#1: Working out consistently 💪 #2: Personal Finance Skills 🤑 #3: Meditation 🧘♀️ 🧘♂️ ✨ #4: Communication 🤯 #5: Waking up early 🥱 #6: Public Speaking 😈 #7: Be honest within 🥸 #8: Leadership 🤝 #9: Decision Making 🧐 #10: Listening 🔥
adding to psychology, learning philsophy to go along with it would be great as well, for the pure sake of understanding yourself and other perspectives.
I think 'waking up early' should be changed to 'maintaining a consistent sleep schedule'. Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule allows you to be less tired during the awake hours, and allows you to require less sleep overall. Different people have different preferred hours of awake time, as well as different work hours, so this also accommodates them.
Yes but consider how most of the other tips focus on interpersonal skills as well, by waking up early and maintaining that status quo you are able to participate in the broadest amount of interpersonal interactions, by staying in line with other people you maximize your ability to utilize those around you to grow. It's not a coincidence that those mentioned are all "early birds" and not "night owls." They are the ones setting up the 9 to 5s everyone else works so they need to be on their game long before those hours. The obvious exception is for artists and creators but those would benefit from the interpersonal interactions that are much more abundant for early risers.
Having longer than 24 hour rhythm, when I slept according to this, not clock, exactly this happened. Also more variety to days. Negatives on clock-dependent society things.
#1 - One obstacle I've found to "working out" consistently is that I was very rigid in defining "workout" and if I was feeling tired, I wouldn't "workout". As I've gotten older I realized that not every "workout session" needs to be a personal record in athleticism and that simply taking a 15 minute brisk walk or doing 15 minutes of light range-of-motion exercises is better than not getting any activity. If I'm tired or sleep-deprived, I'll do some stretching an mild calisthenics rather than lifting heavy weights. #5 - I disagree with waking up early. Some people have jobs that require them to be awake at night. Instead it's much more important to have a consistent bed-time and wake-time (as much as life allows).
I would also include functional workouts which we all do in one form or fashion. These are the routines we do in order to accomplish day to day living. I.e. taking the groceries into the house, washing your car, raking leaves…… there are a million things we physically do in order to function but it is still exercising our bodies and brains. High intensity or cardio is not the only way to exercise as a human being.
I’d say for #5 it could be reworded to waking up earlier than usual. I hate waking up at 5 for work so trying to change it overnight isn’t going to happen unless I work on it overtime. Waking up a few hours earlier than your usual wake up time is better than waking up late.
Unfortunately, though, our mammal primate bodies are indeed biologically built to "work" during daytime and rest at night. I have huge respect for people that must work night shifts, but unfortunately it will never be ideal and as healthy as sleeping at night. But sure, that's how modern life works, we do what we gotta do.
i agree with all these 👍👍 thanks! #1: Working out consistently 00:39 #2: Personal Finance Skills 01:32 #3: Meditation 02:06 #4: Communication 02:56 #5: Waking up early 03:43 #6: Public Speaking 04:30 #7: Be honest within 04:55 #8: Leadership 05:24 #9: Decision Making 5:56 #10: Listening 7:05
Another major skill is basic computer technical skills ... not just computer literacy (which is the ability to use a computer) but the ability troubleshoot and solve basic computer problems whether they be hardware or software related. Computers will form an increasingly and ever part of our lives and you always having to rely on other people to solve all computer problems you have will set you back very often.
Outstanding. I've been doing these consistently for decades. I would add these other 4. #11 Learning another language: Helps with brain function and is just flat out necessary today. #12 Playing a musical instrument: Also helps with brain function and promotes general well being. #13 Deep Reading: Immersive reading improves both language and cognitive skills. Reading something like The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung also helps with #7. #14 Organizational Skills: None of these can happen without organizational skills. We all need to learn how to properly plan out our lives.
I was about to type "reading at least 15-30minutes daily" and you just summarized it well with additional key skills. Thanks Juanoquendo, and to the Art of Improvement for sharing these core skills.
I concur, learning an instrument and playing an instrument has been shown to activate pretty much the whole brain according to EEG and other brain scans. It is also a fabulous form of meditation when you can be in the moment, not thinking of anything else.
As a musician who works in the evenings the getting up early one annoys me. They are clearly only looking at the philosophy and lifestyles of successful business people/entrepreneurs and applying a one size fits all approach. For people who work unusual hours this is just not possible unless you want burn-out after a month or two. The key is to try and be focussed in the hours you do have.
Agreed that time of day is less important. But I did like the idea of starting your day proactively-on your own terms. Be the boss of your day, rather than wait and react to demands other people set for you.
Yeah I think it is meant relatively. For people with day time routines it would be nice starting your day before the break of dawn with personal goals or self improvement or anything that is personally decided rather than starting right into your daily tasks. It can mean the same for night folks as well, just the matter of engaging with things that you possibly normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to in an average day.
yeah that one about waking up early is total bulshittt. at least for me. in my work i have to wake up early and i feel numb. in my usual choise agenda of waking witch is waking up later and go to bed later. i feel great xD
I would like to add: Working out is only hard during the first year. The key is to be CONSISTENT, meaning you HAVE to make lifestyle changes in order to see results, you HAVE to give up certain things in order to be successful in fitness but I swear the payoff is huge. It really is the gift that keeps on giving. Like, physical fitness is SO MUCH MORE than just looking good or being an athlete, it opens a lot of doors for you in life and allows you to branch out and use your conditioning for all walks of life. The discipline that comes with it is also very helpful. Also, please remember to have a clear objective when pursuing physical fitness. I'm an all-around athlete but that doesn't mean I'm going to look bulky AND ripped at the same time. You have to choose one or the other. Wanna get ripped? Eat veggies, do calisthenics and run every day. Wanna get buff? Eat tons of protein every day along with carbs and some creatine monohydrate, lift heavy weights 2-3 times a week and no more. This takes much longer than getting ripped or developing cardio but you can keep your gains for several months up to a year if you never touched a weight again. You can also do more things by yourself, like moving from one house to another, for example. Wanna be a runner? That's the easiest thing in fitness as you can start seeing results in as soon as 2 weeks but the drawback is you have to keep doing it every day because if you stop running after a month its like starting over. That's my two cents in fitness. Good luck! P.S. If by any chance you wanted to be a boxer, run every day. Forget about lifting weights. That makes no difference at all because your punching power doesn't come from lifting objects, it comes from releasing potential energy from your arms like a whip, which is a completely different plane of motion than simply lifting 50lbs. biceps curls. Abs help, tho.
By waking up early you won't get more hours, because you will start to go to bed early. You always need the same amount of hours to sleep, doesn't matter how early you wake up.
I think the key is just to have a consistent schedule, whether you're waking up early or not. If you have a consistent schedule you'll have more (effective) hours by having more energy during those hours and not over-sleeping or under-sleeping. I think waking up early can be particularly helpful though, since I find myself to be most productive in the morning, and there is nothing else to make demands on your time in the early morning.
You’re right. It annoys me the way this is plugged as the only way you can be truly successful. I work in the afternoon and evenings mainly. Getting up at 5 or 6am would be madness. I’d be burnt out after a couple of weeks!
As someone that spent a year and a half trying to wake up early due to my job, I found my chronotype did not shift, I got less sleep, I was irritable and not productive. I just started a new job with later hours, and within two weeks I've got my sanity back just by being in the same time zone as my co-workers. Waking up early is highly overrated. Getting good quality sleep and being intentional about when you go to bed and how you use that energy the next day is the key. I can't stand this mythology being bandied about like the great panacea of all productivity issues.
@@pirotrav True. People generally have their own sleep/wake rhythms and changing them is next to impossible. Most of the the things on this list are very dependent on what kind job you have/want and life you want to lead.
I made a similar list a few years ago, not nearly as lofty as this, 1. How to tie a square knot, a bowline, and a clove hitch. These three knots will handle almost every need you will face. 2. How to swim. The consequences of failing at this task are immediate and permanent. 3. How to change a tire and jumpstart a car, failure at these , particularly for a woman, can be fatal. 4. How to sew on a button 5. How to cook at least one impressive meal.
That's a great idea about cooking one impressive meal. I hate being in the kitchen, but hopefully I can master making one dish at least. I can do all things through Christ. Thanks for the recommendation.
number 3 is irrelevant if you don't have a car and don't intend to. agree with swimming though, it's astounding that some people can't despite being able to
@@Doodlinka Do you ever go somewhere in someone else's car? That would make it a relevant skill. Or you could assume it's not your responsibility since it's not your car.
