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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH LIFE SKILLS

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OBJECTIVES
By the end of the session you will be able to
 know the concept of Life Skills
 Understand the need and importance of Life Skills
in day today life
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Skills are abilities to use know-how to complete tasks
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TYPES OF SKILLS
 Literary Skills
 Language Skills
 Functional Skills

 Livelihood Skills
 Vocational Skills
 Technical Skills
 Employability Skills
 Cultural Skills
 Sports Skills

 Recreational Skills
 Life Skills

Types of Skills
 Literary skills

- Reading, writing &Numeric Skills

 Language Skills

- Using languages in writing/speech

 Functional skills

- Filling of Bank forms, Able to read
Maps, using ATM, mobile, computer etc
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Technical Skills
- The knowledge and abilities needed to
accomplish mathematical, engineering, scientific or
computer- related duties, as well as other specific tasks
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 Cultural Skills

- Singing, Dancing, Dramatics,

 Sports Skills

-Racing, Jumping, Boxing,

Artistic

Jogging etc
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For positive behavior,
a person needs to have positive thinking and look at
opportunities even in difficult situations, in order to cope
with the situation
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 Life Skills, are essentially those abilities that help to

promote physical, mental and emotional well being
and competence to face the realities of life
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•Ability to know our self: Our Character, desires,
likes, dislikes and our strengths and weaknesses
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It is also
often a prerequisite for effective communication and
interpersonal relations, as well as for developing
empathy for others
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 Is the ability to imagine what life is like for another
person, even in a situation that we may not be
familiar with
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Empathy
 Empathy is the ability to accept and

understand others who are different from you
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 This skill works wonders when we apply it to
our relationships with our loved ones,
classmates, parents, friends, cousins and
colleagues
 Finally it helps you to move closer to findings
solutions, to resolve conflicts and enhance
quality of life
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 Listening
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Interpersonal Relationship
 Initiate and maintain positive relationships

and de -link unconstructive relationships
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Critical thinking
Ability to analyze information, experiences,
situations and circumstances etc in an
objective manner and rationally
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 It is not merely criticizing
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 Critical thinking can contribute to health by
helping us to recognize and assess the
factors that influence attitudes and
behaviour, such as values, peer pressure,
and the media
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 Critical thinking promotes creativity
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One
needs to generates new ideas which are
useful and relevant
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Creative Thinking
 Creative thinking contributes to both

decision making and problem solving
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 can help us to respond adaptively and with flexibility
to the situations of our daily lives
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 Significant problems that are left unresolved can

cause mental stress and give rise to accompanying
physical strain
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 Decide the best possible solution
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Decision Making
 Decision making helps us to deal

constructively with decisions about our lives
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Coping with Emotion
 Recognizing emotions in ourselves and others
 Being aware of how emotions influence behaviour,

 Being able to respond to emotions appropriately
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Coping with Stress
 Coping with stress is about recognizing the sources

of stress in our lives,
 Recognizing how this affects us, &
 Acting in ways that help to control our levels
of stress by changing our environment or life style
and learning how to relax so that tensions created by
unavoidable stress do not give rise to health
problems
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 Life Skills are present in every individual
 To get the best out of them we need to sharpen them

regularly
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 Life Skills are nothing new
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 Life skills can be learned/enhanced throughout life
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Why do we need Life
Skills ??

We need Life Skills : To develop a dynamic self image and great self esteem
 To improve the communication skills
 To make relationships better and handle interpersonal

problems
 To boost our decision making ability and make informed
decisions
 To help us to deal with the challenges of everyday life
 To become a well adjusted individual

Importance of Life Skills…
 Enable us to adapt to situations and people
 Help us to have a positive approach and not get

depressed with problems
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(source: programme on mental health, WHO-1993, Life skills education in schools)

Areas where Life Skills can be
applied
 Education
 Sexual and Reproductive Health
 HIV/AIDS
 Violence Prevention / Conflict Resolution
 Media Literacy
 Substance abuse
 Environmental issues
 Career development

 Marriage
 Workplace

Internalizing life skills
 ASSESS
 DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE
 FIX PRIORITIES BASED ON NEED

 ACT ON THE PLAN
 CONSCIOUS AND CONTINUOUS PRACTICE
 PERIODICAL REVIEW

To Sum up
 Life Skills help in developing positive and flexible

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attitude in life
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We learn Life Skills from our own experiences,
perceptions, insight, stories, books, parents,
teachers, religion, media, culture etc
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To get the best out
of them we need to sharpen them regularly
Enhancing Life Skills enables us to adapt to
situations and people and helps us to lead a
healthy and positive life

THANK YOU…
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