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Which Skills Do You Need to be Successful?
To be successful in life one needs to have certain skills. Everyone is always looking to improve themselves, whether that’s through training seminars, proper health habits, asking questions, or reading books. Often, self-improvement and success go hand in hand. In this post, we reveal certain skills one needs to follow in life to be a successful person.
But, you don’t always have to take a course or attend a seminar in order to experience self-improvement. Sometimes, you can just start working on certain skills, like your verbal communication skills or interpersonal skills to be successful.
What skill do you think you need to be successful in your everyday life and work-life?
Skill #1 Active Listening
Have you ever had a short or long conversation with someone only to realize you have no idea what they’re talking about? Then you’re left standing there, having to sheepishly admit that “sorry, I wasn’t listening”.
Listening while others speak is almost becoming a lost skill these days, with a computer or mobile phone always within arms reach. Next time you’re speaking with people, put down the phone and look away from the computer.
Listen to what they’re saying instead of thinking what you’re going to say next.
Skill #2 Astute Observation
While listening is quite valuable, there are plenty of people who see refined observation skills as being more important and vital to overall success.
We’re not trying to downplay listening, especially after writing about its importance, but often you cannot gain the full picture of a problem or situation just by listening. You have to observe the world around you.
This will allow you to see potential issues before they arrive, allowing you to solve them before they become major issues.
Skill #3 Resilience Or Recover Quickly from difficulties or toughness
When you’re just entering the workforce or a new job, it can be easy and at times, natural, to second-guess your choices and decisions. Part of that is OK, as you want to make sure you’re doing a solid job.
Too much second-guessing, however, and you’re likely to start going backward in your work instead of forwards.
Employers and people want someone who is confident in their decisions and oftentimes the solution requires you to walk through fire. Being able to show that you can be tough and resilient in certain situations is an amazing skill to have.
Skill #4 Communication
You hear it in the business world and the relationship world, “communication is key”. It can help you resolve problems, work through issues, and find common ground.
Having solid verbal communication skills is something that everyone needs, no matter who they are and what they’re doing. Even if you’re a freelancer who spends the majority of their time working alone, you need to be able to show communication skills to gain clients and establish rapport with businesses.
Skill #5 Humility
If there’s one skill that’s both easy and difficult at the same time, it’s humility. It doesn’t take a lot to be humble, but it is hard to act on that.
Many times, people become so confident that it crosses the fine line into being cocky. Humility is a key part of success, as you have to learn when to admit that you were wrong and what you can learn from those instances.
It’s also about having an interest in others when they come up with suggestions or plans. An elementary way to do this is by asking for other people’s opinions before giving yours on a certain matter.
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Author’s Bio: Lisa Alther is the writer and blogger. She is very passionate about her writing. She is a featured blogger at various high authority blogs and magazines in which she shared her research and experience with the vast online community.
Published on: Feb 6, 2020 at 23:52
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Thank you so much ❤️ for this wonderful post. I always try to improve myself. Very thought provoking post. Yes we all have skills, but how we nurture it is the key point here.
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This topic is very relevant, I believe that the vast majority of people are looking to succeed in their careers, but as it was said in this post, some attitudes with resilience and patience can help this journey a lot. Thanks for posting!
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Hi Lisa and Philip,
If we’re talking about being successful online, I think that resilience is the skill I find
I have needed most of all. Whoever said it was easy to make money online was surely WRONG!!
But we still bounce back.
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Wow! A great post is this. Really amazing!. It is worth reading your article.
Good to know about these steps to success. Thanks a lot for such a useful share.
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Philip Verghese ‘Ariel’ recently posted…Which Skills Do You Need To Be Successful?
Hello Philip & Lisa,
Effective communication is a vital tool for any business owner and within the business.
Developing communication skills can help many aspects of your life, from your professional career, to social gatherings, to your family life.
In today’s hectic world, we rely heavily on sharing information, resulting in greater emphasis being placed on having good communication skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills are essential in order to deliver and understand information quickly and accurately.
Being able to communicate effectively is a vital life skill and should not be overlooked.
In contrast, poor communication skills can have a negative impact – a poorly delivered message may result in misunderstanding, frustration and in some cases disaster.
Eventually, thanks revealing a light on a interesting topic.
With best wishes,
Amar Kumar
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Philip Verghese ‘Ariel’ recently posted…Philipscom Comment Authors January 2020
Hello,
All these skills are beautiful and meaningful for life in general. But I’d like to add skills needed for blogging: Learning about UX – user experience, webdesign for a visually attractive blog and so much more ….
Hi Lesly,. Thanks a lot for your visit and comment. Thanks again for adding value the this post by adding your additional skills to the list.
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P V
Philip Verghese ‘Ariel’ recently posted…Philipscom Comment Authors January 2020