But life will, brutally. They taught us how to solve quadratic equations and drew labeled diagrams of mitochondria. But, life skills aren’t on the syllabus. No one prepares you for the mind games, identity crises or the weight of daily decisions. We need to pick these things up between breakdown, bad bosses, betrayals and 3 AM clarity.
These are the high agency, real life skills are the ones that decide how peacefully and powerfully you live. Here, the raw list.
- Resilience
- Composure under pressure
- Moving in silence
- Negotiation
- Selling yourself and your ideas
- Articulation
- Diplomacy
- Tolerance for uncertainty
- Managing bandwidth (emotional and cognitive)
- Boundaries / Selective ignorance
- Internal validation over external validation
- Responding > Reacting
- Self – discipline
- Recognizing patterns
- Accountability
- Second order thinking
- Exit planning
- Systems thinking
- Optimism
Nobody give us a certificate for those. But these are the skills that build your core. Keep collecting them. Let me know if I have missed out anything.
Cheers
Check out the other post: When Life Pulls You Sideways
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