THE PQ ADVANTAGE: WHY PASSION OUTRANKS INTELLIGENCE

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Non-Fiction

THE PQ ADVANTAGE: WHY PASSION OUTRANKS INTELLIGENCE

By: Virender Kapoor

395.00

  • ISBN: 978-93-7646-224-7
  • Pages: 303 pages
  • Published: 05 May, 2026
  • Format: Paperback
  • Imprint: Rupa
  • Language: English

Forget the Mensa Invite to join the High IQ Society—your obsession is your ultimate edge. Find it, connect with it, and leverage it.  

Intelligence is a lottery. Passion is your inner calling which you can depend on. Deep interest vs bland talent: Why obsession beats aptitude in the long game that is life!  

In a world obsessed with IQ scores as your most important credentials, we’ve been looking at the wrong parameter for success. If intelligence is the engine, passion is the fuel—and the new science of achievement proves that the fuel matters more.  

High intelligence may get you through the door, but it’s your passion which will determine how far you’ll go once you’re inside the game.  

In The PQ Advantage, discover why the most successful innovators and leaders aren’t necessarily the most intelligent people in the room—they are the most driven.  

This book reveals passion not as a fleeting emotion, but as a force multiplier that:  

  1. Provides resilience and flexibility through the many inevitable journeys filled with challenges  
  2. Accelerates learning beyond the limits of raw talent  
  3. Inspires commitment and peak performance in teams  

It’s time to stop relying on your resume and start leveraging the fire within. So, stop measuring what you know and start mastering the energy that makes it matter.  

 

If you have passion, obstacles don’t matter. If you don’t, opportunities  

won’t either.   

‘The winners won’t just be those with more I.Q. It will also be those with more P.Q. (passion quotient).’  

-Thomas Friedman, The New York Times 


Virender Kapoor is a thinker, educationist, author, columnist, and an inspirational guru. He has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from IIT Bombay and an MA in Geopolitics and Strategic Affairs. He was the director of a prestigious management institute under the Symbiosis umbrella.  

He has authored more than fifty books. All of his works are now available on Amazon worldwide. Some of his writings are in several regional and foreign languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telegu, Malayalam, Tamil, Punjabi, and Vietnamese.  

His areas of interest are human excellence, work-life balance, motivation, emotional intelligence, value-based leadership, value system, learning from luminaries, writing skills, oratory, technology, international relations and more.  

He has written a number of pieces for The Economic TimesThe Times of IndiaHindustan TimesRediffTrunicleCyber MediaDailyOIndia TodayOpIndia, and Hindu Post. He has also written a half-page, fortnightly column for TOI on news in education. His articles have been translated into Hindi and published by Dainik Jagran and Amar Ujala

His book reviews and interviews have appeared in almost all major newspapers and magazines including Business TodayBusiness India, Business WorldCompetition Success Review and The Week

He has written books for Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Rupa Publications, Atlantic, Vishwakarma Publications, Matrix Publishing Group, Prabhat Books, and Allied Publishers Group. 

He has also conducted more than 100 two-day workshops based on his books, along with over a hundred talk shows in India and abroad. 


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