Here
are 10 personal skills that you should learn before the end of the year.
Although
the year has just begun, we all agree we need to learn new skills, add value to
our lives, and improve our lifestyle as the year winds down. Our daily lives
strongly influence what we can accomplish in this regard. Like they say,
investing in yourself is the most profitable investment you will ever make.
Here are 15 skills you should learn:
1. Planning and time
management.
Investing in yourself doesn't just pay off financially, but it also gives
you the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge that will prove invaluable
in the long run. Being able to effectively manage your time is
essential to achieving your goals. Prioritizing, planning, and scheduling are
all facets of time management.
Being
organized and meeting or exceeding deadlines is more likely to get you noticed
by your employer. You'll start to see more independence and opportunities come
your way after developing strong time management skills. Have you also realized
that your day always ends up wasted when you fail to plan it?
2. Budgeting
This is an aspect of planning that deals with an individual's financial
life. Spending your income based on a scale of preference is a smart way to
spend your money. Putting your income into not just what you want but things
you really need, things that are worthwhile, that's a very valuable skill.
Budgeting will make you accountable for how you spend your money as well as responsible
in your financial life. Budgeting helps you to save for the future and for your
business.
3. excellent
communication skill
Effective
communication skills are key, both in person and online. The next generation is
going to need to excel in these and every now and again this will include
having to lead a conversation, using the right choice of words or selling to someone. It is essential to be able to express yourself
clearly as a leader. This is one of the many scenarios that might mean people
will need to be multifaceted and learn how to communicate using various
mediums. And with most workplaces using tools like Slack or Skype to
communicate within their teams, written communication is a major point. Reading
comprehension and writing skills have become crucial skills for the modern
student and employee.
4. Meditation
Keeping
oneself focused in today's world of distractions is only possible by
meditating. It has been proven by research that twenty minutes of meditation
are equivalent to two hours of sleep. Sounds great right? It’s like homeopathy;
it takes time to work but pays off in the long run.
5. BOOK READING
You need to develop the habit of reading books. Reading
books allows your mind to travel, makes you imagine things, and keeps your mind
open. Book reading aids thinking, helps creativity, improves your focus and
memory, it reduces stress, it improves your communication skills and helps your
memory. There are endless benefits to reading, and as the common saying has it,
"leaders are readers".
6. Critical
thinking and decision making
Being
able to think for yourself is a key skill at a time where the concept of
careers and the workplace is changing. Critical thinking is clearly
self-directed and self-disciplined, so you will need to be able to think for
yourself in a realistic and meaningful way.
“Education
is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” – Albert
Einstein
7.
Self-motivation.
you are not going to get motivation from some else all the time. It’s
helpful to be a reliable teammate and a thoughtful listener. Furthermore, you
need to be self-motivated. No boss wants to have to tell you how to
spend every minute of your day.
Taking
initiative is going to get you noticed at any job. Being intrinsically
motivated to succeed in all of your tasks is essential. it is true the more we grow, the more we want someone to keep you motivated guess what! you need to be that person.
8.
Creativity.
A
business cannot grow or improve without creativity. Being able to think
outside-the-box about practices, processes, and problems can save a company
loads of time and money. Creativity is also needed for any job that produces
internal or external materials. But really, anyone who is willing and able to
challenge the status quo and offer creative ideas is an asset to any employer.
9. UNLEARNING AND RELEARING.
Change is always constant. The better we learn to deal with it, the better for
us. Being a flexible employee who can adapt to any situation as it arises is a
highly valued trait.
Sometimes
you might need to perform a duty that’s outside your comfort zone, and being
adaptable means nobody needs to babysit you while you’re at it. Being able to
adapt to changing environments, technologies, or processes will make you an
employee that a company wants around for the long haul.
10.
Problem-solving.
Employers don’t want to have to hold your hand through every problem that
arises in your day-to-day workload. A job is essentially a series of problems
to be solved. Those that have the intuition, creativity, and confidence to
tackle these problems are highly valued, in any position.
While
some problems require technical skills to solve, being a competent
problem-solver also means knowing who to collaborate with when issues arise.