@@vjr5261 If turning down brightness was an option, dark mode wouldn't have existed in the first place. It's because a black/grey screen doesn't emit light or emits low light. Suggesting a creator something shouldn't be taken as a complain but as a request, and an option to improve.
Bravo! Maybe the best video made on this excellent channel. My ten skills to master that will pay off forever are: 1. Social Skills- to succeed in life you must be able be liked by family, coworkers and people in general. 2. Personal Health- If you have good health, you will have high energy to achieve your goals. 3. Learning skills- whether you are in school or at work, you need to be able to learn quickly. Even if you are not a good student, you can improve your study skills and your memory. 4. Disciple- The strength to reject the bad things, such as drugs, wasting time and bad friends while forcing yourself to work hard toward good activity, whether you are motivated or not. 5. Spirituality- With luck being a big factor in life, are the forces of this world with you or against you. A belief in GD will make you stronger and help you through bad times. 6. Controlling your thoughts- People go crazy because they constantly focus on unproductive negative thoughts. You must control what you think about each moment. 7. Plan your days and stick with your plan. Successful people plan their days and their lives. Otherwise they do not know what they have to do each day. 8. Moral sense of right and wrong- Are you honest and resist doing what is wrong? Are you kind to people all the time or just when you are in good mood? 9. Deep desire to learn- No matter what age you are, there is so much to learn each day. Do you have a consistent desire to expand your knowledge each day. 10. Business skills- Making money is critical to provide a good life for yourself and your family. You must be able to improve your business skills each day. Bonus- You need to be a hard worker to succeed in life.
It really depends on what you mean by patience. If you mean being patient with yourself and others when things don't go right, then its absolutely important. If you mean that you should wait for the ideal day and ideal circumstances to do things, then no. That's just procrastination disguised as patience.
@@TheDocbach Patience is patience, it is not procrastination. It is setting a goal to lose 30lbs. When you have a setback, you simply accept the fact that it will take a little bit longer to achieve this goal than anticipated. And you keep moving forward being unemotional of the outcome. I think patience has more to do with emotional management than it has to do with time, ironically.
Patience...love it! If you have love, joy and peace, it's likely you will have patience. And the remaining fruits of the spirit of God...Yahweh!! Study Galatians Chpt 5. Love and blessings as we trod the unknown❤
"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply"-Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People To show that I am listening, I must reply more.
Good list. I'd also add: learn to use tools, first aid, how to wrap a present, how to tie basic knots, how to resolve conflicts, and volunteer for something bigger than you.
When I saw the title I thought the skills would be more like learning how to change the oil in your car and how to hang cabinets in your kitchen or bathroom.
Most things on this list are not skills but lifestyle choices. My list would be something like - cooking: otherwise you’ll pay a lot for unhealthy convenience food and always depend on others, also some basic knowledge about which kind of food contains which nutrients - being able to spot common medical conditions and know how to prevent them - being able to drive - learn a 2. and a 3 language, if english is not your first language, learn english; know difficult words from your first language - programming skills & know how to visualize data & how to solve some equations, know some models in math/physics because these are used in finance - being able to run for a certain distance, lift certain weights + get a flexible body - learn how to draw in a realistic way: pays out every time you take notes - learn the locations of countries & capitals, learn about the politicians in your governement: this comes up in most conversations - know the clothes that suit you best - learn a musical instrument so your brain hemispheres connect better - learn to treat others with respect and protect your boundaries
I really appreciate the very clear explanations. You not only said what the skills were, but expressed exactly why those skills are important, and how they can help. And there was no fluff either, you got right to the key info. For me in particular, the bit about waking up early stood out. I had never really thought about the specific benefit of being in charge of my own mornings, and not letting my work dictate when I get up. Empowering myself with the time to do important things, like meditating, really clicked with me. Thank you!
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I would add two skills. 1. Learn to work with your mind and hands. You can save tens of thousands of $$ and loads of frustration if you can do basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical work. It can be a learned skill by observing and listening to others. 2. Learn how to play a musical instrument well. For me it was invaluable.
I've read "The 7 Habits" several times, and until this video, the point about "listening with the intent to reply rather than with the intent to understand" never hit me the way it did just now. Thank you!
This seems so simple, but absolutely essential. High standard of grooming and hygiene & AND High Standard of dress. I was taught to develop a professional style and to stick to it.There are resources available online and in certain stores. Study them. Keep everything spotless and in good repair. Many products are heavily scented. Make certain that your odor is not too strong. Along with a healthy lifestyle, these tips will give you a deep confidence that is unmistakeable! (sp)
0:40 Working out consistently 1:38 Personal Financial 2:25 Meditation 3:03 Communication 3:52 Getting a good quality of sleep 4:35 Public Speaking 4:59 Get honest with yourself 5:28 Leadership 6:01 Decision making 7:09 Listening
These are all skills I tried to teach my kids. They are skills my father taught me and I found them useful, so I passed them on to the kids that would listen and learn. I find it sad that so many kids, today, seem to be missing out on learning these skills as teachers are forced to teach to the test instead of teaching kids how to survive and thrive in a frighteningly-fast,-changing world.
I lack personal financial skills... I am happy that I achieved working out consistently and waking up early. I am working on doing regularly meditations, and being honest with myself. But I think I can never consider achieved, and will always work on/develop the rest - listening, verbal + written communication, public speaking, leadership, decission making... The best statements in the video, IMO: "Part of decision making is accepting that you can't know the outcomes of every possible option." and "If you discover later down the road that you should have done something differently, learn how to pivot quickly and without guilt."
Really good stuff. I wish someone would have showed me this when I was 15 years old. Being in sports most of my youth working out was seen as a punishment for team mistakes. Putting into the context of sound mind and body is a much better way to approach this.
@@imp3r1sh3ble facing difficult situations successfully is not advice lol, facing difficult situations early would be advice. Telling someone the outcome that needs to be achieved isn’t advice.
thanks for saying these. I wrote down 6 of theese pointers i want to improve on my life. I firmly believe "If you don't like your life now Change it". that means learn what new decisions to change and how. this video helped me thinking deeply on what changes I can make to be happier.
Here are the 10 skills in points. Of course, for further explanation, do watch the rest of the video. It's very informative and eye-opening. 1. Working out consistenty 2. Personal finance skill 3. Meditation 4. Verbal and communication skills 5. Waking up early 6. Public speaking 7. Get honest with yourself 8. Leadership 9. Decision making 10. Listening
Regarding working out consistently - I learned over the years that workouts on days when I really didn't want to go to the gym, tended to be really good workouts. I suppose that was because I was irritated about being there and consequently pushed myself a little harder.
I’ve applied all these “skills” once starting a traditional 9 to 5 job with much success. The traditional job led to domestic and international travel, but I still kept up the pace. Consistent exercise really supported sleep, diet, meditation, decision making, and self knowledge. Jogging (aerobic exercise) every day helped me clear my mind and work through difficult situations and decisions. For me, jogging improved my stamina. I guess, walking, biking, and swimming produce similar results. To keep from being in a rut, I was seeking to learn something new.
Permit me to address "listening". I received a dinner invitation from a friend. She warned that his father would attend and was slowing down. He had been a Kapo. In the concentration camps, a Kapo was an inmate who was in charge of a barracks of inmates. This father had survived the vote of the barracks whether he would killed or spared as the camp was liberated. Moreover, he had lived as Jew in Germany after WW2. I watched silently during the dinner. The man never spoke of his experiences, education, work history or family. He asked questions of other people, their interests, their goals and their opinions. Everyone liked him. Now I knew the power of listening. Following that dinner, I have never told anyone my education or work history. Last week, I met my new primary care doctor. I asked her about the papers she had written, whether she was considering writing more, her teaching experience, and whether she was interested in teaching at the new medical school founded by the company for which she worked. How many medical patients do that?
I wanna say learning a new language and how to play a musical instrument does add another layer to your character and will help communicate with people in more ways than you can imagine.
That decision paralysis thing is something that constantly stuck around throughout my childhood and only *started* to disappear when I was working. Executive disorder is a serious problem. All kinds of friends and family would suggest all this other stuff but it doesn't matter if you can't pull the trigger and DO something.
