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Channel: The Urban Fight
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Do you remember the time when Typewriter
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and Shorthand were important skills to have?
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But they don’t exist anymore.
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We had Cassettes and CD shops in every street,
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but not anymore.
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Mainframes, created a lot of jobs back then,
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not so many anymore.
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So pandemic or not, things around us... change.
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And it’s important that we change with them.
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So it doesn’t matter if COVID-19 has
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lowered your Salary or
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you just want to learn new skills to pay some bills...
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Today, by the end of this video you will know exactly
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how to use your free time to stay ahead of the crowd.
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Because in today’s video, we are going to see…
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4 type of Skills that is
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Technical, Communication, Financial and Creative Skills
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that you must learn now to secure your future.
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We will also talk about how to learn these skills.
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And towards the end, I’ll give you a Bonus Tip
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so that you understand what it really takes
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to change with time!
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But before that, if you like our work,
make sure you hit that big fat like button
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because it motivates us to keep making more videos.
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Let’s begin.
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So here are the 4 types of skills
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that you need to start developing
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right now that’ll also help you prepare for the future.
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1) Technical Skills
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The technical skills that you need to learn,
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depend on what Career you are into right now
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or what career you want to shift to.
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For example…
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If you want to be a writer…
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then write more!
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You can practise by replying to questions on Quora,
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write a page on Wikipedia,
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write articles on your own blog.
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If you like movies, you can write movie reviews.
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And then you can attach all of these links to
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your resume and improve your portfolio.
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Similarly, If you are a Graphic Designer, learn...
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Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator.
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And to get better at it..
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design posters and share them on Social Media.
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Because making a commitment
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to post regularly will also develop
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discipline in you to practise every day.
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If you want to become a video editor,
learn Adobe After Effects,
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Premier Pro or even start as simple as Filmora.
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And if you are software engineer,
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learn a new technology... be it, blockchain,
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cloud computing,
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or learn a language you’ve always wanted to..
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like DART, Python or JavaScript.
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Listen.. these days just 3 years or 4 years of graduation is not enough.
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You need to keep updating your technical skills.
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To give you an example… you know that I am
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a Software Engineer by profession
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but I also share with you my personal finance experience
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that I’ve acquired during 10+ years of my corporate career.
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Even though we do extensive research,
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I also have enrolled for Investment and Risk Management courses
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from IIM Bangalore, to learn,
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so that I can give you credible information in our Finance videos.
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Because you deserve nothing less than top-notch
quality.
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Now, the easiest way to figure out what skills
you need to learn…
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is to look at your resume.
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I know.. resumes are scary and give us anxiety.
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But look at it… and understand why.
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What sections are empty?
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What certifications are missing?
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What skills you would like to add there?
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And get those… because those skills will
not only
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boost your employability,
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but they will also make you stand out from the crowd.
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Before we move on to the next skill,
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I would like you to comment below
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and tell me what technical skill,
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you are going to learn next.
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For example..
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Let this comment that you are going to make today
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be your commitment for tomorrow.
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The next set of skills you need to develop
are….
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Communication Skills.
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And to get better at communication,
you need to work on 2 things…
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a) Fluency in English language and
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b) Presentation skills.
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The only way to improve fluency,
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is to use the language as much as we can.
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So read English books, watch English movies and
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third is what you are already doing…
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watch The Urban Fight videos.
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There is no one book or one video that’ll
teach you English in one day.
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It’s a combination of doing multiple things
and using English regularly.
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I have already made a video about what books
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to read to improve your English.
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The link of this video is in the description.
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Do check it out.
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After you get fluency under your belt,
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next comes Presentation Skills.
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We might be fluent in a language,
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but presentation skills are about using that
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language and expressing ourselves clearly..
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Whether it is while asking a question in a team meeting,
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giving a speech on stage or
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just asking someone out on a date!
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And here are the 3 things you can do
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to get better at your presentation skills…
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1) Get infront a mirror and start talking to yourself in English..
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If you don’t know what to talk about,
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just repeat dialogues of your favourite English
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TV shows.
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2) Open your favourite book and read
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a chapter from it out loud;
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better if it’s infront of a friend or a family member.
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3) And third and I swear, this method works
like a charm…
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join a public speaking club, like Toastmasters.
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Clubs like these give you an opportunity to speak
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infront of an audience and these days,
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they are even conducting online meetings,
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where you can just login from home and speak,
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no matter how good or bad your sentence formation skills are.
