The most important skills in life
On the Internet, you can find many lists of skills that will be in demand in the future. In general, I agree with the vector of skills of the future. You can look at them to dive into trends, but you will not be able to blindly follow them. Often the skills in such lists are very general and voluminous.
When you look at them, you think it will take forever to master half of the list. In such a situation, you need to prioritize and be as flexible as possible. You need to be ready to constantly retrain and manage your career. I believe that most of the skills of the future come down to one main skill: problem-solving. It is also called troubleshooting.
“The most important skill that will allow you to stay relevant in IT, management, and generally anywhere is the ability to solve problems”
Vastrik
Vastrik is a programmer from Berlin who runs a blog vas3k.ru on the topic of technology, IT and travel. I strongly advise you to subscribe to his blog, he’s really cool. When I read these words in the article, my brain experienced an orgasm. After all, Vastrik writes that there will always be people in demand who can turn a problem into a task, find resources, organize other people and take responsibility.
This is very much in line with my own thoughts. Of course, the skill is very extensive, and it includes many other great skills, but this is a clear vector where to aim and what you need to be able to achieve goals in any conditions. If we look at the whole range of skills, I can distinguish six main groups:
1. Self-organization: skills of personal effectiveness, self-management and organization of your life;
2. Communication: skills of writing and speaking to public speaking, relationship building, persuasion and negotiation;
3. Project approach: skills of organizing people and resources into projects for purposeful activity towards results;
4. Adaptability: skills of working with your condition in unforeseen and stressful situations, as well as skills of scenario planning and adjustment to external circumstances;
5. Learnability: skills of building an effective process of learning new things, as well as the skill of metacognition (thinking about thinking);
6. Problem solving: skills to prevent problems, identify root causes, search for strong and creative solutions, as well as their implementation.
As you can see, the first five groups help to solve problems, but this division helps to prioritize the direction of training. Below I will decompose some skill groups to form a starting set of skills that, in my opinion, will allow you to be a sought-after specialist. How to be an adaptive person in the modern world can be described endlessly, and it is possible to identify priority skills that will distinguish you in the labor market. If you don’t know what to develop, then start with them.