I completely agree with all these skills. Another skill or say a habit that I might add to these is that of reading. It is a great way to increase your knowledge
Love the drawings. As a college math teacher, I'm dismayed that most students don't know the theory of interest rates, which would be very easy to teach in algebra courses after the unit on series.
It depends what business you are in, but since this is a general look at SKILLS that are necessary to operate in the modern world, they are all valid. I agree with them in principle, then modify to suit my own situation, such as working hours being changed to rising at 10am because I often work until 2am or 3am in my business. I also miss out the first rule of Working Out as I have natural fitness that is then enhanced by the job I do, and further workouts would only lead to tiredness, but I do still force myself to keep moving around as the modern trend is to sit at a computer. Personally, I always have conflict with decision making as I tend to solve the problem in front of me at the time, but find that the world changes around me quickly and makes some decisions seem poor. By sticking to my principles of then dealing with what is front of me AGAIN, I eventually do get to where I wanted, so TRUST YOURSELF while at the same time remembering to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS. All good basic stuff.
Thanks! these are very broad and generic skills that just make you better.. But there are some very specific skills that pay me back big... learning to cook some basic and healthy dishes, technical skills, basic handyman skills - carpentry, electrical and plumbing, Basic auto repair skills, frugal shopping, fixing and scavenging skills, Off grid and Van life skills , cutting my own hair, being clear between want and need, understanding how things and people really operate, never simping.
These is great advice and I love your videos. I personaly belive these are all very useful and the fact that I do/can do 7/10 gave me huge cofindece boost
I found this video very helpful I was a person in search of skills that pay off well and luckily I came across this video. you just earned yourself another subscriber😁
I absolutely agree with the benefits of these life skills. What's interesting is how as you develop some of these skills, other skills on this list naturally develop as well making this list much more practical. Thank you so much for this upload, a wonderful thing to share! 🤩
Meditation often feels self-absorbed and confining. I have now learned how to pray using Scripture to meditate on and it gets me out of myself, makes me think of community and the God who created us. Works during a brisk run as well!
You deliver excellent content to your audience. It's very interesting material. All of your effort put into creating this video is much appreciated. I'm truly grateful for your help!
Thanks for this video. I've been in a funk the last few months after some personal tragedy earlier in the year. I have set some goals on No. 3 and No. 5 in particular with the hope of getting out of it.
You got this. Meditation and waking up early will absolutely over time, make lasting changes in your life. Happened for me. There's a different energy available early in the mornings.. Just feeling good about yourself for being up early is enough to kick start momentum for the rest of your day. And be easy on yourself with meditation, few minutes at first then youl love to sit down for 20 mins or more eventually because it feels so good.
Just setting goals is a big step. Don't skip #1!! Being physically fit makes all the other goals easier. My life took a huge upswing when I started swimming regularly. Good luck!
If you imagine your discipline and willpower as a muscle, meditation can be likened to the flexing and strengthening of that muscle. Meditation does not need to be sitting in a particular pose, in silence. There are many ways to increase our mindfulness. The general destination for our effort is to quiet and calm the mind. Most minds are like rough seas, changing constantly and murky. A well-disciplined mind is like a clear, calm pool. Also, nobody is a finished person,until we die. We are always a "work-in-progress" and nearly always capable of choosing improvement over decay.
There should be an 11th skill for this list (although the getting up early one is debatable as we can't add more hours in a finite 24 hour day), developing a learning mindset. Without it learning new skills or unlearning bad habits and behaviours is difficult. It also helps to maintain neural plasticity of the brain which is vital as we age in reducing the risks or effects of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Nutrition should be on here. I love the list! I do feel eating in a way that supports everything on this list is a skill that is very difficult to learn. Personally I would put it number one and exercise number 2
Just in case this makes things feel mroe doable - You won't really have to work super hard at all of these. some of them are just plain fun. I do Judo, Climb, and Lift. I started with climbing when I was 19. I did not sports before this, although I did sometimes hike very casually. climbing was addicting. I got hooked and 5 years later now I'm very very strong compared to an average person. front lever, 5 muscles ups, etc. I didn't even aim for these goals, I just kept climbing funner/harder/more interesting climbs. The curious learnign mindset and confidence ported over to Judo, which I started because i thought it would be awesome to throw people. Mostly just getting thrown rn, but it's been fun haha. I started lifting for judo, this would have been more of a "chore", but I actually found it really fun to try very hard to lift heavy things. It makes me feel like a beast. Lifting on it's own has become quite fun. Listening is great. You learn more than you expect, and everyone is living their own lives in ways that you couldn't imagine until you probed and listened and get to know them. It's fun because it's like living multiple lives, and a bonus is if they're also a good listener you develop some good friendships.
Skills I am learning/will learn In rest i am better than these Meditation Communication Public speaking Honest within Leadership Decision making Listening more :) Thank you so much
Good vid 👌 I'd definitely add "reading comprehension" to the list (perhaps grouping it with communication or listening skills). So many people don't even know how to read basic prompts on their phones or computers... Of course, reading comprehension is much more useful than just to do basic software troubleshooting / navigation: it helps with learning enormously. It also allows for good communication over text, which is predominant nowadays.
#1: working out consistently... only works if you do the workouts correctly too, many people don't do the exercises right to begin with, which can lead to injuries later... #2: personal finance skills... always good, but to deal with money, one must have money.. ie, it's a catch 22.... #3: meditation.. like exercise, if not done correctly, it does no good... thankfully, not doing this one right won't hurt in long run, unless you also need time management skills as well... #4: communication.. this one is another catch 22, because having good communication doesn't mean other will still understand... after all they need good communication too.... #5: wake up early.. subjective as there is waking up early to give yourself time to do ALL the things you need to do, and there is wake up in early morning even if your schedule is for a night shift.. #6: public speaking.. this goes with good communication skills, but with a twist... everyone can do it, BUT, some people have a natural talent, like artists or musicians do in their field.... #7: be honest within.. there is a thing as being too honest, even with yourself... this can lead to thinking negatively about yourself and your life... #8: leadership... like public speaking, having the skills and confidence is one thing, having the talent and/or charisma for it is another... #9: decision making... the key is know what choices are flexible and which are not.. and once you make the choice, stick with it, changing your mind afterwords leads to trouble... #10: listening.... listening and understanding are two separate issues, even when they should be connected... and listening does not ALWAYS need understanding.. a good example here is the military, there one must listen to orders in order to follow orders, that being said, understanding those orders is sometimes impossible due to what you are told.. after all the military expects one to follow orders, not understand.. and if they wanted you to understand, they would tell you more.... as for listening with understanding, think of talking to your shrink.. there they must listen to you and be able to understand what you are telling them so they can best "hopefully" help you... and there are times where NO amount of information will help ANYONE understand things, even with the intent to UNDERSTAND.... and the last point is that listening is also part of communication... if you don't listen, can one REALLY communicate with someone.... sorry if i poked holes in this video, but certain truths need to be acknowledged for ANY of these skills to be useful....
Personal finance does not require a lot of money. A kid who only gets an allowance can learn to manage their personal finances. You manage what you have. Not everyone is public speaker. Some just can't do it, period. Leadership is also something you can't really learn unless you have some shred base talent for it. If you are not a natural leader to some extent, you can learn how by rote, but you still won't be good at it. So yeah, not the best video. There is a ton of generalizations in it, and most have little no actual facts to back them up.
@@gusmonster59 They really emphasized public speaking in school particularly college and at age 40 I have yet to work for a company where public speaking is of use to anyone but the CEO trying to convince people to buy shares. I think Public Speaking was a lot more valuable in the days where a projector and a pointer were the best ways to get new ideas across, but I've never worked at a company where the pace was slow enough to spend time on those types of meetings when an emailed proposal does the same job without wasting anyone's time.
You didn't really poke holes in the video, but your post does tell us quite a lot about your mindset. It's good you are watching this type of video. Next step is to re-read your post, compare the positive and negative comments then spend some time on step 7.
I think the public speaking one is underrated. If you can speak confidently in front of large groups you gain instant respect from colleagues and friends alike. It literally gives you instant mini celebrity status
This is great, I will be passing this on to my 2 sons. May I add - basic cooking skills, basic mechanical (car) awareness, basic tool use and woodworking, learn how to raise happy healthy kids, have a basic understanding of your own country's political system and world politics, in with exercise correct diet and nutrition and lastly educate yourself on the female mind - to help guide you through the ups and downs and to know the beast is to not react to the beast. All the best everyone.
