I was trying to think out – What is the most important soft skill in life?
Some options I came across:
Communication? Public speaking? Problem solving? Team management? Time management?
The list was getting too long!
I tried to find a common thread which underlines several soft skills which came to my mind. I zeroed upon something which can be described as – "ability to take neutral view-points" to be the most important of all. Communication is an integral part of our personal and professional life. To interact and understand the communication and to respond in an appropriate way, it is most important for a person to be able to see things from various viewpoints and understand the reason behind an action. Only when we understand the reason behind someone’s action, we can modify our approach to get the desired result from the person we are dealing with.
A person should be able to put himself in place of the other person and see how will he feel or how will he react to a given situation. This skill can be very important for people who work in communication-centric jobs like sales and marketing, public relations, teaching, project management.
The root cause of all problems and disappointments is that we see things the way we want to see it. We all do this mistake conciously or unconciously. However whenever we interact, we can try to remind ourself – "Step in his (the other person’s) shoes".
Happy changing shoes!
It’s the ability to communicate. 🙂
I think so. It’s the ability to balance all factors of life.