1. Why ten quotients instead of one
A single quotient cannot explain a person. Plenty of high-IQ people fold under pressure; plenty of high-EQ people never make a call. Real-world judgment is multi-dimensional, and the dimensions drag each other down: any single weak board can waste the other nine at the worst moment.
There are only two right ways to use this framework: self-assessment (see where you stand now) and growth tracking (return to the same ruler a year later). It is not an appraisal tool.
- Rule 1: scores never feed promotion, raises, or cuts. Tie them to rewards and everyone starts performing instead of answering.
- Rule 2: untested means untested. Missing data is neither a low score nor a pass.
- Rule 3: self-assessment measures what you think of yourself, not objective truth. For objectivity, pair it with a 360-degree review.
2. The ten, fast (each with one action for today)
- MQ (moral): respect, tolerance, honesty, responsibility, trust. High = people hand you important things without hovering. Fix: finish one small thing you promised but stalled, and reply "done."
- IQ (intelligence): using knowledge to solve real problems (not test speed). High = you can break down an unfamiliar problem yourself. Fix: write your most repetitive task as a one-page procedure.
- EQ (emotional): managing yourself and relationships. High = you steady yourself first in conflict, then let the other side finish. Fix: before snapping back, restate their point: "So you mean..." then say yours.
- AQ (adversity): how you react to setbacks. High = bad news arrives and you ask "what can we do now" before asking whose fault it is. Fix: write three lines about your last setback: what happened, what I did, what I change next time.
- DQ (daring): deciding and owning it when it counts. High = you commit at 70% information and own the misses. Fix: kill one long-postponed small decision within 24 hours.
- FQ (financial): saving, creating, and managing resources. High = you know what each unit of money bought. Fix: compute the cost and output of one thing you own, as two plain numbers.
- Mind Q: mental health and stress regulation. High = busy but sleeping, digesting things yourself. Fix: protect one 20-minute recovery block daily for seven days.
- WQ (will): grit, purpose, decisiveness, self-control. High = what you said three months ago is still happening. Fix: slice a big goal into a weekly repeat, four weeks straight.
- SQ (spiritual): insight into the essence of things. High = you spot the real problem in the mess. Fix: spend half an hour weekly not reviewing details, just asking: what is this really about?
- HQ (health): health awareness and self-care. High = you run your own body, not your checkup report. Fix: fix your bedtime first.
3. How to use it: once a year, track change not rank
- Start: score yourself honestly and record every dimension. This is your baseline, the only person you can meaningfully compare against later.
- Retest: same window each year (year-end works). Compare rises and drops. Never invent numbers for untested years.
- Talk: pick a mentor you trust and discuss the three weakest items, not the whole report card. Pair each weak item with one action and a date.
- Mentoring: before taking on an apprentice, check your own EQ, IQ, and AQ. People cannot mentor above their own altitude.
Nothing mystical here: the ten quotients simply split "what holds a person up" into ten observable boards, so you know which one to train instead of vaguely saying "I am not good enough."
4. Scoring in plain sight (no black boxes)
- 5-point self-rating: 1 = not like me at all ... 5 = exactly me; each dimension carries one reverse-scored item, counted as 6 minus the raw value, to stop blanket top marks.
- Dimension score = mean raw score / 5 x 100 (rounded); overall score = plain average of dimensions, no weighting. Ten boards get equal light; what matters more is a per-role judgment, not a fake-scientific weight.
- Bands: 85+ strength / 70 good / 55 pass / below 55 to develop. Picking the same option throughout flags the result as low-value.