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Basic Life Skills
Skills For Succeeding In Life
Are you winning or losing at the game of life? Would you like to be living a more extraordinary life? If so, then you will want to learn more about the basics skills you need to succeed in life.
Unfortunately, most of us missed out on learning a few of the essential skills we need to win at the game of life.
So take a moment and think about the skills you need to thrive in a modern world.
What skills do you need to be able to make all of your dreams come true? What do you need to know how to do to find your dream work and succeed at it?
To know what your life purpose is and the things that create meaning and bring joy into your life.
To understand the challenges, opportunities, and obstacles in each life stage and be able to maximize the benefits each brings to you.
Work Skills
To know how the business world works as defined by the worldwide labor market, global economics, industry dynamics company structures, hiring practices and career paths.
To be an intelligent, productive, hard working and ethical employee or employer.
To not only be self sustainable, but to earn a good living -- enough to be able to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing, education and medical care for you and your loved ones.
Managing Money Skills
To not only be able to do simple math, but handle money, budget, spend and save wisely.
Problem Solving Skills
To be able to think deeply and critically about problems. Specifically, to recognize the symptoms, trace them to the root of the problem, name it, identify and evaluate possible solutions, select the appropriate solution and implement it.
To know how the world works as defined by mathematical formulas and other representations of cause and effect in the physical world.
To be able to identify obstacles, understand their impact and significance, and know how to overcome them or go around them.
Communication Skills
To not only be able to read well, but be literate in all the best examples of the written word so you can spot common themes and think about universal ideas.
To be able to not only write, but communicate well with others about your thoughts, feelings, ideas, opinions, tastes, preferences, values and beliefs.
Relationship Skills
To get along with others, respect their individuality and strengths, as well as understand their weaknesses and needs.
To be able to form friendships, alliances, temporary teams, study groups, and negotiate the world of cliques and social hierarchies.
To be able to listen to, understand, respect, and follow authorities as well as undertake leadership roles and use power wisely.
To be a thoughtful and informed citizen who votes, pays taxes, obeys the laws, participates in helping the community thrive and serves to protect and defend the rights and life of others.
To be a considerate, compassionate and responsible home owner, neighbor and community member.
To be a kind, loving and supportive family member.
To find and connect with another person and commit your heart, head and resources to nurture and champion their dreams -- and have them do the same to you.
Living Skills
To be able to observe the world, reason, and draw accurate and rational conclusions.
To understand how to live a healthy life and make life-fulfilling decisions about food, physical exercise, sleep, and the way you use your life energy.
To learn about the chain of consequences that flow from both small and large actions and to take responsibility for both your actions and all their consequences.
To be able to navigate the world around you and be able to travel safely where ever you need to go.
To understand the major life decisions you face and know how to make good choices based on your current situation and future possibilities.
To understand universal life themes and how to turn them from abstract concepts into concrete actions. These include ... justice, freedom, honor, integrity, respect, fairness, ethics, love, jealously, joy, greed.
We hope this evolving list helps spark ideas and insights. If you are a parent, you can create a list like to this to ensure you do not leave it up to chance that your children learn these skills. And if you are already grown up, you can create a list of your own to reflect the needs of your environment and your dreams.
You might be surprised what a list like this can spark in your life -- and how it can help guide your steps through the common life events that fill modern life.
