Life Skill Tips

You can add more value to your life simply by doing one right thing, one right action and one right attitude. Apply these life skills to your life, one at a time.

Daily affirmations of these life skills will help you start your day positively and as your thoughts become your reality, you will definitely succeed.

Make your experience work for you

Your experience from work, life is one of your best asset. Irrespective of what stage of life you are in now, don't let past mistakes deter you from taking new opportunities and challenges. You learn from your experience and it could only help you make sound and calculated decision for your next venture. 

Know your strengths

When you recognised your capabilities, you are on your way to success. Think about the best times of your life, the times when you were enjoying what you were doing and the times where you make something good happen. Your strengths could be creativilty, people management, organising or even being knowledgeable on a certain topic. Know your strengths, use them, they are your key to success and personal fulfillment.

Don't just think it, do it!

Do you have many dreams and aspirations? Wouldn't be great if you can fulfill some of these aspirations? What's holding you back? Think about it, what will you be doing five years later if you have not make plans to follow your dreams. You will still be where you are today with added frustration and unhappiness. Make a list of your dreams and aspirations. Prioritize them in the order of importance. Give yourself a time frame, it could be 2 years or 5 years to achieving the dream that is in the top of your list. Make plans on how you are going to achieve your goals. Set short and long term goals. Life becomes more satisfying when you know that you are on your way to reaching your dream.

Act on your ideas

When you have an idea, act on it. That is the best way to moving towards your goal. Build the momentum with action or it could just fade away. Don’t sit around waiting for something to happen or come to you.

Perseverance succeeds only with clear goals in mind

Feel like giving up? It is difficult to perservere when things don't seems to be moving or not moving the right direction.

However, when you state your goals clearly on a piece of paper, when you reaffirm your goals, obstacles will not stop you from achieving it. When you are clear about what you want, how you are going to achieve it, your perserverance will help you succeed in achieving your goals.

Do one thing at a time

Have you ever feel overwhelmed with the thought of having to do many things and not knowing when and how to accomplish it? Write all the outstanding things you have to accomplish on a piece of paper and prioritise them. You will be surprised that the list isn’t that long and it look achievable.   

Try not to do too many things at one time. Start from the top of your list and work your way down. Persevere and you will get the satisfaction of adiminishing list. 

Communicate effectively and communicate well.

Communicate well to be understood.

The fundamental rules of good communication are

• Be interested in the other person 
• Be a good listener 
• Put your point across effectively, its the quality of words not quantity that matters. 

Prejudice is negative

Prejudice exudes negative energy. Instead of bringing or holding people together, prejudices push them apart. Prejudice is prejudgment that is making a decision about someone, a place or an event before becoming aware of the relevant facts.

Prejudice blinds our ability to make sound decisions. Prejudice narrows our perspective of the event or person disallowing us to see the big picture. Prejudice could prevent us from taking chances in life and it could stifle our creativity.

Take Action

'Vision isn't enough unlesss combined with venture. It's not enough to stare up the steps unless we also step up the stairs.- Vance Havner'

We may have the greatest vision, biggest wishlists, we may read many self help books, listen to leading motivational speakers with passionate and inspiring ideas, it will mean nothing if no action is taken. Action brings vision and ideas to life.

Action requires energy and sacrifice, action like change gives initial discomfort, effort and energy. We must not give in to insecurity and self doubt, we should not rely on signs or permission to act, we should just do it!

Follow your intuition or your gut feeling..... Set out what you want to achieve, if you have little control with the outcome, follow your intuition. The worst thing that could happen is realising that you have failed because you didn't trust your first instinct.

You are what you think. Your attitude affect your feelings and your actions. Always strive to think of good, positive things, make a list of things that make you happy. Prevent negative thoughts to creep into your mind.