The document discusses various life competencies including creativity, innovation, critical thinking, collaboration, time management, personal growth, responsibility, communication, problem solving, and decision making. It provides definitions for each competency and explains their importance. For each one, it outlines several benefits and gives examples. The document emphasizes that life competencies play an important role in shaping individuals and preparing them to face challenges. It also acknowledges the teamwork required to present this information on life competencies.

1. UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCES , BANGALORE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL
MARKETING, CO-OPERATION AND
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
-- Dr. RANGANATH G

2. LIFE COMPETENCIES
Life Competencies: a cluster of related
abilities, commitments, knowledge and skills
that enable a person to act effectively in a life
situation.

3. IMPORTANCE OF LIFE COMPETENCIES:
In today’s complex world , life competencies play a
very important role in shaping the personality of the
individuals, in helping them establish their self –
identity and in preparing them to face the myriad
challenges of life more effectively.

4. COMPETENCIES

5. Creativity :
The tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives or
possibilities that may be useful in solving problems,
communicating with others and entertaining ourselves and
others

6.  Creativity helps in solving problems.
 Creativity makes us more happier and more content.
 Creativity helps us to survive in troubled times.
 Creativity boosts confidence.
 Creativity can improve our brain.
 Creativity allows us to express our feelings.
CREATIVITY IS INTELLIGENCE HAVING FUN.
-ALBERT EINSTEN

7. INNOVATION:
Innovation is the practical implementation of new
ideas that results in achieving the goals.

9.  Innovation drives people to find opportunities.
 Innovation encourages for personal growth.
 Innovation boosts creativity and confidence.
 Innovation flourishes education.
 Innovation increases productivity.
 Innovation gives a competitive advantage.
 Innovation impacts economic growth.
 Innovation determines success.

10. Definitions:
Critical thinking is skillful, responsible thinking that facilitates good
judgement.
Critical thinking is an act of learning. Thinking can also be processed
and developed. It is nurtured. Individual grows in each and every
moment of his life.
--Rajeev Ranjan

12. Collaboration is defined as two or more people
working together towards shared goals.

15. TIME MANAGEMENT:
Time management is the process of organizing and
planning how to divide your time between different
activities efficiently.

16. Importance of Time Management:
Effective time management increases our focus and improves
our productivity.
We gain a sense of satisfaction .
It improves self discipline.
It helps us reduce stress.
Increases our efficiency.
Earns us trust and respect.

17. PERSONAL GROWTH:
Personal Growth is the act of developing as an individual.
Personal Growth is a process of identifying the physical,
emotional, mental, social and spiritual changes we desire and
working in each area to improve and reach our fullest
potential.
“Work on you, for you”.

19. IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL GROWTH:
 Creates self awareness.
 Helps in finding a sense of direction.
 Helps in improving skills and focus.
 Motivating yourself.
 Helps in building up relationships.
 Helps you to come out of your comfort zone.
 Increases confidence.

20. RESPONSIBILITY
Responsibility is an art of being answerable ,
accountable for something within one’s power control or
management.
Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you
believe in. If you do not , you are surrendering your fate to
others.”
-A P J Abdul Kalam

21. IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY:
We will be able to build strong long-lasting relationships with
others.
We will attain self satisfaction.
No scope for complaints.
It helps us build leadership quality in us.
It builds our self esteem.
It enhances our professionalism.
It helps us to learn and grow as a person.

22.  Communication is interchange of thoughts, opinions or
information by speech, writing or signs.
 Interpersonal communication is the process by which people
exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal
and non- verbal messages: it is face-to-face communication.

23. Improved relationships with family, family and colleagues.
Improved physical and emotional health.
Build trust.
Foster effective communication.
Expand your opportunities.
Make you relatable.
Demonstrate social awareness.
Make you an effective leader.
Increase client satisfaction.
Improved decision making and problem solving.
Importance of Interpersonal Communication

25. 1.Verbal Communication:
Verbal communication is the use of words to share information
with other people, it includes both spoken and written
communication.

26. Importance of Verbal Communication:
 Influencing task performance.
 Linking plans and actions.
 Making effective decisions.
 Enhancing effective work relationships.
 Sharing emotions.
 Fulfilling social need for belonging.
 Providing training aids.
 Assisting in problem solving.

27. 2. Non-verbal communication:
It is the transmission of messages or signals through a non
verbal platform such as eye contact, facial expressions,
gestures, posture and the distance between two members.

