What are Life Skills?

 Life Skills are defined in the Targeting Life

Skills (TLS) Model (Hendricks, 1996) as "Skills
that help an individual to be successful in living
a productive and satisfying life."
 Who needs Life Skills?
 Everyone and anyone who wants to lead a
meaningful life, needs Life Skills. They are
applicable to all ages.
 Top 10 Life Skills
1. How to communicate effectively with others
 Having the ability to communicate effectively is one of
the most vital life skills for students and individuals
alike. Communication skills are not something
someone is born with but are developed over a while.
These basic life skills may as well take a lifetime to
master.
 This life skill applies to many other life skills such as
setting up an appointment, approaching a teacher, or
making a friend.
 Top 10 Life Skills
2. How to manage time properly
 Learning time management will literally change a
student’s life. Time management, once mastered,
helps students control their destiny.
 Top 10 Life Skills
3. How to stay organized to reduce stress
 Students need help when it comes to developing
organization skills. It deals with how to keep track of
things, how to keep things neat and clean etc.
 It will also helps in reducing stress
 Top 10 Life Skills
4. How to study
 Study skills, academic skill, or study strategies are
approaches applied to learning. They are generally
critical to success in school, considered essential for
acquiring good grades, and useful for learning
throughout one's life.
 Top 10 Life Skills
5. How to collaborate with others
 Collaboration skills are significant in effectively
completing school projects and assignments.
 Teamwork
 Top 10 Life Skills
6. How to solve problems and take decisions
 It’s essential to have the right problem solving and
decision-making skills to succeed in life. Hence
students from a very young age must be taught to
make decisions on their own. The right decision-
making skills must be taught to make simple and
wise decisions quickly.
 Top 10 Life Skills
7. How to set goals and target
 Setting goals gives your life direction, and boosts
your motivation and self-​confidence. Students need
to learn how to set the goal of life that s/he need to
achieve and how to get motivation to achieve the life
goal.
 Top 10 Life Skills
8. How to manage money
 Learning about managing money comes from having
an allowance, budgeting for things you want and
saving money for future needs.
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9. How to make oneself independent
Learning the basic skills that will make a students
independent, not need to depend on others.
 Cooking
 Washing and ironing cloths
 Cleaning
 Shopping
 Climbing tree
 Fixing household items, like changing light bulb
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10. How to take care of your health
 Staying healthy physically can help you stay healthy
emotionally too. If you're eating the right food and
keeping fit, your body will be strong and help you to
cope with stress and also fight illness.