The document discusses skills needed for life and self-actualization. It recommends defining the purpose of one's life, planning to fulfill that purpose, and then executing plans through developing key skills. Some of the essential skills discussed are goal setting, time management, self-awareness, dedication, monitoring progress, and adapting to changes. The overall message is that to achieve one's potential, one must first gain clarity on one's purpose and direction in life, and then work systematically towards accomplishing goals through planning, action, evaluation and refinement of efforts.

1. By LAYWi
Skills for Life
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Manage your Life with a Plan
Self Awareness Self Profiling
Self
Actualisation

2. Skills for Life
Define
purpose of
life?
Plan to fulfill
the purpose!
Execute the
plans,
actualise
Skills needed!

3. Its only fair to reach consensus on definition of life before we look into skills for life.
What is Life?
Dictionary: The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter,
including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change
preceding death.
Other definition: Life is interaction between one’s mind, body, society and environment
one lives in. Eventual aim is happiness, inherent and consciously or sub-consciously
driven.
So then what is happiness?
Dictionary: Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment or Satisfied with the quality or
standard of
Other Definition: The realization or fulfilment of one’s talents and potentialities,
especially considered as a drive or need present.
This happens to be definition of Self-Actualization.

5. Skills for LIFE
Define
purpose of
life?
Plan to fulfill
the purpose!
Execute the
plans,
actualise
Skills needed!

6. LIFE What it means to you?
Self Awareness

7. Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Write down purpose of your life.
Write down where do you see yourself in 20 years time.
Write down where do you see yourself in 10 years time.
Write down where do you see yourself in 5 years time.
Write down where do you see yourself in 1 years time.
Things to remember while doing this exercise:
Give yourself time, it can’t be done in one evening or one week
Make sure your thoughts are bottom up aligned (incrementally adding up)
Maintain healthy balance as human being would expect
Whole process is done with bottom-line aim of achieving happiness & enjoying the
journey while remaining true to ultimate destination/goals.

8. If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
BALANCE IN LIFE
Write down where to see yourself 10 years down the line professional
Write down how do you see your personal relationships in next 10 years
Write down how do you see yourself well-being in 10 years (Physical, Mental and Spiritual)
Write down how do you see yourself financially secured (meeting required needs)

9. What we want in Life ?
Respect (for knowledge and actions)
Love (sense of belonging)
Health
Security (in financial and physical terms)
WHY YOU
WANT
“WHAT”
YOU WANT
IN
LIFE ?
Ask yourself hard honest questions
Challenge yourself till you absolutely believe
in yourself without shadow of doubt as you
get rid of unnecessary baggage.
Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.

10. SKILLS
1. Develop your Value System
2. Develop vision for your Life and influencing domain
3. Habitualise your skills
4. Self Awareness
Definitions
A value system is the combined morals, ethics, standards, preferences, belief
systems and world views that define an individual, group or culture.
Vision: The ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or
wisdom.

11. EXAMPLE Value System
Step 1: Guide Principles should guide your "Thoughts" those producing positive "Initiatives
and Action” - Belief system
Step 2: Approach to Life should evaluate and guide your "Action" to have better "Platform to
Deliver” - Learning system
Step 3: Execution Should continuously evaluate and guide to better Habits and Character,
leading to "Defined destiny and Happiness” – Action system

12. EXAMPLE
Develop vision for your Life and influencing domain

13. EXAMPLE
Habitualise your skills

14. Plan :Identify The Path,
Simulate The Execution
Stylize, edit, and animate your media

15. IDENTIFY:
The GAP
between
where you
are today
and where
you want to
be!
MAKE a plan. Stick to purpose and not plan.
Plan invariably change with setbacks.
Simulate the journey. Often! Habitual-lize.
List the resources you would require. Find
the building blocks, the stepping stones!
Decide the Price you are willing to Pay!
Make a conscious choice… Go for it
knowingly.
A Journey of a thousand miles, Begins with a single step!

16. Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Build your
character,
Complete
the Story
Today
Its all
about :
JOURNEY
Vision
BRIDGE THE
GAP.
Start!

17. Prioritise what matter and adds value!
See the GAP clearly where you stand today
and what is your ideal standing.
The most important thing in life is knowing
the most important things in life.
Breakdown into small steps and focus!
Most of us spend too much time on what is
urgent and not enough time on what is
important!
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
PRIORITISE:
What needs
attention
and what’s
needs
rejection!

18. SKILLS for LIFE
Once you are aware of your purpose / direction,
 Break them down into actionable tasks
 Set priorities
 Define success criteria & clearly define success benefits over
period
 Keep SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and
Time bound).

19. SKILLS
 Goal setting / Meticulous planning
 Time & Priority management
 Resource Management
 Self Profiling

20. EXAMPLE Goal setting / Meticulous planning

21. EXAMPLE Time & Priority management

22. EXAMPLE Resource Management
Wisely using resources you have –
 Time
 Monetary
 Relationships
 Knowledge (Skills) & experience

23. EXAMPLE
Self Profiling

24. Execute Align & Achieve
The best way to predict your future is to create it

25. I never worry about action, but only inaction.
ACT ACT ACT
Have a plan & Act – Act as per plan!
Align the plan and Act
Plans = good intentions; ACTION = hard work.
Celebrate the success and Act!
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Action and Motion are different things!
Develop a sense of urgency.
Remember:
Every ACTION has equal and opposite
REACTION; Be prepared for it.

26. Measure
See the change;
To improve is to change; to be
perfect is to change often.
Positive or Negative?
If you do not change direction,
you may end up where you are heading.
Monitor
Yourself; Your Action; Your Results.
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
MONITOR
AND
MEASURE:
Mind the
change;
Measure the
change!

27. SKILLS for LIFE: Execution
As you have plans / blue prints now, so what we need for good execution is
 Consistency in application / Persistence
 Regular monitoring for clues for any change, honest evaluation
 Mind and attitude for change
 Celebration for milestone reached

28. SKILLS
1. Dedication, Determination & Discipline (3D’s)
2. Monitoring
3. Aptitude and Attitude for change
4. Self Actualization

29. RECAPFinally
Define  Refine  Align

30. Have vision and values system and in sync.
Focus the key areas for life.
Demonstrate personal commitment to being living examples of disciplined execution.
It is essential that all of the major plans and objectives (tasks/ goals) you have be fully aligned.
When priorities are confusing or at odds, it leads to failure.
Create systems and processes to ensure repeatable success (your executing engine).
Evaluate, Re-evaluate on regular basis! Monitor for subtle hints.
Be sure to have all of the training, support, resources and help necessary to be successful in
executing plans.
Expect the unexpected. Adjust and innovate continuously in response to life & circumstantial
changes / challenges while still focused on executing to the appropriate plans.
Celebrate your successes with Friends, Families and other associates.

31. Life As You Want it
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a
genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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