ABSTRACT
The whole world has been knocked down by the Pandemic COVID-19 crisis which had impacted people's health globally, including death among people mostly with comorbidity. Some even lost their loved ones. Huge number of people lost jobs due to economic depression that incurred due to restricted movement control orders imposed globally. Whole pandemic events culminated into affecting physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual well-being. On the flip side, these have been indicated as essential mechanisms to cope up with the current adaptation during this crisis. Role of Existential Intelligence's (Ex I) in influencing Adversity Quotient (AQ) while handling crisis is still immature. The connection between Ex I and AQ is able to provide a bigger picture to stakeholders namely customers, employees, investors, suppliers and vendors, communities, and government in improving the current situation, especially during the post-crisis recovery period. In the present paper, an attempt is made to unravel Ex I adaptation and its contribution towards high AQ in various scenarios. There is no precise test developed pertaining to Ex I as a full-fledged intelligence. However, certain characteristics of Ex I are interconnected to spiritual or religious aspects. Certain degrees of relation are identified between Intelligence Quotient (IQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ), Spiritual Quotient (SQ), and Adversity Quotient (AQ) as foundation for intrapersonal competencies. Therefore, existentialism creates self-realization while handling crisis such as Pandemic COVID-19, appreciating every life moment which is deep rooted in the spiritual and religious teachings. Further in-depth research is needed to better appreciate or understand the contribution of Ex I on AQ for overall well-being of the society in the challenging global environment. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.