Up-Close with Chin Teik: Life Skills Not Soft Skills

Up-Close with Chin Teik Episodes: Life Skills not  Soft Skills

Due to the daily use of problem solving, decision making, running/attending meetings, dealing with conflicts etc., we assume that everyone is good at these skills. But at the same time, these daily-use skills are intuitive, unconscious and individualistic. Thus many label these skills - "soft".  "Soft" makes it harder to transfer and replicate for repeatable and predictable results. 

Have you ever wondered where the term "soft skills" come from?  Listen to this podcast to find out.
I prefer, use and teach life skills because these skills are hard and not easy, requiring conscious diligent practice for mastery and multiplier impact

• transfer for multiplier impact for effective collaboration and co-creation of solutions
• repeatable process for predictable results 
• life application not tied to any specific field
• fundamental to an organization's culture for execution 

Life skills should be taught by all companies to differentiate it's culture - "how we do things here"