What are the most valuable skills one could learn?
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March 25th, 2010
There are so many things one could learn to do. I would love to learn sooo many skills, more than I ever will have time in my life to learn.
I am wondering, what skills do you think are most valuable ( I am thinking moetarily/career/ or business starting value here)?
Maybe things like HTML, Spanish fluency, Internet Marketing, Simple Mechanical Repairs, Computer Troubleshooting, ... who know what else.
And conversely are there some skills that are relatively unuseful, that practically should be abandoned for more useful skill?
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the skill to keep yourself want to learn
@sEventoRii THat one I’ve got and know I’ll keep foreverz!!!!!!!!!! sweet
I think everyone should know the difference between a Phillips screwdriver and a flat head screwdriver. I also think everyone should know their basic tools (wrench, pliers, ratchet, etc)
And also, how to add all liquids to a car.
@violet, Ah good ones, I will have to add these to my list. (I do know the difference between the screw drivers, but the rest I have yet to learn) This is the kind of thing I had in mind when asking. Thanks!
Reading, Writing, Mathematics.
Dealing with people.
That’s the one and only skill you’ll ever need to learn.
Understand income tax and business tax.
A useful degree to have is MBA
Learn how to change a tyre
Understand you cannot rely on someone else to pay your bills.
Embrace change
Reinvent yourself all the time to suite the current industry you have chosen
Lean excel and other computer programs
Realize you can lose your clothes, shoes, car and repurchase them but you cannot repurchase your reputation
keep up to breast with current salaries for different jobs
Make “up skill” your buzzword
customer service, also known as patience.
Remember “Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey”; always own and carry a Swiss Army knife; be able to find the breaker box in a house and know how to throw the breakers or the whole main breaker fast; know how to make and place a sandbag; CPR; you must know how to swim and how to save someone who is drowning; you must know how to find your way out of the woods if you get lost, or at least stay warm till someone comes to get you; you must know how to cook something that will make a sick man want to eat; you must know how to kiss away grievous tears.
And it would be good if you knew the difference between funny and not funny.
@susanc I love that tighty righty whatsit. I am nearly a 100 and I only learned it the other day!!!!!
@susanc dang! that is an amazing list.! Nearly poetic!
@freckles : “Nearly”?!?!??! Now that’s not funny, pardner.
nunchuck skills too, don’t forget about those!
@susanc did you just say pardner? I think I’m in love.
@RandomMrdan Nunchuck’s are cool…. although it hurts like hell when they flip out & crack you on the elbow!
@JeffVader haha true, but if you truly do have nunchuck skills, you won’t do that =P
That whatever you do, do it as well as you possibly can.
Learn to laugh at yourself. You will have plenty of opportunities, and it is so much easier in life to not take yourself so seriously.
Learn how to solve Cryptic Crosswords. Problem solving skills and sideways thinking will be invaluable to you.
Learn to dance. Improving coordination and exercising are wonderful ways to keep healthy.
Social skills, literacy, hygiene, budget
Drive your life like you stole it, baby!
Good grammar and spelling are worth a lot no matter what job you do. A well written report/bid/email is always impressive.
Yes, good grammar and spelling, BUT…IMO…social skills are the ticket.
Regardless of education or anything else..if you can’t RELATE well to others you are at a HUGE disadvantage.
Learn how to learn.
Learn how to think properly.
Nunchuk skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills..
@susanc I love that – the only thing out of your list I can’t do is make a meal – but I intend on taking a cooking class eventually.
I think a good skill to have is awareness of one’s environment – both in terms of its dangers and opportunities. This goes together with thinking quickly on one’s feet and being flexible enough to adjust to any personality so that you can have an optimal relationship with the person that you might need something from – some call this manipulation, I call it ‘being better at what they’re trying to do to you’.
Hunting, Fishing, Farming and Carpentry
THe most valuable skill is easily the skill to learn. With that you cna do anything. Study how to study and the rest becomes simple.
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