Skills that you need to develop to secure or making your future more reliable

Do you remember the time when Typewriter and Shorthand were important skills to have? But they don’t exist anymore. We used Cassettes and CD shops in every street, but not anymore. Computer Science created a lot of jobs back then, not so many anymore. So pandemic or not, things around us... change. And it’s important that we change with them. So, it doesn’t matter if COVID-19 has lowered your Salary or you just want to learn new skills to pay some bills... Today, by the end of this article you will know exactly how to use your free time to stay ahead of the crowd. Because today, we are going to see… 4 type of Skills that is Technical, Communication, Financial and Creative Skills that you must learn how to secure your future. And towards the end, I’ll give you a Bonus Tip after getting all for skills given above. So that you understand what it really needs to change with time! Let’s begin. So here are the 4 types of skills that you need to start developing right now that’ll also help you prepare for the future.

 

 

Technical skills

 

The technical skills that you need to learn, depend on what career you are into right now or what career you want to shift to. For example, … If you want to be a writer… then write more! You can practice by replying to questions on Quora, write a page on Wikipedia, write articles on your blog. If you like movies, you can write movie reviews. And then you can attach all of these links to your resume and improve your portfolio. Similarly, if you are a Graphic Designer, learn... Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. And to get better at it... design posters and share them on Social Media. Because making a commitment to post regularly will also develop discipline in you to practice every day. If you want to become a video editor, learn Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro or even start as simple as Fillmore. And if you are a software engineer, learn new technology... be it, blockchain, cloud computing, or learn a language you’ve always wanted to... like DART, Python or JavaScript. Listen... these days just 3 years or 4 years of graduation is not enough. You need to keep updating your technical skills. To give you an example…  Because you deserve nothing less than top-notch quality. Now, the easiest way to figure out what skills you need to learn… is to look at your resume. I know... resumes are scary and give us anxiety. But look at it… and understand why. What sections are empty? What certifications are missing? What skills you would like to add there? And get those… because those skills will not only boost your employability, but they will also make you stand out from the crowd. Before we move on to the next skill, I would like you to comment below and tell me what technical skill, you are going to learn next.

 

 

     The next set of skills you need to develop…. 

 

     Communication Skill

 

To get better at communication, you need to work on 2 things… a) Fluency in English language and b) Presentation skills. The only way to improve fluency is to use the language as much as we can. So read English books, watch English movies and third is what you are already doing… watch The Urban Fight videos. There is no one book or one video that'll teach you English in one day. It’s a combination of doing multiple things and using English regularly. After you get fluency under your belt, next comes Presentation Skills. We might be fluent in a language, but presentation skills are about using that language and expressing ourselves clearly. Whether it is while asking a question in a team meeting, giving a speech on stage or just asking someone out on a date! And here are the 3 things you can do to get better at your presentation skills… 1) Get in front of a mirror and start talking to yourself in English. If you don’t know what to talk about, just repeat dialogues of your favourite English TV shows. 2) Open your favourite book and read a chapter from it out loud; better if it’s in front of a friend or a family member.

 

3)  And third and I swear, this method works like a charm… join a public speaking club, like Toastmasters. Clubs like these give you an opportunity to speak in front of an audience and these days, they are even conducting online meetings, where you can just login from home and speak, no matter how good or bad your sentence formation skills are. And the people of the club will only encourage you because that’s what they are there for too. As I said earlier, it’s a process. So, start with one thing at a time.

 

 

Financial Skills

 

The one thing that we have all learnt during this pandemic is that money is extremely important. On one hand, our parents taught us that money is the root of all evil… forget saving or investing. So, let’s take a step back and start with the basics. Here are the 2 baby steps you need to take right now to improve your finances. 1) Understand what basic investment options are out there... like FDs, RDs, Mutual Funds, Insurances. For that, check out this titled video, ‘How I bought a house before turning 25’, which tells you, where you can put your money and how much return you will get from each of the options. In the second step, you need to learn, how to generate long-term wealth, using the Stock Market. This is the place where your money works for you and makes more money. I know that learning Finance sounds like a lot of work! But listen carefully… because nobody is going to tell you this. Money doesn’t just make you rich, it makes you financially independent. And only when you are financially independent can you take your own life decisions... like which college to study in, whom to marry, where to settle without having to depend on your parents, siblings or anybody else for money. I know that ‘Finance’ itself is a complicated topic…but breaking it down into simple tasks… like just watching a video first… will get you closer to your financial goals.

                                                                        

 

Creative Skills

 

I think by now, you would’ve realized that life is a struggle, Jivan Sangharsh Hai! Ok, I am exaggerating. But as an adult, we do have to do a lot of things. Keep learning new skills, Apply for Jobs, maintain that job, Reply to Emails, Pay EMI, Do Taxes, Network with people, Invest Money, Pay Insurance, cook every day, Keep the house clean, wash clothes… And all of this, when you don’t even have kids. You need to do this day in and day out and you can’t let any of this burn you out. To develop at least one creative skill that makes you shut down for a few mins and forget that there is a to-do waiting. It’s just like how you restart your phone when it gets too hot. Because if you don’t. To each its own, but some skills that help you shut-down are… Gardening, Sketching A Mandala, Making an Origami Painting, Playing a musical instrument, Photography or just. Dance You can practice these skills 2-3 times a week or even for 15 mins every day. So, take a moment to think and tell me what will be your creative skill? For example. But please, don’t write… I am going to be on phone, scrolling through Instagram as my Creative Skill. Because Social Media only brings anxiety, not relaxation. So, throw your phone away during your pause ritual. All the skills that I am mentioning today are going to add up and come together beautifully, especially when we discuss, ‘How to Make Money from Home’ in our future videos. We all want to earn some extra bucks, find how what we love can make us money or just help our parents by having a side-income. Remember, there is no right or wrong work. What matters. is the effort. So, get writing because not only does it improve your sentence formation skills, but who knows.

 

We never ask for free lunches or free clothes. Then why do we ask for free books to read, free classes to join... when we know that these are the things that will actually make us grow. So, the Bonus Tip is this... ‘Invest in yourself’. Join clubs, buy books, do online courses. Because if you can’t invest enough time and money on your self-growth, why will any company invest in you by giving you a job? So, read the full article that will help by getting all your weakness, like Tell me about yourself, what are your strengths and weaknesses? Why should we hire you? How to write a resume and more. So, you go and start learning those 4 skills that you have mentioned above.