28. Importance of non-verbal communication:
 Strengthens the first impression and it is important because
the first impressions affects our perception.
 It plays a role in face to face situation.
 It expresses non verbal paralinguistic messages.
 Provide feedback.
 Regulate the flow of communication.
 Reinforce or modify what is said.

29. 3. Listening Skills:
Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret
messages in the communication process. Listening is key to
all effective communication.
Without the ability to listen effectively messages are
misunderstood, it is an active process of getting information.

30. What is Listening?
 Listening is one of the most important skills you can
have.
 Listening is not just about being quiet while
someone is speaking.
 Listening is with the mind.
 Hearing with senses.
 Listening is conscious.
 To improve our interpersonal and oral exchange.

31. PROCESS OF LISTENING:

32. Basic types of Listening:
1. ACTIVE LISENING:
 Understanding all things
 Proper interaction.
 Proper feedback.
2. SELECTIVE LISTENING:
 We remember only selective portion.
 Topic is not to our liking.
3. IGNORING LISTENING:
 Not listening to all.
 It is pretty insulting to others.
 It can lead to strained relations.

33. How to listen effectively?
1. Stop talking – Be silent
2. Show interest
3. Empathize
4. Ask questions
5. Maintain eye contact
6. Take notes
7. Listen creatively
8. Put your entirety
9. Send feedback
10.Avoid or eliminate distraction
11.Try to gather information about the topic to develop
interest and familiarity,

34. Benefits of effective listening:
 Enhances productivity.
 Improves relations.
 Improves understanding.
 Improves understanding.
 Improves negotiation skills.
 Adds to your image and personality.

35. Importance of Listening Skills:
 Communication is not complete without effective
listening.
 It helps in learning.
 It increases one’s understanding.
 It builds stronger relationships by creating a desire to co-
operate among people.
 An attentive listener stimulates better speaking by the
speaker.
 A good listener can restructure vague speaking in a way
that produces clearer meaning.
 A good listener learns to detect prejudices, assumptions
and attitudes.

36. 4. Negotiation:
Negotiation is an interactive process between two or more
negotiators or parties seeking to find common ground on
issues of mutual interest, where negotiators or parties seek to
make a mutually acceptable agreement that will be honored
by all.

37. Types of Negotiation:
 Salary negotiation:
Candidates for jobs bargain with an employer about
their salary and benefits.
 Vendor negotiation:
Many businesses negotiate with vendors on the
pricing and services provided in contracts.
 Disruptive negotiation:
Bargaining approach in which one person succeeds
only if another person loses. It is also called is zero-
sum negotiation or win-lose negotiation.

38. Importance of negotiation:
 Builds confidence.
 Develops interpersonal skills.
 Improves reasoning and creative abilities.
 Makes you a better strategizer and planner.
 Makes it difficult for people to take advantage of you.
 It helps in increasing overall profit of a firm or company.
 It helps in solving conflicts.
 It helps in building the reputation of a firm or a company

39. 5. Decision Making:
The process of examining your possibilities, options,
comparing them, and choosing a course of action.

40. Six C’s of Decision Making:
 Construct
 Compile
 Collect
 Compare
 Consider
 Commit
“Decision decides destiny, there is no action
without decision”.
--Tony Robbins

42. Importance of Decision Making:
 Helps in selecting the best option.
 Better utilization of resources.
 Helps in business growth.
 Helps in facing problems and challenges.
 Achievement of objectives.
 Facilitates objectives.
 Increases efficiency.
 Evaluates managerial performance.
 Motivates employees.

43. Problem:
A doubtful or difficult matter requiring a
solution or Something hard to understand,
accomplish or deal with.
Problem Solving:
The Problem Solving is a process of
overcoming difficulties that appear to interfere
with the attainment of goal.

44. “The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does
exist”
--Zig Ziglar

45. Some of the important skills required in problem solving are:
Creativity, Research skills, Teamwork, Intelligence, Risk
management, Decision making, etc..

46. IMPORTANCE OF PROBLEM SOLVING:
 Make the impossible possible.
 Makes you a stand out.
 Increases confidence.
 Increase trust and credibility.
 Save resource and reduce loss
 Create more opportunities.

47. THIS PRESENTATION CAME UP THROUGH THE
EFFORTS AND TEAMWORK OF:
CHETHAN C
DEEPIKA H B
P R FATHIMA THASLEEMA
GAGAN A
GOUDAPPA J
GOUDAPPA GOUDA
HARSHITHA G
JAYA PRAKASH B S
JEEVAN S M
JYOTI LAKKAPPA HALINGALI
“SUCCESS IS BEST WHEN IT’S SHARED”.