From my experience with working there's only 2 skills people need: 1) have your own transportation. 2) show up on time. You don't know how many of my coworkers got fired or quit becuse they could not understand this concept. Actually, it's a struggle I've noticed universally. I'm not saying you have to show up 10 mins early and stay 15 mins late, but you definitely cannot expect to be employable if you are late daily and expect to go home 2 hours early becuse "your mom wants you to watch the dogs" (yes, that was a real one).
If that is the bar then I guess you are not in particularly high value employment. The skill behind those two actions is personal responsibility, and that is very important, whether you are flipping burgers or running a company.
This list is waaaay too skewed towards social skills and office work. 4 (1, 3, 5, & 7) can be summed up as "Building Habits", another 4 (4, 6, 8, 10) are "Confident & Effective Communication", 2 (7 & 9) are "Accepting Failure". 6 (1, 4, 5, 6, 8, & 10) are commonly either directly or indirectly taught/fostered in schools. 7 & 9 are a problem in modern education though, strict guidance pathways, excessive positive affirmation and minimal repercussions. 2 can be learned in school, but honestly is lacking, out of all of these I think it stands out on its own the best. Missing valuable skills like Reading Maps & Navigation w/o a Map; Tool Use & Basic Maintenance/Repair; Problem Solving as in working through a problem to understand it and how to apply this to any kind of obstacle and not just coming up with an answer as is taught in many schools; and quite a few other skills that are better being grouped up than overly divided like the ones on this list.
Excellent stuff - definitely skills that everyone should cultivate as early as possible. I'd add Critical Thinking Skills to the list - the earlier we learn this, the better because it has compounding effects on almost all other skills. Critical Thinking is one of the most underrated but essential skills. I'd also group Working Out Consistently and Waking Up Early as Having Consistency. As some have commented, not everyone's circadian rhythm is the same; the key is consistency instead. As for Personal Finance Skills, one of the most helpful books is Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money. Once I realized how my own background affected how I think about money, I was able to devise my own savings plan and stick to it.
The truth about working out is you don't have to do it very much. The key to physical fitness is to work out intensely for an extremely short period of time, just like our ancestors did. Exercise is most effective when it replicates the fight or flight response we evolved in nature. Most all animals need to sprint as fast as they can, or fight as hard as they can to survive. This is the key to effective exercise because the actual benefits of exercise are not achived during the workout, but during the time you are resting. When at rest, your body will improve rapidly while you recover during your sleep.
Nope. the key is doing something rather than nothing. Even all you do is walk a bit every day. What you do depends what level of fitness you want. And pointing at ancestors means nothing. They had completely different lifestyles and evolution has changed humans greatly from what they used to be. To one point further - hunter/gathers had one set that hunted and work very hard in short bursts, the other set that worked at a steady pace for more hours. So who was more fit?
@@rafaelalodio5116 No, I'm not saying that. I'm just trying to let people like me who don't want to spend a lot of time exercising that you don't have to.
@@gusmonster59 Actually, we have evolved for intense exercise to some extent, certainly. Just because we evolved intelligence to help us survive and thrive does not mean that intense exercise won't help us get fit quicker. We are animals, we evolved to survive, and intensity saves lives of all animals. Human beings still fight and run. If you are in danger, you don't jog. You run, and running as fast as you can still selects for longevity. Genes select for intense exercise, whether you understand it or not.
I think the getting up early thing isn't so much about getting up early but about paying attention to how much time we spend "relaxing" in the evening. It's great to relax for a while at night, but if you're just relaxing and having fun for 3-4 hours every night, not engaging in a long-term hobby that is meaningful to you, then that's a big missed opportunity.
@@deadeyekilleryt4134 that's a tactical debt. He has 1.2 billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Now since he has declared to be in debt of 1.2 billion, he's no longer taxable on that and can take out loans to buy other assets or set up business without being taxed
Personally I only wake up early because my garden needs me to or it will die - so there’s a tip, start a garden. No but seriously not that I like waking up early but it is nice to have time for yourself before work or school. Maybe it’s just me but for a long time I would wake up get and pretty much go straight to work/school and then by the end of the day I would be too tired to do anything other than relax. So the early morning helps if you want to actually do something other than work and rest, maybe even like exercise/mediation or just hobbies
About working out consistently: I have been an endurance athlete since i was 23 and I'm 71 now. I get all kinds of questions about what "workout" is best. My reply is, it doesn't matter. All exercise is good but it's useless if you don't like it. If you don't like a particular regimen, you'll NEVER be consistent with it. My advice, and this is most important: Find something you like to do physically then be selfish and carve out at least 30-45 uninterrupted minutes a day for it. That time is inviolable. It's YOUR time and it can be meditative, also. Better yet, find two or three things you like to do and rotate them. Exercise has to be enjoyable in order to be an integral and lasting part of your life.
There are several things I have done over the past few years, including getting up early, listening and exercising regularly. for communication, public speaking, decision making, leadership I'm still trying to train them consistently. I will try to improve everything on this list
Discipline is one of the most difficult skills to master, If you want to achieve something that can take years you must do it regardless how you feel about it which is really hard and challenging.
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4:09 get your facts right jeff doesnt wake up early ; elon's sleep schedule is kinda fucked
Hey dum dum, you forgot, using a multimeter. And Sewing. Unless you won't wear clothes or use electrical things, including vehicles.
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#1: Working out consistently 💪
#2: Personal Finance Skills 🤑
#3: Meditation 🧘♀️ 🧘♂️ ✨
#4: Communication 🤯
#5: Waking up early 🥱
#6: Public Speaking 😈
#7: Be honest within 🥸
#8: Leadership 🤝
#9: Decision Making 🧐
#10: Listening 🔥
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Thank you legend
You just saved me eight minutes and 14 seconds of my life.
Additional skills nice to have:
11. Dietology + Cooking.
Benefit: eat healthy, delicious and varied.
12. Psychology.
Benefit: understand yourself better, fix and prevent occurrences of mental problems. Optional benefit: manipulate others.
Wonderful extra bit of information.
adding to psychology, learning philsophy to go along with it would be great as well, for the pure sake of understanding yourself and other perspectives.
I'd agree on psychology because most people nowadays judge other people easily without truly understanding human behaviour
How this channel miss cooking quite literally key
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I think 'waking up early' should be changed to 'maintaining a consistent sleep schedule'. Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule allows you to be less tired during the awake hours, and allows you to require less sleep overall. Different people have different preferred hours of awake time, as well as different work hours, so this also accommodates them.
There are night owls out there which are more productive at night, I agree with you
100% as long as you follow a routine with 7-9 hours of sleep you'll be good
Yes but consider how most of the other tips focus on interpersonal skills as well, by waking up early and maintaining that status quo you are able to participate in the broadest amount of interpersonal interactions, by staying in line with other people you maximize your ability to utilize those around you to grow. It's not a coincidence that those mentioned are all "early birds" and not "night owls." They are the ones setting up the 9 to 5s everyone else works so they need to be on their game long before those hours. The obvious exception is for artists and creators but those would benefit from the interpersonal interactions that are much more abundant for early risers.
Read your bible! (KJV, preferably) ♥ ....
Having longer than 24 hour rhythm, when I slept according to this, not clock, exactly this happened. Also more variety to days. Negatives on clock-dependent society things.
#1 - One obstacle I've found to "working out" consistently is that I was very rigid in defining "workout" and if I was feeling tired, I wouldn't "workout". As I've gotten older I realized that not every "workout session" needs to be a personal record in athleticism and that simply taking a 15 minute brisk walk or doing 15 minutes of light range-of-motion exercises is better than not getting any activity. If I'm tired or sleep-deprived, I'll do some stretching an mild calisthenics rather than lifting heavy weights.
#5 - I disagree with waking up early. Some people have jobs that require them to be awake at night. Instead it's much more important to have a consistent bed-time and wake-time (as much as life allows).
I would also include functional workouts which we all do in one form or fashion. These are the routines we do in order to accomplish day to day living. I.e. taking the groceries into the house, washing your car, raking leaves…… there are a million things we physically do in order to function but it is still exercising our bodies and brains. High intensity or cardio is not the only way to exercise as a human being.
I’d say for #5 it could be reworded to waking up earlier than usual. I hate waking up at 5 for work so trying to change it overnight isn’t going to happen unless I work on it overtime. Waking up a few hours earlier than your usual wake up time is better than waking up late.
