelligence is an important factor in success in education and career paths. I have read so much from Goleman, the Center for Creative Learning on their take on Leadership and EI-------The Time Magazine "EQ Factor"---------Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and Education----and Mayer, Salovey and Caruso on why EI may be overstated. That is the counter argument to my argument.
I need some organization of thoughts and pointers in a paper that should have an intro----body-------closure but an argument, counter argument showing evidence. It seems that I have all of it in front of me but seem to be in brain fade.
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I. Introduction
For decades, emphasis has been put on certain aspects of intelligence such as logical reasoning, math skills, spatial skills, understanding analogies, verbal skills etc. as predictors of academic performance and professional and personal success. There seems however, something missing in the equation. Some of those with fabulous IQ scores were doing poorly in life.
One of the major missing parts in the success equation is emotional intelligence, a concept made popular by the groundbreaking book by Daniel Goleman, which is based on years of research by numerous scientists such as Peter Salovey, John Meyer, Howard Gardner, Robert Sternberg and Jack Block, just to name a few. For various reasons and thanks to a wide range of abilities, people with high emotional intelligence tend to be more successful ...

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