I was cleaning out my email inbox (something I needed to do for a long time) and I came across a report that listed the Top 12 Skills for 2012.
It got me thinking what are the top skills one needs to succeed. Using the report as a starting point here is my list.
- Project Management – Everything you do can be seen as a project.
- Communication – Almost goes without saying that being able to communicate effectively is a great skill to have.
- Business/Financial – Even if you are not a business owner, chances are you are worker or depend on someone that is a worker. The more you understand how business and finances work the better.
- Security; Physical and Virtual – While we are no longer at risk of being eaten by a lion, like our distant ancestors, we are at risk of all kinds of other threats.
- Technology Management – Being able to move around both a highly technical physical world as well as the ubiquitous “virtual” world is now and will be in the future a critical skill to master.
- Biology/Psychology/Child Development – Staying healthy and helping those around us stay healthy is an absolutely critical skill. It always has been, but because of many new developments we now have a lot of tools available to us to help us. Mastering those tools is a very important skill we need to master.
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