LIFE SKILLS

By Abhas Kumar Patel

REQUIREMENTS IN LIFE Knowledge Skill Desire

• Knowledge is what to do and why

• Skill is the how to do

• Desire is the motivation, the want to do.

“We must have knowledge, skill and desire as habit in our day to day life”

GOOD HABITS Respect

Right Attitude

Health habits

Good Relationship

Discipline.

BAD HABITS Disrespect

Bad Attitude

Bad Health habits

Bad Relationship

Indiscipline.

GOOD WORK HABITS Be Prepared for work

Be on time

Keep your employer informed

Work diligently

Wear proper clothing

Work safely

Schedule time off.

GOOD WORK HABITS Don’t abuse breaks

Ask questions

Ask about workplace rules

Do not use drugs or alcohol at work

Be willing to take additional responsibilities

Treat superiors with respect

Treat co-workers with dignity, respect.

HOW TO OVERCOME BAD HABITS One habit for 30 days

Use a trigger

Replace lost

One habit at a time

Keep it simple.

DISCIPLINE There is a certain routine of a certain

successful man…………. 4 AM-Get Up From Bed, Freshen Up & Breakfast. 5 AM-Community Prayer & Meditation 6 AM-Morning Walking 6:30 AM-Reading Important News, Job Portals,

Mails, Social Websites. 7:00 AM-Review Targets of Present Day 7:30 AM-Leave For office 8:00 AM-Work on Targets according to priorities 9:15 AM-Tea Break 9:30 AM-Continue With Work on Targets

DISCIPLINE 11:45 AM-Review Progress on Targets &

Ready to go for Lunch 12:15 PM-Lunch 12:45 PM-Take a Relax-Nap 01:45 PM-Leave for Office & Continue on

Targets 03:15 PM-Tea Break 03:30 PM-System Work 05:30 PM-Have a Communication

meeting with Boss or team members

DISCIPLINE 06:00 PM-Workplace Rounding for

abnormalities or other requirements 06:30 PM-Ready to Leave from Office 07:30 PM-Freshen Up Well, Reading

Important News, Job Portals, Mails, Social Websites

08:00 PM-Study On Targeted Course 09:30 PM-Have Dinner 10:00 PM-Go to Bed

HOUSEKEEPING Sort-Remove all items from the workplace

that are not needed for current production / operations

Set-Arrange needed items so that they are easy to locate & use, and label them so that anyone can find them

Sustain/Shine-“Put it back” after use/Keep everything clean and tidy

Simplify-Eliminate the non-value added effort

Standardize-Expand ownership & Leverage the gains

COMMUNICATION Know the details of your conversation

Be a patient listener

Be clear in your communication

Speak respectfully

Ask help if you need.

MOTIVATION Dreams

Determination

Commitment

Will power

Hard work

MOTIVATION

What are your dreams? List them.Against each dream, write what you must do to achieve it – the goalsCategorize them as Personal and Work – relatedAgainst each goal, write what you must do to achieve them within the time period set.

MOTIVATIONMy Goals

Personal Work related

MOTIVATION Look at the personal goals, categorize

them as • Family

• Health

• Skill

• Self Improvement

MOTIVATION Look at the personal and work-related

goals Write against each by when you would

like to achieve them:

Immediate (now – 6 months)

short term (6months – 1year) or

long term (5years -10 years).

WORKING WITH TEAM Tolerance and Co-operation Set aside feeling of caste, creed and

profession Put up with each other Identify strengths of EACH OTHER Identify Who can do What…..?

WORKING WITH TEAMYou become dependable when:

• You become a strong support of the team

• You give assurance to others in the team

• You speak positively to others in the team

• You exhibit a positive attitude.

WORKING WITH TEAM

In a team, there is no room for personal gains and definitely not for betrayals.

WORKING WITH TEAMSo how did Bhuvan’s team in Lagan Movie

achieve the near impossible…..?

The team put aside the differences

Focused on the goal

Co-operated, Tolerated, depended and trusted one-another.

WORKING WITH TEAM

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Trustworthy Tolerance

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WORKING WITH TEAM Co-operation

Common goal

Tolerant

Dependable

Trust worthy

Helpful

Encouraging

VALUE OF TIMETypes of Tasks:-Big tasks:- important and time

consuming

Medium tasks:- not so important, not so time consuming

Smaller tasks:-simpler to accomplish, not so important; can be accommodated in-between big and medium tasks

VALUE OF TIME

List the tasks that you typically do during the dayCategories them into big, medium, small Could you accommodate all the tasks you listed…..?

Did you give time for sudden unexpected tasks that may crop up…..?

Did you keep some free time for yourself……?

What about spending time with family…..?

VALUE OF TIME Delegate tasks• Identify time wasters

• Combine activities – Plan for them

• Break down big tasks down to the smallest task possible

• Accomplish them one by one

• At the end of the day conduct a simple analysis to see which activity took time.

VALUE OF TIME• Find time to rest or sharpen your

mind

• Develop new skills for work

• Enjoy going for training and retraining

• Make time for meditation, prayer, reading good books, hobbies to sharpen

your personality and spirituality.