Yeah I agree I would put emphasis on sleep consistency too
Unfortunately, though, our mammal primate bodies are indeed biologically built to "work" during daytime and rest at night. I have huge respect for people that must work night shifts, but unfortunately it will never be ideal and as healthy as sleeping at night. But sure, that's how modern life works, we do what we gotta do.
Early for them might be 10am instead of 1pm.
i agree with all these 👍👍 thanks!
#1: Working out consistently 00:39
#2: Personal Finance Skills 01:32
#3: Meditation 02:06
#4: Communication 02:56
#5: Waking up early 03:43
#6: Public Speaking 04:30
#7: Be honest within 04:55
#8: Leadership 05:24
#9: Decision Making 5:56
#10: Listening 7:05
Absolutely, this is Amazing!
Frig yeah.
Thank you!
Most helpful comment, thank you!
what's early? nothing good happens after 2am lol. those meth addicts are up way before you
Another major skill is basic computer technical skills ... not just computer literacy (which is the ability to use a computer) but the ability troubleshoot and solve basic computer problems whether they be hardware or software related. Computers will form an increasingly and ever part of our lives and you always having to rely on other people to solve all computer problems you have will set you back very often.
Outstanding. I've been doing these consistently for decades. I would add these other 4.
#11 Learning another language: Helps with brain function and is just flat out necessary today.
#12 Playing a musical instrument: Also helps with brain function and promotes general well being.
#13 Deep Reading: Immersive reading improves both language and cognitive skills. Reading something like The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung also helps with #7.
#14 Organizational Skills: None of these can happen without organizational skills. We all need to learn how to properly plan out our lives.
I was about to type "reading at least 15-30minutes daily" and you just summarized it well with additional key skills. Thanks Juanoquendo, and to the Art of Improvement for sharing these core skills.
I concur, learning an instrument and playing an instrument has been shown to activate pretty much the whole brain according to EEG and other brain scans. It is also a fabulous form of meditation when you can be in the moment, not thinking of anything else.
Agree with no. 14 hands down. None of the other skills can be done without organisational skills.
As a musician who works in the evenings the getting up early one annoys me. They are clearly only looking at the philosophy and lifestyles of successful business people/entrepreneurs and applying a one size fits all approach. For people who work unusual hours this is just not possible unless you want burn-out after a month or two. The key is to try and be focussed in the hours you do have.
Agreed that time of day is less important. But I did like the idea of starting your day proactively-on your own terms. Be the boss of your day, rather than wait and react to demands other people set for you.
Yeah I think it is meant relatively. For people with day time routines it would be nice starting your day before the break of dawn with personal goals or self improvement or anything that is personally decided rather than starting right into your daily tasks. It can mean the same for night folks as well, just the matter of engaging with things that you possibly normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to in an average day.
yeah that one about waking up early is total bulshittt. at least for me. in my work i have to wake up early and i feel numb. in my usual choise agenda of waking witch is waking up later and go to bed later. i feel great xD
@@j10001 Yes agreed
@@rajj92 That’s true. You’ll probably be too tired to do it after normal work so good to put it first in the day.
I would like to add: Working out is only hard during the first year. The key is to be CONSISTENT, meaning you HAVE to make lifestyle changes in order to see results, you HAVE to give up certain things in order to be successful in fitness but I swear the payoff is huge. It really is the gift that keeps on giving.
Like, physical fitness is SO MUCH MORE than just looking good or being an athlete, it opens a lot of doors for you in life and allows you to branch out and use your conditioning for all walks of life. The discipline that comes with it is also very helpful.
Also, please remember to have a clear objective when pursuing physical fitness. I'm an all-around athlete but that doesn't mean I'm going to look bulky AND ripped at the same time. You have to choose one or the other. Wanna get ripped? Eat veggies, do calisthenics and run every day.
Wanna get buff? Eat tons of protein every day along with carbs and some creatine monohydrate, lift heavy weights 2-3 times a week and no more. This takes much longer than getting ripped or developing cardio but you can keep your gains for several months up to a year if you never touched a weight again. You can also do more things by yourself, like moving from one house to another, for example.
Wanna be a runner? That's the easiest thing in fitness as you can start seeing results in as soon as 2 weeks but the drawback is you have to keep doing it every day because if you stop running after a month its like starting over.
That's my two cents in fitness. Good luck!
P.S. If by any chance you wanted to be a boxer, run every day. Forget about lifting weights. That makes no difference at all because your punching power doesn't come from lifting objects, it comes from releasing potential energy from your arms like a whip, which is a completely different plane of motion than simply lifting 50lbs. biceps curls. Abs help, tho.
one of the best fitness comment i have read!
Not how you generate power
By waking up early you won't get more hours, because you will start to go to bed early. You always need the same amount of hours to sleep, doesn't matter how early you wake up.
I think the key is just to have a consistent schedule, whether you're waking up early or not. If you have a consistent schedule you'll have more (effective) hours by having more energy during those hours and not over-sleeping or under-sleeping.
I think waking up early can be particularly helpful though, since I find myself to be most productive in the morning, and there is nothing else to make demands on your time in the early morning.
@@RialuCaos It's also wise to be mindfull of what schedule suits you, there are natural prefences, it's easier to work with them than against
You’re right. It annoys me the way this is plugged as the only way you can be truly successful. I work in the afternoon and evenings mainly. Getting up at 5 or 6am would be madness. I’d be burnt out after a couple of weeks!
As someone that spent a year and a half trying to wake up early due to my job, I found my chronotype did not shift, I got less sleep, I was irritable and not productive. I just started a new job with later hours, and within two weeks I've got my sanity back just by being in the same time zone as my co-workers.
Waking up early is highly overrated. Getting good quality sleep and being intentional about when you go to bed and how you use that energy the next day is the key.
I can't stand this mythology being bandied about like the great panacea of all productivity issues.
@@pirotrav True. People generally have their own sleep/wake rhythms and changing them is next to impossible. Most of the the things on this list are very dependent on what kind job you have/want and life you want to lead.
I made a similar list a few years ago, not nearly as lofty as this,
1. How to tie a square knot, a bowline, and a clove hitch. These three knots will handle almost every need you will face.
2. How to swim. The consequences of failing at this task are immediate and permanent.
3. How to change a tire and jumpstart a car, failure at these , particularly for a woman, can be fatal.
4. How to sew on a button
5. How to cook at least one impressive meal.
That's a great idea about cooking one impressive meal. I hate being in the kitchen, but hopefully I can master making one dish at least. I can do all things through Christ. Thanks for the recommendation.
number 3 is irrelevant if you don't have a car and don't intend to. agree with swimming though, it's astounding that some people can't despite being able to
@@Doodlinka Do you ever go somewhere in someone else's car? That would make it a relevant skill. Or you could assume it's not your responsibility since it's not your car.
Now those are actual skills that are usefull. Not what this health guru in the video is saying.
When is a dark mode coming for this channel? Hurts at night.
Turn down your brightness. Problem solving skills. Everything is in your hands, not someone else’s.
@@vjr5261 If turning down brightness was an option, dark mode wouldn't have existed in the first place. It's because a black/grey screen doesn't emit light or emits low light. Suggesting a creator something shouldn't be taken as a complain but as a request, and an option to improve.
Or just watch in the day time
Is there an "eye comfort" setting on ur phone? Try that, it makes the light turn orange-ish (less harsh on your eyes)
@@L.I.T.H.I.U.M just on your greyscale if you're on andriod.
Bravo! Maybe the best video made on this excellent channel. My ten skills to master that will pay off forever are:
1. Social Skills- to succeed in life you must be able be liked by family, coworkers and people in general.
2. Personal Health- If you have good health, you will have high energy to achieve your goals.
3. Learning skills- whether you are in school or at work, you need to be able to learn quickly. Even if you are not a good student, you can improve your study skills and your memory.
4. Disciple- The strength to reject the bad things, such as drugs, wasting time and bad friends while forcing yourself to work hard toward good activity, whether you are motivated or not.
5. Spirituality- With luck being a big factor in life, are the forces of this world with you or against you. A belief in GD will make you stronger and help you through bad times.
6. Controlling your thoughts- People go crazy because they constantly focus on unproductive negative thoughts. You must control what you think about each moment.
7. Plan your days and stick with your plan. Successful people plan their days and their lives. Otherwise they do not know what they have to do each day.
8. Moral sense of right and wrong- Are you honest and resist doing what is wrong? Are you kind to people all the time or just when you are in good mood?
