10 universal skills that are hard to learn, but will pay off forever:
1. Ability to Adapt, Improvise and Overcome Obstacles:
Life is not fair, it’s complex and your dedication to keep moving is what allows you to win.
During tough times:
Change your attitude, seek alternative routes, get creative and overcome what life throws at you.
2. Ability to Sell and Negotiate:
Everything you do is a sale or a negotiation process.
If you want a job, then you need to be able to sell your skillset over that of other hires.
Selling can be taught and it will prove to be highly useful to have under your belt.
3. Public Speaking:
Public speaking is a skill and an asset that will last for years.
You may feel uncomfortable doing it in the beginning
But with persistence and consistency, you will become perfect in it, and it will pay off in the future.
4. Having a backbone:
"People treat you the way you treat yourself, not the way you treat others"
- Do you know what you stand for?
- Who you are as a person?
Once you do, you can start acting accordingly.
You will stand your ground, you will not let others walk all over you.
