LIFE SKILLS APECT
Self-awareness
includes recognition of ‘self’,
our character, our strengths and
weaknesses, desires and dislikes.
Developing self-awareness can help us to recognize
when we are stressed or feel
under pressure. It is often a prerequisite to effective
communication and interpersonal
relations, as well as for developing empathy with
others
\Empathy
- To have a successful
relationship with our loved ones and society at large,
we need to understand and care
about other peoples’ needs, desires and feelings.
Empathy is the ability to imagine
what life is like for another person. Without
empathy, our communication with
others will amount to one-way traffic. Worst, we will
be acting and behaving according
to our self-interest and are bound to run into
problems. No man is an island, no
woman either! We grow up in relationships with
many people – parents, brothers
and sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts, classmates,
friends and neighbours
Creative thinking
is a novel way of seeing or doing things that
is characteristic of
four components – fluency
(generating new ideas), flexibility (shifting perspective
easily), originality (conceiving
of something new), and elaboration (building on
other ideas).
Decision making
helps us to deal constructively with
decisions about our lives. This
can have consequences for health.
It can teach people how to actively make decisions
about their actions in relation
to healthy assessment of different options and, what
effects these different decisions
are likely to have.
Problem solving
helps us to deal constructively with problems
in our lives.
Significant problems that are
left unresolved can cause mental stress and give rise to
accompanying physical strain.
Interpersonal relationship
skills help us to relate in positive ways with
the people
we interact with. This may mean
being able to make and keep friendly relationships,
which can be of great importance
to our mental and social well-being. It may mean
keeping, good relations with family
members, which are an important source of social
support. It may also mean being able to end
relationships constructively.
Effective communication
means that we are able to express ourselves,
both
verbally and non-verbally, in
ways that are appropriate to our cultures and situations.
This means being able to express
opinions and desires, and also needs and fears. And
it may mean being able to ask for
advice and help in a time of need.
Coping with stress
means recognizing the sources of stress in our
lives, recognizing
how this affects us, and acting
in ways that help us control our levels of stress, by
changing our environment or
lifestyle and learning how to relax.
Coping with emotions
means involving recognizing
emotions within us and
others, being aware of how
emotions influence behaviour and being able to respond to
emotions appropriately. Intense
emotions like anger or sadness can have negative
effects on our health if we do not respond
appropriately.
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