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10 Key Life Skills
What ever your faith, or age, or background, or marital status there are some skills you/we need to learn and
upgrade throughout life.
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We have to learn and balance many skills in life
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1. Learn, Live and Lead a healthy life
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1. Learn, Live and Lead a healthy life
• a) your diet: eating nutritious, wholesome food
• b) your sleep: practicing good sleep hygiene • c) your body: treating your body with respect
and giving it exercise • d) your spirit/ruh: Spirituality combined with
faith • e) avoiding risky behaviors
2. Managing Relationships
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2. Managing Relationships
• a) Identifying expectations • b) Managing inter-personal relationships • c) Knowing you, your family, those you
interact with and God. • d) Understanding human nature
3. Learn the art of Effective Communication
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3. Learn the art of Effective Communication
• a) Starts with active attentive listening • b) Followed by articulation • c) Learning what to say what not to say • d) When best to say it • e) Best way to communicate with someone,
direct, indirect, email,...
4. Learn the art of Decision Making
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4. Learn the art of Decision Making
• a) Learning which decisions are more important than others
• b) How to research (Online, talking to people,...)
• c) Determining needs vs wants, important vs urgent
• d) Process and criteria to decide • e) Doing Istikhara (asking God for guidance)
5. Mastering Education
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5. Mastering Education
• a) Understand that education is a life-long process
• b) Know the benefits and harms of technology
• c) Learn how to master the right technologies
6. Coping with life
• a) Learning about how to deal with daily and life-changing challenges/problems
• b) At school, work, with family, friends, adversaries
• c) How to manage your internal dialogue • d) Knowing your values and how to use them
to guide you • e) Managing stress
7. Art of Thinking
• a) How to do Critical thinking • b) How to be Creative • c) How to be Self-aware • e) How to show Empathy
8. Managing your finances
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8. Managing your finances
• a) Learn how to become a wise consumer • b) Understand quality vs price • c) Creating a budget • d) When to save, when to spend, how much
to spend • e) Understand the role of advertising and how
it influences you
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Excellence Is A Habit We are what we repeatedly do;
excellence then is not an act,
but a habit.
- Aristotle
9. Goal Setting
• a) Identifying short term and long term goals • b) Understanding that time is the greatest
asset you have • c) Always using your energy at the right time
to be the most productive • d) Knowing what to take on and what to say
"no" to
10. Media and Community
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10. Media and Community
• a) Understand the psychology of how the media influences you
• b) Not only what is being said but why and how
• c) What isn't being said is just as important as what is being said
• d) What are you doing for the common good in your community?