11 Essential Skills They Don't Teach Us in School

There's education we get in school. And there's education life teaches us. Lately, I've been starting to realize that I practically use less and less of a things I learned in school, while constantly discovering important skills never even mentioned in there.

In the ever-changing whirlwind of life we often get caught unprepared facing challenges that seem scary and beyond our possibilities. Sometimes we face them and learn. Sometimes they break us. Sometimes we have no idea what's going on and just wish we picked up that wisdom somewhere along the way.

I'm a strong believer that education should include learning life skills. Yet we get out of school without any idea how to interact with outside world, how to be successful and happy. Before I start talking about the grand conspiracy and how this is someone's best interest, let's see some of those skills we have to learn on our own.

1. How to manage time

Have you ever found yourself being busy all day only to realize you accomplished nothing at the end of it? Schedules, to-do lists, RPMs, Pomodoro and Feynman techniques... there's so many ways to become more productive that we don't utilize.

2. How to be financially wise

With so many people retiring poor and financially uneducated we would all benefit from making school systems focus more on money mastery. Books like "Rich dad, poor dad" you have to discover on your own.

3. How to communicate effectively

For a skill that is crucial for success in today's age and has effect on every aspect of life, it's amazing to see how little people know about this.

4. How to lead healthy lifestyle

Nutrition and diet, preparing and growing your own food, regular exercising, meditation, yoga - are all beneficial skills. Leading healthy lifestyle not only prevents illness, but produces more energy and motivation to pursue our goals. Time to start treating your body like a temple.

5. How to take a break

Have you ever felt so overwhelmingly exhausted and brain fried all you wanted to do is sit on your couch with a bowl full of candy and watch netflix for the next two weeks? Burnout is a serious condition - as a web developer, sometimes when I overwork myself, it comes a time when I just stare at the screen without mental energy to write a simple block of code. Rest before you are tired. Even if you love what you do and every day seems like a holiday.

6. How to create healthy relationships

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people

— _{Theodore Roosevelt}

7. How to fail

It's not the failure that stops us. It's the fact that we often give up after the first failure. Get up and dust yourself. Try new approach. From a new angle. Most amazing things on this earth were born from countless trials and errors.

8. How to master anything

You can't learn this in school. Mastery begins when formal education ends. Unfortunately. When you discover that passion that drives you and sets your heart on fire.

9. How to set goals

Setting aside time at regular intervals to plan and review your goals is a must. It's more about the journey than the end goal, yes, but if you don't have some direction, then you're just aimlessly drifting through life.

10. How to have fun

Once you get to school, they'll do everything to wipe the fun the f*ck out of you. And life without fun is not just dull, but very unhealthy. How often do you forget all the responsibilities and just enjoy the moment?

11. How to love ourselves

It all starts and ends here. We are so busy trying to impress others and be accepted. We never stop and think of who we are and what actually matters to US.

Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognize it.

_{— Rena Rose}

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