9. Deep desire to learn- No matter what age you are, there is so much to learn each day. Do you have a consistent desire to expand your knowledge each day.
10. Business skills- Making money is critical to provide a good life for yourself and your family. You must be able to improve your business skills each day.
Bonus- You need to be a hard worker to succeed in life.
11) understanding without judging. 12) Distinguish your interests from influence of society.
*PATIENCE* is also an EXTREMELY invaluable skill to learn and master! ⭐️
I don't have time for these "self improvement" tips.
It really depends on what you mean by patience. If you mean being patient with yourself and others when things don't go right, then its absolutely important.
If you mean that you should wait for the ideal day and ideal circumstances to do things, then no. That's just procrastination disguised as patience.
@@TheDocbach Patience is patience, it is not procrastination. It is setting a goal to lose 30lbs. When you have a setback, you simply accept the fact that it will take a little bit longer to achieve this goal than anticipated. And you keep moving forward being unemotional of the outcome.
I think patience has more to do with emotional management than it has to do with time, ironically.
Patience...love it! If you have love, joy and peace, it's likely you will have patience. And the remaining fruits of the spirit of God...Yahweh!!
Study Galatians Chpt 5.
Love and blessings as we trod the unknown❤
The game ?
Thanks!
Thank you, Kelly! Much appreciated.
"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply"-Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
To show that I am listening, I must reply more.
Good list. I'd also add: learn to use tools, first aid, how to wrap a present, how to tie basic knots, how to resolve conflicts, and volunteer for something bigger than you.
Only the last two are realistically useful
idk about knots ive been on my own for 8 years now and the only tying ive ever done was in the bedroom..
I like your conflict resolution idea. It's Biblical, and doable, should be taught far more...home first, then in schools!
all fall under problem solving
except the last one
Exercise and sunlight are very underrated but the impacts are enormous.
When I saw the title I thought the skills would be more like learning how to change the oil in your car and how to hang cabinets in your kitchen or bathroom.
Most things on this list are not skills but lifestyle choices. My list would be something like
- cooking: otherwise you’ll pay a lot for unhealthy convenience food and always depend on others, also some basic knowledge about which kind of food contains which nutrients
- being able to spot common medical conditions and know how to prevent them
- being able to drive
- learn a 2. and a 3 language, if english is not your first language, learn english; know difficult words from your first language
- programming skills & know how to visualize data & how to solve some equations, know some models in math/physics because these are used in finance
- being able to run for a certain distance, lift certain weights + get a flexible body
- learn how to draw in a realistic way: pays out every time you take notes
- learn the locations of countries & capitals, learn about the politicians in your governement: this comes up in most conversations
- know the clothes that suit you best
- learn a musical instrument so your brain hemispheres connect better
- learn to treat others with respect and protect your boundaries
I really appreciate the very clear explanations. You not only said what the skills were, but expressed exactly why those skills are important, and how they can help. And there was no fluff either, you got right to the key info.
For me in particular, the bit about waking up early stood out. I had never really thought about the specific benefit of being in charge of my own mornings, and not letting my work dictate when I get up. Empowering myself with the time to do important things, like meditating, really clicked with me. Thank you!
I recently shared a video on the top 8 essential life skills to thrive in the modern world. That video might also be helpful!. Keep up the fantastic work!
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I would add two skills. 1. Learn to work with your mind and hands. You can save tens of thousands of $$ and loads of frustration if you can do basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical work. It can be a learned skill by observing and listening to others.
2. Learn how to play a musical instrument well. For me it was invaluable.
I've read "The 7 Habits" several times, and until this video, the point about "listening with the intent to reply rather than with the intent to understand" never hit me the way it did just now. Thank you!
This seems so simple, but absolutely essential. High standard of grooming and hygiene & AND High Standard of dress. I was taught to develop a professional style and to stick to it.There are resources available online and in certain stores. Study them. Keep everything spotless and in good repair. Many products are heavily scented. Make certain that your odor is not too strong. Along with a healthy lifestyle, these tips will give you a deep confidence that is unmistakeable! (sp)
Most underrated:
1. Meditation
2. Communication
3. Personal Finance
0:40 Working out consistently
1:38 Personal Financial
2:25 Meditation
3:03 Communication
3:52 Getting a good quality of sleep
4:35 Public Speaking
4:59 Get honest with yourself
5:28 Leadership
6:01 Decision making
7:09 Listening
Key point for me
Point 4 Verbal and non-verbal skills. Your value increases or decreases depending on how you talk with others.
Watch out with that word value
We are not commodities and our "value" is inherent and doesn't increase or decrease depending on how we act.
Thank you for sending my illustration. This 8:14 vid is simply a delight. Classic how 'the basics' hold us up. Every time.
These are all skills I tried to teach my kids. They are skills my father taught me and I found them useful, so I passed them on to the kids that would listen and learn. I find it sad that so many kids, today, seem to be missing out on learning these skills as teachers are forced to teach to the test instead of teaching kids how to survive and thrive in a frighteningly-fast,-changing world.
I lack personal financial skills...
I am happy that I achieved working out consistently and waking up early. I am working on doing regularly meditations, and being honest with myself. But I think I can never consider achieved, and will always work on/develop the rest - listening, verbal + written communication, public speaking, leadership, decission making...
The best statements in the video, IMO:
"Part of decision making is accepting that you can't know the outcomes of every possible option." and "If you discover later down the road that you should have done something differently, learn how to pivot quickly and without guilt."
Really good stuff. I wish someone would have showed me this when I was 15 years old. Being in sports most of my youth working out was seen as a punishment for team mistakes. Putting into the context of sound mind and body is a much better way to approach this.
I would like to add 'Organizational and Time Management Skills'. They go hand-in-hand and are indispensable to almost everything else on this list.
Facing difficult situations successfully is my best advice. Sooner the better. Be the master of your own kingdom. Best advice I have found lately.
Thats not advice lol
Thats like telling someone ‘be good at this’
@@jimbojimbo6873 thats still advice. it's like "you should improve your communication, it'll do good to you whenever and wherever"
@@imp3r1sh3ble facing difficult situations successfully is not advice lol, facing difficult situations early would be advice. Telling someone the outcome that needs to be achieved isn’t advice.
@@jimbojimbo6873 are we talking textbook defined "advice" or are we going deeper here
@@jimbojimbo6873 are we talking textbook "advice" or more deeper "advice"?
thanks for saying these. I wrote down 6 of theese pointers i want to improve on my life. I firmly believe "If you don't like your life now Change it". that means learn what new decisions to change and how. this video helped me thinking deeply on what changes I can make to be happier.
Here are the 10 skills in points. Of course, for further explanation, do watch the rest of the video. It's very informative and eye-opening.
1. Working out consistenty
2. Personal finance skill
3. Meditation
4. Verbal and communication skills
5. Waking up early
6. Public speaking
7. Get honest with yourself
8. Leadership
9. Decision making
10. Listening
Thanks for the list
The underlying skills to most of these is self discipline, emotion regulation and self restraint, humility, tenacity and endurance
I got to remember these skills, if I want to succeed in the long run.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this, I really appreciate it 🙏✨
You left out walking, jogging, hiking, swimming, bicycling, tennis, racquetball, and my favorite, speed golf.
This lists everything but the one skill that does actually pay off forever - spiritual fitness.
This is actually a very good video. Stands out from so many other self-improvement videos.
Regarding working out consistently - I learned over the years that workouts on days when I really didn't want to go to the gym, tended to be really good workouts. I suppose that was because I was irritated about being there and consequently pushed myself a little harder.
Situational awareness... healthy sleep... clean water... healthy diet...hygiene... swimming... skating... shooting (slingshot, bow, pistol, shotgun, rifle)... geography / navigation... how to build a fire... drive stick... use hand / power tools... computer skills...
Congratulations on the 800k subscribers and thank you for sharing this video.
Listening, public speaking, decision-making, waking early, and verbal+ and written communication skills all come under the leadership quality.
I’ve applied all these “skills” once starting a traditional 9 to 5 job with much success. The traditional job led to domestic and international travel, but I still kept up the pace. Consistent exercise really supported sleep, diet, meditation, decision making, and self knowledge. Jogging (aerobic exercise) every day helped me clear my mind and work through difficult situations and decisions. For me, jogging improved my stamina. I guess, walking, biking, and swimming produce similar results. To keep from being in a rut, I was seeking to learn something new.
Permit me to address "listening".
