In life, you have certainly heard a lot about two skill words.

Those who master the skills,

technical software, ... often handle and overcome obstacles in life more easily. What skills
can you use? What skills do we need to actively cultivate? What is the difference between the
types of skills? Join us to find out more in the article below.

What is the concept of skill?

Skill is the ability to apply human knowledge and understanding to do something, be it a
technical career, a professional job or an emotional, survival, communication, ...
There is no specific concept of skills. Depending on each person will have different
definitions. In general, skills can be understood as the above concept or in a shorter way.
Skill (English name is Skill) is when someone applies their ability or ability to perform an
action in order to produce the desired result.
With the skills equipped, we will use it to apply in practice. Skills can be divided into
different ranks. Initially, the skills may be few or not mastered, but after time and practice,
the skills will be "leveled". At the same time, there are many types of skills. Each person
needs to equip themselves with types and levels of skills to apply in practice.

Important skills needed in life

Skills anyone needs to value a better life.

Hard skills
What is hard skill? Hard skills are knowledge, understanding or hands-on experience of
technical nature. Skills are often professional. In other words, hard skills refer to
qualifications, specialist knowledge, qualifications and professional certificates. This type of
technique is mostly trained in schools. Through core subjects, hard skills are gradually
developed.
To acquire hard skills, you will have to go through a long, hard time training. Besides, you
also have to make efforts to pass tests, exams to prove ability.
Some examples of hard skills in life:
Office computing skills: Typing, drafting, calculating excel, ...
Foreign language skills: Proficient in one or more foreign languages. English, Japanese,
Korean, ... are very popular now.
Machine operation skills: controlling machines, equipment, repairing computers, ...
The hard skills requirements you can easily see in the job postings. Graduating from a certain
university / college, Toeic, IELTS, ... is also required for your hard skills.

Soft skills
What are soft skills? Soft skills (soft skills) are important skills related to the intellect and
emotions. Soft skills demonstrate the ability to integrate and interact with society,
community, collective, ... It can be seen that soft skills are not specialized but related to
personality and emotions more. Unlike the hard skills that are often built up in schools,
"Longevity" is often compared to the place where "forging" soft skills.
If you have a better understanding of what skills are, how are soft skills defined? See the
example below.
Some examples of soft skills:
Communication skills (very important)
Skills to work independently or work in groups
Negotiation, problem solving, crisis handling skills
Time management skills: Divide time to work, no "rubber hours"
Leadership skills: Orienting, influencing, coordinating people
Presentation skills: Presenting theses, dissertations, public teaching, ...
In fact, hard skills are a necessary condition and soft skills are a sufficient condition. Most
successful people only possess about 25% of hard skills. Occupying the majority, up to 3
times the hard skills are soft skills, life skills (75%).

Life skills
What is the life skills? Life skills are briefly understood as necessary and reasonable skills
and habits to handle specific situations in life. Life skills will help solve and handle problems
more effectively. And in many situations, they also provide a spectacular escape route.
Typical examples of life skills:
Escape skills: Escape from fire, earthquake, flood, accident, abuse, ...
Skills to use objects, especially dangerous manipulations: knives, scissors, hammers,
electricity
Coping skills, adaptive: Someone asks to go out, give money, ask to send things, but find it
suspicious, they need to skillfully find ways to refuse.
Money management skills: Calculate, spend reasonably.
Swimming skills, survival skills when lost in the forest, ...
Self-care, hygiene and self-protection skills: not following strangers, not arbitrarily eating
food given by strangers, not hanging out in secluded places, ...

The formation process, the differences between the skills

If hard skills show "hard" in the name, soft skills tend to be flexible and flexible. Training
time, forming these two types of skills is quite different. It will take a long time to learn,
building hard skills. With soft skills, the time is usually shorter and depends on the
qualifications and abilities of each person.
You already know what skills are, hard skills and soft skills. What about life skills? Many
people think that soft skills and life skills are the same thing? Is that true?

Suggest ways to hone your skills effectively

Each person will have different ways to build and accumulate skills. Whether it is hard skills,
soft skills or life skills, there are some ways you can consult.
It's a very practical, quick way to learn skills. The previous ones will show you many things
and may also offer useful notes for you to learn from.
Learn through new challenges: Don't just rely on others forever. You need to know the
"commitment" to discover new things for yourself.
Improve knowledge: Through books, magazines, television, radio.
Explore personality, self-understanding, recognize strengths and weaknesses. From there, you
will know what skills you have and what skills you need to build.
Making friends and building relationships: You need to be active, have a little wide
communication to learn more, ...
Hopefully the above article has helped you understand what skills are and what types of skills
you need to master. Every skill type is very important and has its own roles. Take the time to
build and accumulate the right skills for yourself to be successful in work and life.
Understanding the concept of a skill is any part of helping you visualize a skill's role. People
need to learn, practice and practice a lot of different skills. Journalism for Americans is given
a list of 13 skills that each person must practice and equip themselves with. These technical
tools could be:

The role of skills

Learn how to learn skills and learning methods.
Test your skills and listen.
Skills to solve all problems.
Presentation and persuasion skills.
Skillful thinking and continuous creation.
Self-respect training skills.
The skill of setting goals and creating motivation.
Personal and career development skills for each person.
Communication skills help success.
Skill working group.
Talking and negotiation skills.
Results ensure skills in the organization.
Skills of leadership and in organization.
Equipped with all of the above skills will greatly help your life. Because in life, you need to
do a series of actions and perform tasks related to those jobs to support each other. For
example, understanding and listening skills help you to select important sources of
information. Meanwhile, the presentation skills help you to attract and persuade listeners to
expand your relationships.
So, please equip yourself with the necessary skills. Regardless of whether a skill is formed
quickly or slowly depends on the determination, desire and ability of each person to receive.