It's not uncommon to run meet old colleagues, people who succeeded at university but are unhappy with their careers and have not reached their objectives.
This insight is based on a study of successful people as well as my personal experience.
People who have achieved success despite never having attended university often have something else that has catapulted them to the next level.
As a result of this thought, I learned that some critical skills for attaining our objectives and excelling are not taught in schools or institutions.
We should all start learning these abilities at a young age, in my opinion. We would surely increase our personal and professional performance if we collaborated with them.
But what do these abilities entail? Let's get this party started!
**1. Make a plan and stick to it.**
Do you want to learn how to make your visions a reality? This is something that traditional education does not fully prepare you for.
Setting goals is the first step. They are crucial in exhibiting – and reminding us of – our journey. They must always be true to our mission and long-term objectives.
A person without ambitions is sometimes compared to a ship at sea that is adrift and has no idea where it is going. It regularly follows the incorrect road, and the worst part is that it does it without even recognizing it.
Specific goals help us stay on track, assist us along the way, and allow us to make the best decisions for ourselves.
I urge that they are both obvious and demanding, so that we are always aiming to exceed and develop ourselves on a daily basis.
Our productivity and ability to act in order to reach our objectives are perfectly in sync.
How many times have we established objectives for ourselves at the end of the year only to fall short year after year?
Knowing how to establish and carry out a solid plan of action to attain our objectives can catapult us to the next level, allowing us to feel full and content in our life. This is something that traditional educational institutions do not teach us.
**2. Have a basic understanding of finance**
There are some staggering – and frightening – personal finance figures:
– Household debt in Brazil is at 46.3 percent, one of the highest levels ever recorded;
- Interest costs are unknown to 55% of credit card holders;
Seventy percent of lottery winners file for bankruptcy.
- After retirement, only 1% of Brazilians can maintain their quality of living.
The numbers are self-evident. Knowing your own finances, as well as having solid short, medium, and long-term planning, and knowing how to invest or obtain credit responsibly, should all be taught in schools to everyone, regardless of occupation.
"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and "The Richest Man in Babylon" are only two examples of the variety of literature available on the subject. In traditional educational institutions, books are never discussed.
**3. Mistakes should be viewed as opportunities to learn.**
You will never come up with an innovative idea if you are unwilling to make mistakes.
I'm willing to bet that you won't only be lacking in creativity, but you'll also fail, because all successful individuals have failed.
Even so, we are taught from an early age that making mistakes is a terrible thing. We were taught in school that each question has just one correct answer, and that the student who responded correctly and fast was awarded with points and excellent grades.
Many geniuses, business entrepreneurs, and Nobel laureates have been proven incorrect, and as a result of their mistakes, they have invented something creative that has been a big success.
"I didn't fail," Thomas Edison reportedly stated, "I just found 10,000 ways that didn't work."
One of the most efficient ways to learn is to make mistakes. As a result, we must strengthen the creation of a constructive and collaborative error culture in order to get more things right.
Every successful person must be capable of making fresh mistakes and learning from them.
**4. Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills**
It's incredible how few individuals realize and comprehend such a crucial success skill (in friendships, relationships, and careers).
For a long time, I assumed that this was a talent that people were born with or were fortunate enough to have. This is, without a doubt, a skill that can be honed and refined.
**5. Marketing Fundamentals**
Even if you don't think it has anything to do with marketing, you must do it on a daily basis.
An innovation at work, a raise, or persuading your buddies to rearrange their weekend plans are all possibilities. In each of these scenarios, you will require marketing necessities on several occasions.
Even if you're only looking for a cool hashtag for a social media post, you should consider your target audience and a message that makes sense and captures their attention.
This is, once again, pure marketing that is not taught in schools.
**6. Develop Emotional Intelligence and Self-Awareness**
Every day, we are confronted with obstacles that fall short of our expectations, and we must deal with them. What makes a difference in our life is how we address each of these problems.
The majority of problematic circumstances start with simple difficulties that go unaddressed and escalate into more complex dilemmas that sap our energies.
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence are two of the many aspects that impact whether or not we conquer these challenges.
Self-awareness necessitates a great deal of introspection and debate of personal beliefs, whereas emotional intelligence allows you to better comprehend your own and others' emotions, supporting your own and the group's growth.
**7. Be inventive**
"All children are born with the ability to be creative. We take it away from them, and we take it away in a horrible way." ― Ken Robinson, from one of the most popular TED presentations of all time.
Ken takes an in-depth and interesting look at how the school system has led to the decline of the imaginative potential that we are all born with in this talk.
According to Robinson, the Industrial Revolution and the need to equip people with useful disciplines for the new, highly repetitious and operational work model prompted the creation of this system in the 19th century.
Creativity is a skill that people of all ages can learn and improve.
**8. Possess Critical Thinking**
The ability to think clearly and rationally, comprehending the logical relationship between given knowledge, is defined as critical thinking.
People who have perfected their critical thinking skills can do the following:
- *Recognize and connect concepts*;
- *Assessing the significance and applicability of arguments*;
- *Recognize and identify logical inconsistencies*;
— *Make more self-assured choices*.
Every day, we are faced with a plethora of choices. For aggressive decision-making, the ability to go beyond descriptions and examine and weigh the pros and drawbacks, strengths and weaknesses of any argument is critical.
We must search elsewhere for some critical talents for success because traditional institutions do not fully educate us for life.
I remain your favourite writer, **Blackdovy**.
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