I received a dinner invitation from a friend. She warned that his father would attend and was slowing down. He had been a Kapo. In the concentration camps, a Kapo was an inmate who was in charge of a barracks of inmates. This father had survived the vote of the barracks whether he would killed or spared as the camp was liberated. Moreover, he had lived as Jew in Germany after WW2.
I watched silently during the dinner. The man never spoke of his experiences, education, work history or family. He asked questions of other people, their interests, their goals and their opinions. Everyone liked him. Now I knew the power of listening.
Following that dinner, I have never told anyone my education or work history. Last week, I met my new primary care doctor. I asked her about the papers she had written, whether she was considering writing more, her teaching experience, and whether she was interested in teaching at the new medical school founded by the company for which she worked. How many medical patients do that?
Notice how algebra isn't on here
its a fundamental skills we should have.. im dissapointed coz algebra isn't there too
@@raytumbal3288I think it’s supposed to be a joke he means that bc algebra isn’t there it means he thinks it’s not an important skill
I wanna say learning a new language and how to play a musical instrument does add another layer to your character and will help communicate with people in more ways than you can imagine.
That decision paralysis thing is something that constantly stuck around throughout my childhood and only *started* to disappear when I was working. Executive disorder is a serious problem. All kinds of friends and family would suggest all this other stuff but it doesn't matter if you can't pull the trigger and DO something.
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¡Gracias, Luis!
I completely agree with all these skills. Another skill or say a habit that I might add to these is that of reading. It is a great way to increase your knowledge
Just about everyone of those were taught in schools up to the 80s. Today over half of those have been removed or diminished. Great video.
Love the drawings. As a college math teacher, I'm dismayed that most students don't know the theory of interest rates, which would be very easy to teach in algebra courses after the unit on series.
I really like that all these skills have compounding effects!
The more you do any of them, the greater the reward will be the next time you do it.
It depends what business you are in, but since this is a general look at SKILLS that are necessary to operate in the modern world, they are all valid.
I agree with them in principle, then modify to suit my own situation, such as working hours being changed to rising at 10am because I often work until 2am or 3am in my business.
I also miss out the first rule of Working Out as I have natural fitness that is then enhanced by the job I do, and further workouts would only lead to tiredness, but I do still force myself to keep moving around as the modern trend is to sit at a computer.
Personally, I always have conflict with decision making as I tend to solve the problem in front of me at the time, but find that the world changes around me quickly and makes some decisions seem poor. By sticking to my principles of then dealing with what is front of me AGAIN, I eventually do get to where I wanted, so TRUST YOURSELF while at the same time remembering to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS.
All good basic stuff.
Thanks! these are very broad and generic skills that just make you better.. But there are some very specific skills that pay me back big... learning to cook some basic and healthy dishes, technical skills, basic handyman skills - carpentry, electrical and plumbing, Basic auto repair skills, frugal shopping, fixing and scavenging skills, Off grid and Van life skills , cutting my own hair, being clear between want and need, understanding how things and people really operate, never simping.
That is really a brilliant list. Thank you
These is great advice and I love your videos.
I personaly belive these are all very useful and the fact that I do/can do 7/10 gave me huge cofindece boost
I found this video very helpful
I was a person in search of skills that pay off well and luckily I came across this video.
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I absolutely agree with the benefits of these life skills. What's interesting is how as you develop some of these skills, other skills on this list naturally develop as well making this list much more practical. Thank you so much for this upload, a wonderful thing to share! 🤩
Meditation often feels self-absorbed and confining. I have now learned how to pray using Scripture to meditate on and it gets me out of myself, makes me think of community and the God who created us. Works during a brisk run as well!
You deliver excellent content to your audience. It's very interesting material. All of your effort put into creating this video is much appreciated. I'm truly grateful for your help!
One of the best skills to have is seeing things as they are, not as your emotions perceive them to be.
Thanks for this video. I've been in a funk the last few months after some personal tragedy earlier in the year. I have set some goals on No. 3 and No. 5 in particular with the hope of getting out of it.
You got this. Meditation and waking up early will absolutely over time, make lasting changes in your life. Happened for me. There's a different energy available early in the mornings.. Just feeling good about yourself for being up early is enough to kick start momentum for the rest of your day. And be easy on yourself with meditation, few minutes at first then youl love to sit down for 20 mins or more eventually because it feels so good.
Just setting goals is a big step. Don't skip #1!! Being physically fit makes all the other goals easier. My life took a huge upswing when I started swimming regularly. Good luck!
If you imagine your discipline and willpower as a muscle, meditation can be likened to the flexing and strengthening of that muscle. Meditation does not need to be sitting in a particular pose, in silence. There are many ways to increase our mindfulness. The general destination for our effort is to quiet and calm the mind. Most minds are like rough seas, changing constantly and murky. A well-disciplined mind is like a clear, calm pool. Also, nobody is a finished person,until we die. We are always a "work-in-progress" and nearly always capable of choosing improvement over decay.
There should be an 11th skill for this list (although the getting up early one is debatable as we can't add more hours in a finite 24 hour day), developing a learning mindset. Without it learning new skills or unlearning bad habits and behaviours is difficult. It also helps to maintain neural plasticity of the brain which is vital as we age in reducing the risks or effects of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Nutrition should be on here. I love the list! I do feel eating in a way that supports everything on this list is a skill that is very difficult to learn. Personally I would put it number one and exercise number 2
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the greatest skill I learned was to constantly be prepared and aware of my surroundings really helped a couple weeks back with that federal agent
Just in case this makes things feel mroe doable - You won't really have to work super hard at all of these. some of them are just plain fun.
I do Judo, Climb, and Lift. I started with climbing when I was 19. I did not sports before this, although I did sometimes hike very casually. climbing was addicting. I got hooked and 5 years later now I'm very very strong compared to an average person. front lever, 5 muscles ups, etc. I didn't even aim for these goals, I just kept climbing funner/harder/more interesting climbs. The curious learnign mindset and confidence ported over to Judo, which I started because i thought it would be awesome to throw people. Mostly just getting thrown rn, but it's been fun haha. I started lifting for judo, this would have been more of a "chore", but I actually found it really fun to try very hard to lift heavy things. It makes me feel like a beast. Lifting on it's own has become quite fun.
Listening is great. You learn more than you expect, and everyone is living their own lives in ways that you couldn't imagine until you probed and listened and get to know them. It's fun because it's like living multiple lives, and a bonus is if they're also a good listener you develop some good friendships.
Already have all 10, I agree they are useful skills!
Love your channel, your content and your consistent format!! 👏
Skills I am learning/will learn
In rest i am better than these
Meditation
Communication
Public speaking
Honest within
Leadership
Decision making
Listening more
:) Thank you so much
Good vid 👌
I'd definitely add "reading comprehension" to the list (perhaps grouping it with communication or listening skills). So many people don't even know how to read basic prompts on their phones or computers... Of course, reading comprehension is much more useful than just to do basic software troubleshooting / navigation: it helps with learning enormously. It also allows for good communication over text, which is predominant nowadays.
Thanks, I know I will enjoy all of the improvement illustrations.
#1: working out consistently... only works if you do the workouts correctly too, many people don't do the exercises right to begin with, which can lead to injuries later...
#2: personal finance skills... always good, but to deal with money, one must have money.. ie, it's a catch 22....
#3: meditation.. like exercise, if not done correctly, it does no good... thankfully, not doing this one right won't hurt in long run, unless you also need time management skills as well...
#4: communication.. this one is another catch 22, because having good communication doesn't mean other will still understand... after all they need good communication too....
#5: wake up early.. subjective as there is waking up early to give yourself time to do ALL the things you need to do, and there is wake up in early morning even if your schedule is for a night shift..
#6: public speaking.. this goes with good communication skills, but with a twist... everyone can do it, BUT, some people have a natural talent, like artists or musicians do in their field....
#7: be honest within.. there is a thing as being too honest, even with yourself... this can lead to thinking negatively about yourself and your life...
#8: leadership... like public speaking, having the skills and confidence is one thing, having the talent and/or charisma for it is another...
#9: decision making... the key is know what choices are flexible and which are not.. and once you make the choice, stick with it, changing your mind afterwords leads to trouble...
