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Life Skill Education For Career Success

This document discusses life skills and their importance for career success. It defines life skills as abilities that allow people to effectively handle demands and challenges. The top 10 life skills identified are: decision making, problem solving, creative thinking, critical thinking, effective communication, interpersonal relationships, self-awareness, empathy, coping with stress, and coping with emotions. Each of these skills is then briefly explained. The document concludes that developing life skills can help with flexibility, adaptability, initiative, leadership, and responsibility, which are important for career success.

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Life Skill Education For Career Success

This document discusses life skills and their importance for career success. It defines life skills as abilities that allow people to effectively handle demands and challenges. The top 10 life skills identified are: decision making, problem solving, creative thinking, critical thinking, effective communication, interpersonal relationships, self-awareness, empathy, coping with stress, and coping with emotions. Each of these skills is then briefly explained. The document concludes that developing life skills can help with flexibility, adaptability, initiative, leadership, and responsibility, which are important for career success.

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LIFE SKILLS FOR

CAREER SUCCESS

Dr. C.R. Christi Anandan,


Asst. Professor, P.G. & Research Department of Social Work,
Sacred Heart College (Autonomous),
Tirupattur, TN
christi.anandan@gmail.com
Introduction

•The concept of Life Skills

•What are they?

•What is the need for me?

•How will it affect my Career?


LIFE SKILLS
•WHO
Life skills are abilities for
adaptive and positive
behaviour that enable humans
to deal effectively with the
demands and challenges of
life. This concept is also
termed as psychosocial
competency.”
TOP 10 LIFE SKILLS

• Decision Making • Interpersonal Relationship


skill
• Problem Solving
• Self Awareness
• Creative Thinking
• Empathy
• Critical thinking
• Coping with Stress
• Effective Communication
• Coping with Emotions
DECISION MAKING

• Process of selecting an “WE ARE WHAT WE


alternative from set of options ARE IN OUR
DECISIONS”
Problem Solving
• Problems are part of life
• “Whether you face it or run away… If you
face you are chasing the problem away….
If you run away problem chases you”

• NOW you DECIDE


Critical Thinking
• It is an ability to analyze information
and experiences in an objective
manner.
• “Analyze WHY it happens – than to just
believing it”

• UNDERSTANDING
Creative Thinking
• Creativity induces INNOVATION
• Creativity is NOVELTY
• Creativity promotes ENTHUSIASM

• Life thrills and engage us in creativity

• It’s a WOW Factor!


EMPATHY
• To feel as one
• To put oneself into the mental shoes of
the Other.
• Listen to others to understand them
Self Awareness
• I know who I am
• Awareness of oneself
• I know my strengths and Weakness
Effective Communication
• To convey ideas/messages/or any form of
information to others.
• Communication is everybodies need
Interpersonal Relationship
• I am a SOCIAL BEING
• I DEPEND on others
• I need to live in COMMUNITY
Coping with Stress
• Stress is your body’s method of
reacting to any sort of INTEREST or
DANGER
• “To greatest weapon against stress is
choosing one THOUGHT over the
OTHER” – William James
Coping with Emotions
• Emotions are STRONG FEELINGS
which are reactions to
SITUATIONS, PEOPLE & ISSUES.
• POSITIVE EMOTIONS
• NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
• CHOISE IS OURS’
LIFE SKILLS FOR CAREER
Flexibility and Adaptability
Adapt to Change
• Adapt to varied roles, jobs responsibilities, schedules and context
• Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities

Be Flexible
• Incorporate feedback effectively
• Deal positively with praise, setbacks and criticism
• Understand, negotiate and balance diverse views and beliefs to reach workable solutions,
particularly in multi-cultural environments
Initiative and Self-direction
Manage Goals and Time
•Set goals with tangible and intangible success criteria
•Balance tactical (short-term) and strategic (long-term) goals
•Utilize time efficiently
Work Independently
• Monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight

Be Self-directed Learners
• Go beyond basic mastery of skills and/or curriculum
• Demonstrate initiative to advance skill levels towards a professional level
• Demonstrate commitment to learning as a lifelong process
Leadership and Responsibility
Guide and Lead Others
• Use interpersonal and problem-solving skills to influence and guide others toward a goal
• Leverage strengths of others to accomplish a common goal
• Inspire others to reach their very best via example and selflessness
• Demonstrate integrity and ethical behavior in using influence and power

Be Responsible to Others
• Act responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind
QUESTIONS ? • What are Life Skills?

• What is the importance to develop life


skills?
??
• Say what you have learnt?

• Give me your comments on my


session.
THANK YOU

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