Components of emotional intelligence & how is it measured?

Maybe you score higher on an IQ test, and you think that you would be able to accomplish great things in life ahead but wait there is something else that may be more important than your IQ and that is your emotional intelligence.
Is IQ a determinant of success in life?

People who are winners of the IQ battle are not necessarily the winners of the game of life, too. There are many people who score low on the IQ test but have unbelievably amazing personality traits – someone with a low IQ score may be a most gifted multitasker, a great conversationalist, a surprisingly most emotionally intelligent person and so on….