Hong Kong, as an international financial center, although numerous commercial transactions have been digitized, but there are still many transactions that must be completed by agents.
As a competent agent, having profound products knowledge and high IQ (Intelligence quotient), could certainly make fruitful results with less endeavor than ordinary colleagues. If staffs with a high IQ are favorable, those with high EQ will add exponentially value to their companies. Unfortunately, those with high IQ but low EQ (emotion Quotient), will turn to be negative asset without a doubt.
Like a successful real estate agent, those with clever mind will have a higher possibility closing deals. But high caliber agents with eloquence and show-off personality will have adverse effects to close the deals.
One friend of the writer recently inspected a premises which was introduced by a property agent. Phase one of the property inspection went smoothly. However, in the final stage, both two sides had a dispute over the situation of Taiwan Strait. Consequently, my friend purchased the desired property through another agent of the same property agency firm.
Above mentioned-mentioned agent did not differentiate the role between the host and guest. Moreover, this agent was wrongly to assume that he could manipulate casually because he was too confident to manage well this matter. In contrast, he finally lost this customer. As a client, he must pay commission to whoever he hires. If that is the case, he has no need to hire someone with quarrelsome characters to help him to invest.
In one recent social incident, one agent with high IQ and low EQ made a disgusting manipulation, which eventually led to him to be fired by his company. Every society has hidden taboos, which cannot be deliberately offended. Otherwise, you hardly avoid being punished by God.
In community like Hong Kong, the public is too emphasis on school test scores. In order to survive, the kids are taught how to get high scores in any kinds of school tests. One high score's student seems to be a proven record as a competent worker in the future. In such twisted ideology, one is more likely to develop a self-centered personality. Above-mentioned agent is also a smart person with argumentative capability, but his behavior has offended the bottom line of our society and caused strongest condemnation. As an ordinary client, how could he be willing to hire such kind of person to oversee his private investment?