1.IQ is like an engine and EQ is like steering wheel, and where you are going is comparatively more important than how quick you are getting there. 

Relying on IQ alone seems equivalent to Huxley's famous quote by expecting an encyclopedia through a group of monkey's random typing.

2. Going to learn some horoscope, seems interesting enough despite not so scientific.

3. Being materialistic is being strategic, and being romantic is being tactical. There are certain times when these two factors change hands, and they just have to.

You can learn to be less obsessed with material by playing through positions with dynamic advantage, learn to be more pragmatic and patient with static advantage. Being fixated in certain specific situation changes your general perception, and the way you changed your thinking changes the way you act.