{"id":974,"date":"2016-10-06T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T09:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/?p=974"},"modified":"2016-10-06T19:13:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T11:13:10","slug":"soft-skills-your-lightsaber-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/2016\/10\/soft-skills-your-lightsaber-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft skills: Your lightsaber in the real world"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a fan Star Wars, lightsabers do not need any introduction. If you are not familiar of what it is and what it is used for, read on. A lightsaber is generally used for both combat and defense. It is the weapon of the Jedi, who uses his mastery and knowledge to safe himself and others.<\/p>\n

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Example of lightsabers in Star Wars.<\/p><\/div>\n

A lightsaber is not like a sniper gun which can be used from afar. Instead, it is a weapon for hand-to-hand fight; be it with one opponent or many.<\/p>\n

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[su_pullquote]Soft skills are to students, what lightsabers are to Jedis.<\/span>[\/su_pullquote] Soft skills are your weapon for hand-to-hand, or rather face-to-face scrimmage\u00a0<\/a>in your career and professional environment. While technical skills are the core of what you are and what you can do, without soft skills to show them off; you may never be able to showcase your true technical prowess<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some soft skills you need to acquire before setting off into the real world, where competition is the norm.<\/p>\n

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How do you acquire these skills? You get them by doing. You can read a thousand cookbooks, but unless you actually cook, you cannot say you have the skills.<\/p>\n

#Step 1: Learn how to do it.<\/strong><\/em><\/span> \u00a0How to communicate effectively? How to be good in English or Bahasa Malaysia? Google it. Find instructional videos on YouTube. Attend a course or a workshop.<\/p>\n

#Step 2: Practice\u00a0it.<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0Now that you know how, practice. Volunteer to be the leader. Put up your hand and answer a question, or even ask a question.<\/p>\n

#Step 3: Learn from your mistakes<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. Never be scared to make mistakes. That is actually a great way to learn. Just remember, don’t wallow in your mistakes but learn from it<\/span>. Be better.<\/p>\n

#Step 4: Teach others<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. Now that you have the skill, share your knowledge and experience. It will give you confidence and a joyful heart.<\/p>\n

#Step 5: Expand your knowledge<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. Find new ways to do something better. Why stay stagnant when you can be great!<\/p>\n

Coming up: Unveiling the soft skills and what it means to you in your job.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I will have a series of posts on these, Insya Allah<\/em>. So watch this space.<\/p>\n

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If you are a fan Star Wars, lightsabers do not need any introduction. If you are not familiar of what it is and what it is used for, read on. A lightsaber is generally used for both combat and defense. It is the weapon of the Jedi, who uses his mastery and knowledge to safe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,1,73,5],"tags":[64,76,26,24,48],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation-and-faith","category-other","category-student-life-skills","category-teaching","tag-believe","tag-soft-skill","tag-study-smart","tag-study-tips","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hazinah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}