#10: listening.... listening and understanding are two separate issues, even when they should be connected... and listening does not ALWAYS need understanding.. a good example here is the military, there one must listen to orders in order to follow orders, that being said, understanding those orders is sometimes impossible due to what you are told.. after all the military expects one to follow orders, not understand.. and if they wanted you to understand, they would tell you more.... as for listening with understanding, think of talking to your shrink.. there they must listen to you and be able to understand what you are telling them so they can best "hopefully" help you... and there are times where NO amount of information will help ANYONE understand things, even with the intent to UNDERSTAND.... and the last point is that listening is also part of communication... if you don't listen, can one REALLY communicate with someone....
sorry if i poked holes in this video, but certain truths need to be acknowledged for ANY of these skills to be useful....
Personal finance does not require a lot of money. A kid who only gets an allowance can learn to manage their personal finances. You manage what you have. Not everyone is public speaker. Some just can't do it, period. Leadership is also something you can't really learn unless you have some shred base talent for it. If you are not a natural leader to some extent, you can learn how by rote, but you still won't be good at it. So yeah, not the best video. There is a ton of generalizations in it, and most have little no actual facts to back them up.
this deserves separate video
@@gusmonster59 They really emphasized public speaking in school particularly college and at age 40 I have yet to work for a company where public speaking is of use to anyone but the CEO trying to convince people to buy shares. I think Public Speaking was a lot more valuable in the days where a projector and a pointer were the best ways to get new ideas across, but I've never worked at a company where the pace was slow enough to spend time on those types of meetings when an emailed proposal does the same job without wasting anyone's time.
You didn't really poke holes in the video, but your post does tell us quite a lot about your mindset. It's good you are watching this type of video. Next step is to re-read your post, compare the positive and negative comments then spend some time on step 7.
Really enjoyed the artistic method used to present this material!
Love the channel. Great place to visit during down time
I think the public speaking one is underrated. If you can speak confidently in front of large groups you gain instant respect from colleagues and friends alike. It literally gives you instant mini celebrity status
This is great, I will be passing this on to my 2 sons. May I add - basic cooking skills, basic mechanical (car) awareness, basic tool use and woodworking, learn how to raise happy healthy kids, have a basic understanding of your own country's political system and world politics, in with exercise correct diet and nutrition and lastly educate yourself on the female mind - to help guide you through the ups and downs and to know the beast is to not react to the beast. All the best everyone.
From my experience with working there's only 2 skills people need:
1) have your own transportation.
2) show up on time. You don't know how many of my coworkers got fired or quit becuse they could not understand this concept. Actually, it's a struggle I've noticed universally. I'm not saying you have to show up 10 mins early and stay 15 mins late, but you definitely cannot expect to be employable if you are late daily and expect to go home 2 hours early becuse "your mom wants you to watch the dogs" (yes, that was a real one).
If that is the bar then I guess you are not in particularly high value employment. The skill behind those two actions is personal responsibility, and that is very important, whether you are flipping burgers or running a company.
These are actual facts. There's a lot of videos out there with bs, but this one nails all the most important ones in my opinion :)
You can also get a good job and be a good citizen if you don't go to college.
College used to be good but with the Internet you can learn from the best around the world at much lower cost, sometimes free.
You can also be those things without working on a corporate job, like all those motivational/self help content creators imply that you must be.
Thank you for putting this up.
This list is waaaay too skewed towards social skills and office work. 4 (1, 3, 5, & 7) can be summed up as "Building Habits", another 4 (4, 6, 8, 10) are "Confident & Effective Communication", 2 (7 & 9) are "Accepting Failure".
6 (1, 4, 5, 6, 8, & 10) are commonly either directly or indirectly taught/fostered in schools. 7 & 9 are a problem in modern education though, strict guidance pathways, excessive positive affirmation and minimal repercussions.
2 can be learned in school, but honestly is lacking, out of all of these I think it stands out on its own the best.
Missing valuable skills like Reading Maps & Navigation w/o a Map; Tool Use & Basic Maintenance/Repair; Problem Solving as in working through a problem to understand it and how to apply this to any kind of obstacle and not just coming up with an answer as is taught in many schools; and quite a few other skills that are better being grouped up than overly divided like the ones on this list.
Excellent stuff - definitely skills that everyone should cultivate as early as possible.
I'd add Critical Thinking Skills to the list - the earlier we learn this, the better because it has compounding effects on almost all other skills. Critical Thinking is one of the most underrated but essential skills.
I'd also group Working Out Consistently and Waking Up Early as Having Consistency. As some have commented, not everyone's circadian rhythm is the same; the key is consistency instead.
As for Personal Finance Skills, one of the most helpful books is Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money. Once I realized how my own background affected how I think about money, I was able to devise my own savings plan and stick to it.
The truth about working out is you don't have to do it very much. The key to physical fitness is to work out intensely for an extremely short period of time, just like our ancestors did. Exercise is most effective when it replicates the fight or flight response we evolved in nature. Most all animals need to sprint as fast as they can, or fight as hard as they can to survive. This is the key to effective exercise because the actual benefits of exercise are not achived during the workout, but during the time you are resting. When at rest, your body will improve rapidly while you recover during your sleep.
That's just a way of doing it, that doesn't mean that the other ways are wrong.
Nope. the key is doing something rather than nothing. Even all you do is walk a bit every day. What you do depends what level of fitness you want. And pointing at ancestors means nothing. They had completely different lifestyles and evolution has changed humans greatly from what they used to be. To one point further - hunter/gathers had one set that hunted and work very hard in short bursts, the other set that worked at a steady pace for more hours. So who was more fit?
@@rafaelalodio5116 No, I'm not saying that. I'm just trying to let people like me who don't want to spend a lot of time exercising that you don't have to.
@@gusmonster59 Actually, we have evolved for intense exercise to some extent, certainly. Just because we evolved intelligence to help us survive and thrive does not mean that intense exercise won't help us get fit quicker. We are animals, we evolved to survive, and intensity saves lives of all animals. Human beings still fight and run. If you are in danger, you don't jog. You run, and running as fast as you can still selects for longevity. Genes select for intense exercise, whether you understand it or not.
and not to forget the all time classics:
11. googling properly
12. decent excel skills
I think the getting up early thing isn't so much about getting up early but about paying attention to how much time we spend "relaxing" in the evening. It's great to relax for a while at night, but if you're just relaxing and having fun for 3-4 hours every night, not engaging in a long-term hobby that is meaningful to you, then that's a big missed opportunity.
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Fun fact: the writer is bankrupt and in dept
@@deadeyekilleryt4134 that's a tactical debt. He has 1.2 billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Now since he has declared to be in debt of 1.2 billion, he's no longer taxable on that and can take out loans to buy other assets or set up business without being taxed
Inspiring Thank you.
You are mainly talking about habits, not skills.
Personally I only wake up early because my garden needs me to or it will die - so there’s a tip, start a garden.
No but seriously not that I like waking up early but it is nice to have time for yourself before work or school. Maybe it’s just me but for a long time I would wake up get and pretty much go straight to work/school and then by the end of the day I would be too tired to do anything other than relax. So the early morning helps if you want to actually do something other than work and rest, maybe even like exercise/mediation or just hobbies
Few minutes of meditation will not do anything, read mind illuminated book, one need to fuse meditation into life to make meditation really work,
About working out consistently: I have been an endurance athlete since i was 23 and I'm 71 now. I get all kinds of questions about what "workout" is best. My reply is, it doesn't matter. All exercise is good but it's useless if you don't like it. If you don't like a particular regimen, you'll NEVER be consistent with it. My advice, and this is most important: Find something you like to do physically then be selfish and carve out at least 30-45 uninterrupted minutes a day for it. That time is inviolable. It's YOUR time and it can be meditative, also. Better yet, find two or three things you like to do and rotate them. Exercise has to be enjoyable in order to be an integral and lasting part of your life.
Thank you for sharing!
Never skip a meal or beverage. Clean and organized. Manners and Respect. Appropriately use the other persons name. Get sufficient Rest. Stay hydrated.
There are several things I have done over the past few years, including getting up early, listening and exercising regularly. for communication, public speaking, decision making, leadership I'm still trying to train them consistently. I will try to improve everything on this list
A perfect video. Cannot take issue with any part of it! Thank You.
Im glad i have most of these skills. Fitness. Financial competence. Public speaking from young age
Video is full of good advices! Thank you so much!
Discipline is one of the most difficult skills to master, If you want to achieve something that can take years you must do it regardless how you feel about it which is really hard and challenging.
“Read a book written by one of the mega-rich Koch family members, who inherited their riches”!
LOL!