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10 difficult skills it pays to master

Posted by / June 30, 2015

It’s tough for many of us to see the worth in the years we spent learning foreign languages in high school that, to this day, we can still only swear in, yet there are other difficult lessons that do pay off no matter where you go or what you do.

Entrepreneur’s Rachel Gillett dropped in a Quora forum recently where participants answered the question, “What are the hardest and most useful skills to learn?”

Here are her top ten picks. What would you add to the list?

(Apologies, Monsieur Bonds. Meeting you was totally worth the four years of French.)

1. Time management

Effective time management is one of the most highly valued skills by employers. While there is no one right way, it’s important to find a system that works for you and stick to it, Alina Grzegorzewska explains…

2. Empathy

“You can be the most disciplined, brilliant, and even wealthy individual in the world, but if you don’t care for or empathize with other people, then you are basically nothing but a sociopath,” writes Kamia Taylor

3. Mastering your sleep

There are so many prescribed sleep hacks out there it’s often hard to keep track. But regardless of what you choose, establishing a ritual can help ensure you have restful nights…

Full story at Entrepreneur.

A real education never ends.

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