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Top 10 Life Skills recommended by WHO

The Top 10 Life Skills recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) are Essential Skills for All Individual to face the challenges of leaving and maintain mental equilibrium. These life skills have to imported to every child or adolescent during the educational period in schools and colleges. Parents, Teachers and all the concerned should join hands in this activity.

Let us start listing these Skills 1 by 1:

1. Problem Solving:

The individual should know the steps in problemsolving i.e. understanding the nature of the problem, its onset, factors which aggravate the problem, different solutions and how to choose the best.

2. Decision Making:

Before taking a decision, one has to list the pros and cons, loss and the gain, the risk involved. One need not hesitate to consult the appropriate people.

3. Creative Thinking:

One should be innovative and creative; explore new ideas and methods

4. Critical Thinking:

One has to learn to evaluate and critically look at an issue, information situation or requirement or recommendations made by others. One should not blindly accept or get carried away by other's statements or pressures.

5. Self Awareness:

It is very necessary to have an insight into self, one's capabilities, and limitations. One's strength's & weaknesses. Appropriate Self Esteem should be present. Both Inferiority & Superiority feelings about self are harmful.

6. Empathy:

One should understand others views, experiences & expressions with sympathy. One should put himself in other shoes and react.

7. Interpersonal Relationship:

One should develop the skills of establishing and maintaining an appropriate, friendly relationship with most of the persons, one should also learn skills to manage hostile and troublesome persons by keeping the required distance.

8. Good Communication:

Good Communication Skills verbal & nonverbal are very important in the day-to-day functioning of the individual. Communication of feelings and emotions is essential for mental well being.

9. Management of Stress:

Appropriate & Healthy Methods of managing one's stresses go a long way in the prevention of physical and mental disorders.

10. Management of Emotions:

Appropriate & Healthy Methods of managing one's negative emotions go a long way in the prevention of physical and mental disorders.

Closing Thoughts, Some Important Points to Family Members & Others:

1. Be friendly and kind to all.

2. Show Love & Affection to others without

expecting anything in return.

3. Appreciate there good gestures, talk, and behavior.

4. Avoid them when they misbehave. Help them if you can.

5. Share the resources. Accommodate, if there are differences of opinion.

6. Have a few common activities.

7. Encourage Good Communication which brings harmony among the family members.