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| Soft skills to succeed in life |
Initially posted here:
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Soft skills to succeed in life
I remember seeing a post on Soft Skills in a WhatsApp group; I belong to two or three groups only; I'm not a 'groupy' man. People who recycle cyber junk to me do get a private tick off. Maybe what's ginseng to them is junk to me.
I have been told on not a few occasions that I lack soft skills; it dawns on me that this is probably why I'm stuck where I am. I'm reminded that I don't have communication skills, no finesse; I remembered the WhatsApp message on Soft Skills. So, I took a closer look.
Among
the soft skills listed in the post for one to be successful are:
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Communication
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Leadership
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Teamwork
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Work Ethics
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Critical Thinking
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Conflict Resolution
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Professionalism
At the top is Communication; there are these subsets of skills captured in the screenshot above
Good Listener: I'm a poor listener; I read okay.
Public Speaking: I'm a poor public speaker; I know because I tend to send the audience to sleep; it's always a painful reminder. I speak by necessity; otherwise, I prefer quietness.
Writing Ability: I do write; most say I'm hard to understand.
Presenting Ability: I'm a boring presenter; the audience is put to sleep.
Simplify Complex: I'm inclined to multiply to stupefy; what an idiot.
Adjust to Audience: Raising four children into adulthood - I missed the opportunity to learn this skill.
Stick to the Point: This I have a decent measure; I don't run amok in all directions; being lazy, I remain in one spot. I'm hopeless at multitasking, juggling many points at the same time.
Good Vocabulary: There are still many words I need to learn so that I don't need to resort to "very" in every other sentence.
Body Language: What's that? Don't expect much from a stiff, austere old man.
Clarity
and Concise: I
really need to work on this; I'm often 'agak-agak' and 'lawsaw.'
Sorry
if I'm disappointing some of you.
Maybe gardening is bad for me; talking to plants and musing to myself is detrimental to cultivating communication skills.
Hard
for an old dog to learn new tricks.
Let's
look for a pedigree puppy and start all over again. Lord, help us.
Amen.
