The wise men often reckon to prepare for the future, and with the pace new technologies have popped up and changed industries in recent years, the profundity of the aforementioned advice seems even more vivid.
Futuristic quantum computers and the age of robots aren’t only constrained to sci-fi movies, they’re our reality now. You might have noticed how the nature of jobs has changed around you and it’s safe to say that an awful lot of skills and jobs would become obsolete in the coming years. So, just to make sure these new changes don’t look foreign to you and robots don’t give you a run for your money, here’s a list of skills that you should be honing to make sure the arsenal of your skill set doesn’t look antiquated.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”- Alvin Toffler
Cognitive Flexibility:
As the name suggests, Cognitive Flexibility is how flexible your cognitive skills are, and how easily you can comprehend and find answers when new patterns are introduced to you.
In case you’re clueless about what mental gymnastics would foster your relevant skills, try indulging into new activities like learning a new form of dance or maybe a musical instrument.
Negotiation:
Robots could be miles ahead of humans in terms of calculations but when it comes to negotiations, a lot of factors that robots—even after emotion-reading technology—struggle to fathom.
If you’re witty and know how to influence people with your knowledge, the future shines bright for you.
Emotional Intelligence:
Akin to the last one, emotional intelligence encompasses all the social skills that make an individual take efficient decisions in an environment of social complexities and perhaps, toxicity too.
It is clearly going to be a crucial skill in the coming years and could always give you an upper hand if you’ve mastered it.
Critical thinking:
Pundits often call this one as one of the most crucial skills for the future but what exactly does Critical thinking mean?
It’s the most efficient use of logic and reasoning to carry out solutions to complex problems. Humans have an intrinsic zeal to explore more and with answers getting more complex as we delve deeper, shrewd critical thinkers would be welcomed by organisations with arms wide open in the future.
Creativity:
Creativity has always been an evergreen quality and even in the age dictated by robots (possibly), creative people would still be hot-prospects.
If you’re someone who could find unique ways to create innovative products using available information and ideas, you’re a creative person.
The game has always been the survival of the fittest. And in the rapidly-changing world, the ones who adapt well would have higher chances of survival.
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