- Effective learning.
- This is the most crucial meta skill you should know: Learn how to learn.
- In the age of rapid advancement, the ones who take up new skills the most efficiently win. In fact, many of the things that you learn now will be obsolete in 5 years.
- Everyone’s different. Find ways which work the best for you. Even though it takes time, everyone can master this skill.
- Time management.
- We are living in abundance - abundant information, abundant opportunity, abundant food, abundant network, abundant everything.
- The abundance exceeds the amount which you can consume or make use of, hence making management extremely important today.
- Whatever you’re doing, make time your friend, not enemy.
- Explore productivity tools.
- More importantly, build up your focusing skill. A focused man can move mountains.
- Money management.
- Spend less than you earn.
- Understand how money works. Position yourself so that money flows towards you, not away from you.
- Avoid bad debt. Learn to control your spending impulses. It’s gonna save you a world of problems.
- Communication (Both real-world & digital).
- Today, it’s no longer only about face-to-face social skills. (Of course, they’re equally important)
- Today, communication is also about spreading your ideas, words and vibes through digital avenues. The landscape of communication is evolving.
- Digital speaking: If you want to talk to a hundred thousand people in 20 countries at the same time, learn how to talk in front of a video. (I’m working on that).
- Enhance your writing skills. The Internet will amplify your reach.
- Most importantly, understand that you communicate to provide value to the world, not to feed your ego.
- Last but not least…(THIS IS A HUGE ONE): Happiness.
- Yes, happiness is a skill. Most people today overlook it. Don’t.
- A person can be sitting in his Ferrari and be stressed over a little scratch on his car body. On the other hand, another person can be driving a 10 year old Toyota and feeling happy because…well, he doesn’t need any reason. He simply is happy.
- Don’t worry, you can still pursue career success and even materials. No one will (and should) stop you. But deeply understand that those are the merely the creamy icing on the cake - not the cake itself.
- No matter how much the external world changes, we are always human beings, not machines. Make happiness your priority.
Together we improve. Cheers. ;)
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