Skills tested
Self Awareness
It involves the recognition of ‘self’, our character, our strengths and weaknesses, desires and dislikes. Developing self awareness can help us recognize when we are stressed or under pressure. It is often a prerequisite to effective communication and interpersonal relations, as well as for developing empathy.
Empathy
It is required to develop a successful relationship with our loved ones and society at large. It is the ability to imagine what life is like for another person. Without empathy, our communication with others will amount to a one-way traffic. It can help us to accept others, who may be very different from ourselves.
Critical Thinking
It is an ability to analyze information and experiences in an objective manner. Critical thinking can contribute to a well balanced way of life by helping us to recognize and assess the factors that influence attitudes and behaviour, such as values, peer pressure and the media.
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 others’ ideas).
Decision making
It helps us to deal constructively with decisions about our lives. It can teach people how to actively make decisions about their actions in relation to a healthy assessment of different options and, what effects these different decisions are likely to have.
Problem Solving
It 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 skills
It help us to relate in positive ways with people we interact. 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 maintaining good relations with family members who are the most important source of social support.
Effective Communication
It means that we are able to express ourselves, both verbally and non-verbally, in ways that are appropriate to our cultures and situations. This mean being able to express opinions and desires, and also needs and fears. And, it would also mean being able to ask for advice and help in the time of need.
Coping with stress
It mean recognizing the sources of stress in our lives, recognizing how they affect us, and how we act in a way that helps us control our levels of stress by changing our environment or lifestyle, and learning how to relax.
Managing Emotions
It means recognizing the sources of stress in our lives, recognizing how they affect us, and how we act in a way that helps us control our levels of stress by changing our environment or lifestyle, and learning how to relax.