The magic in soft skills:

Charlie is a magician.

Just kidding!

Though he fools us all, for he certainly acts like one.

In reality Charlie got the magic touch.

He is the one whom everyone trusts and loves. Whenever something needs to get done everyone turns to Charlie. He gets it done and completes it way before the deadline. Then he pretends it wasn’t all his doing and everyone helped.

You can be a Charlie too!

How?

By simply working on your soft skills.

Soft skills have the power to build and solidify powerful relationships; it can soften harsh blows and can mend wrong decisions. You made a mistake? Learn how to apologize appropriately. Want to build relationships with your students? Learn what a relationship means and what it takes to build one.

So what are soft skills?

People skills- anything that enables one to interact with others, be it your students, so teachers, children, spouse, colleagues or clients. Communication, goal setting, motivation, team building and empathy are all soft skills.

The best part is that soft skills can be learned. Everyone can succeed and learn.
You do not need to be a talented individual or sit in school a long time to get these skills.

The more you exercise those skills the better you become.

Just like the more often one uses their talent the better they become, the same works with soft skills. Use them and before you know it, it will become second nature.

The more work you put in, the more you take out.

Want to be that Charlie?

Start working on your soft skills.

How to build great soft skills:

How to strengthen your communication skills:

• Become an active listener- concentrate on the other as they are talking
• When talking be clear and concise when talking
• Take a look at your body language
• Always maintain eye contact

How to strengthen your relationship skills:

• Be real and vulnerable
• be sociable and appropriate
• don’t gossip
• build your conflict resolution strategies
• network
• seek to continue professional development and personal growth

How to build your creativity, enthusiasm and motivation skills:

• take initiative
• work together as a team
• help out when needed and not just when requested
• take upon challenges

Now go ahead, be the magician you always dreamed you will be!