10 Life Skills

Welcome Readers! Education in ’10 Life Skills’ benefits not only the fundamentals of education but also gender equality, democracy, moral behavior, quality of life, child care, protection, and the effectiveness of the educational system. Developing Life skill at childhood is good for future to generate not only communication skill confident but Leadership qualities also. In this blog we are going to discuss the Skills that are the Life Skills. You can also go through Buddha’s life skill philosophy that is the Introspection a process that involves looking inward to examine one’s own thoughts and emotions. We are all living things and we have life so it is important to improve Life skills.

What are Basics Life Skills?

After all a skill is a learned ability to do something well.

According to WHO, which stands for the World Health Organization, life skills are specifically defined as “the capacities for adaptive and good conduct that enable the person to deal effectively with the demands and obstacles of everyday life.” Here ‘adaptive’ means that a person is flexible in approach and is able to adjust in different circumstances and ‘positive behavior’ implies that a person is forward looking nature.

10 Categories of Life Skills

Categories of Life Skills are as follows

1) Emotional skills

2) Social skills

3) Thinking skills

1. Emotional Skills:
2. ​Coping with emotions: Coping with emotions involves recognizing emotions within us and others, being aware of how emotions influence behavior and being able to respond to emotions appropriately.
3. Coping with stress: Coping with stress means recognizing the sources of stress in our lives, recognizing how this affects us, and acting in ways that help us control our stress.

• Social Skills:
• Empathy: Empathy is the ability to be sensitive to another person’s solution, as in the case of disease sufferers, or people with mental illnesses, who may be avoided by the very people when they depend upon for support.

• ​Self Awareness: Buddha always says, “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” Self Awareness is the ability to understand our strengths & weakness of ourselves.

• Effective communication: Effective communication is the ability to express, both verbally and nonverbally, in ways that are culturally acceptable.

• Interpersonal relationship skills: An interpersonal relationship skill helps to relate with people in a positive way. It also means being able to make and maintain friendly relationships, which can be of great importance to our mental and social well being. 

 Some examples of interpersonal skills are:

• Active listening
• Responsibility
• Leadership
• Motivation
• Flexibility
• Patience
• Public speaking
• Conflict management
• Team building
• Collaboration

• Thinking Skills
• Decision making: Decision making helps to deal constructively with decisions about our lives.
• Problem-solving: Problem-solving skill empowers us not only to control our problem, but can turn them to opportunities.
• Creative thinking: ​Creative thinking helps us respond adaptively and flexibly in our everyday life situation.
•  Critical thinking: Critical thinking enables us to analyze information and experience objectively and assess the factors that influence that way we think and act.

Thinking Skills : Essential of Life Skills

Thinking skills are of two types

That’s are LOTs & HOTs

LOTs mean by skill of low order thinking ability that are first Remembering, then Understanding and the Applying.

Higher-order thinking skills, often known as (HOTS), are the final three components, which include analyzing, evaluating, and creating.

Because HOTS is seen to better prepare students for the demands of both advanced academic life and daily adult professional life, it is highly valued.

 High level of higher order thinking skills are necessary to be successful in life.

Conclusion

At last life skills are necessary for Understanding one’s human behavior strengths that requires having high levels of self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-confidence. You must be able to keep an eye on your own emotions, notice various emotional responses, and then properly name each individual feeling. People who are self-aware understand the connections between their feelings and behaviors. Additionally, these people are aware of their own advantages and disadvantages, are receptive to new ideas and experiences, and take lessons from their interactions with others, that’s are the Life Skills. Keep Reading! Thank you.