{"id":6256,"date":"2019-08-20T12:22:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/?p=6256"},"modified":"2019-08-20T12:22:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:22:18","slug":"the-top-5-foundational-life-skills-you-must-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2019\/the-top-5-foundational-life-skills-you-must-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"The TOP 5 Foundational Life Skills You MUST Learn!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Becoming a successful developer has much more to do than just code. You need to learn the top 5 foundational life skills: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you follow the VLOGs or the articles you know that the only thing we love more than foundational skills is ‘top’<\/em> lists: top 5, top 10, top 8 – we love ’em!!
So when we got to release a ‘top<\/em>‘ list about foundational skills, you better believe we went to the moon and back, baby! These are life<\/span> skills – sure, they can make you better at your job, but they also make you a better all around human<\/em>, and that’s what makes them great.

1. Communication Skills:<\/span> ” We talk about this in terms of software development, talk about this in terms of business, talk about this in terms of dating! If you know how to talk and you can communicate well and listen well, etc, etc, …great communication skills in something very important.”

2. Tech\/Coding Skills:<\/span> “I believe even if you don’t want to become a coder, you should learn the basics of coding: understanding technology. Because all businesses depend on coding and technology.” For example: “A butcher needs a good website, they need to understand the social media landscape, they need to know what tech is available to help automate and streamline their business -and this is a totally non-tech business.” “…Learning technology and how to code, it may not be as important as reading and writing, but it’s up there…”

3. Financial Skills:<\/span> I know you may not physically be nodding your head right now but somewhere in the back of your brain, your unconscious mind definitely is. “This is something that will assure your sanity and a less stressful life. If you just learn some basic financial skills -basic saving: #1<save!>, and #2: basic investing- very important. Your life will be so much easier if you just learn to save and invest properly -trust me, it makes a HUGE<\/strong> difference.”

4. Lizard Wizard Skills:<\/span> “Arguably the most important…psychology\/behavioral psychology: understanding how our brains work, how everybody’s brains work -it plays a huge role in terms of all the other skills in your life.” If you have a chance google: ‘lizard brain’ and prepare to be blown away…

5. Business Skills:<\/span> “How to make money; whether you’re going to work for people, freelancing, or starting your own business…”. Wondering how business skills help if you’re working for someone? “If you can understand how the decision-makers think (if you understand how business works), even as an employee it will help you better navigate within that context. It will help you rise up in the ranks higher (if that’s your goal), it will help you to understand how to negotiate better salaries, etc, etc.”

So there you have it. Check out the VLOG for more of this smiling mug (face), and keep on being a good human!
-Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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