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And the people of the club will only encourage you,
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because that’s what they are there for too.
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As I said earlier, it’s a process.
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So start with one thing at a time.
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Infact, comment below and tell me
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what you are going to do to improve your communication skills?
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For example...
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Comment below and commit to it, now.
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3) Financial Skills
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The one thing that we have all learnt during
this pandemic is that
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money is extremely important.
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On one hand, our parents taught us that money
is the root of all evil…
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forget saving or investing.
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And on the other hand..
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Youtube puts,
‘Fundamental Analysis’ and ‘Stock Market’ videos
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in our recommended section, which is daunting.
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So let’s take a step back and start with the basics.
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Here are the 2 baby steps you need to take
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right now to improve your finances.
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1) Understand what basic investment options
are out there..
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like FDs, RDs, Mutual Funds, Insurances.
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For that, check out this video titled,
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‘How I bought a house before turning 25’,
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which tells you, where you can put your money
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and how much returns you will get from each
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of the options.
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In the second step, you need to learn,
how to generate long-term wealth,
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using the Stock Market.
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This is the place where your money works for
you and makes more money.
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So first, watch these 2 videos…
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Stock Market For Beginners and Trading Tutorial.
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These 2 videos are for beginners to understand..
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What is Stock Market? How does it make money?
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What is trading?
How to not lose money while trading?...
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You can watch all 3 of these videos on
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our Youtube channel, ‘The Urban Fight’ and
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I’ve also mentioned their links in the description.
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I know that learning Finance sounds like a
lot of work!
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But listen carefully.. because nobody is going
to tell you this..
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Money doesn’t just make you rich,
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it makes you financially independent.
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And only when you are financially independent
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can you take your own life decisions...
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like which college to study in, whom to marry,
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where to settle without having to depend on
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your parents, siblings or anybody else for money.
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I know that ‘Finance’ itself is a complicated topic..
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but breaking it down into simple tasks..
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like just watching a video first…
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will get you closer to your Financial goals.
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So start watching.
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4) Creative Skills
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I think by now, you would’ve realised that
life is a struggle,
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Jivan Sangharsh Hai!
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Ok, I am exaggerating.
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But as an adult, we do have to do a lot of
things.
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Keep learning new skills, Apply for Jobs,
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Maintain that job, Reply To Emails,
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Pay EMI, Do Taxes,
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Network with people, Invest Money,
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Pay Insurance, Cook every day,
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Keep the house clean,
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wash clothes…
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And all of this, when you don’t even have
kids.
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You need to do this day in and day out and
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you can’t let any of this burn you out.
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So develop atleast one creative skill
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that makes you shut down for a few mins and
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forget that there is a to-do waiting.
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It’s just like how you restart your phone
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when it gets too hot.
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Because if you don’t..
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To each it’s own, but some skills that help
you shut-down are…
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Gardening
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Sketching A Mandala
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Making an Origami
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Painting
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Playing a musical instrument
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Photography or just..
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Dance
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You can practise these skills 2-3 times a
week
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or even for 15 mins every day.
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So take a moment to think and tell me
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what will be your creative skill?
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For example..
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But please, don’t write…
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I am going to be on phone,
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scrolling through Instagram as my Creative Skill.
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Because Social Media only brings anxiety,
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not relaxation.
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So throw your phone away during your pause ritual.
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All the skills that I am mentioning today
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are going to add up and come together beautifully,
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especially when we discuss, ‘How to Make
Money from Home’ in our future videos.
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We all want to earn some extra bucks,
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find how what we love can make us money or
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just help our parents by having a side-income.
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Whatever be your reason, do not miss out on
our future videos
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on how to make money by subscribing to our channel
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and hitting that bell icon, because as you know,
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we make Career, Finance and Communication
videos, regularly.
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Now, before I give you the Bonus Tip…
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you know that I read most of your comments.
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Give a heart and reply to a couple too.
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But to give your effort a little bit more limelight…
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we are going to pick the best comments from
the previous video …
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and feature it towards the end of the video
after the Bonus Tip,
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just like this.
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Remember, there is no right or wrong comment.
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What matters.. is the effort.
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So get writing because not only does it improve
your sentence formation skills,
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but who knows, we might even get an opportunity
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to showcase your comment right here in a video.
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Let me tell you a story.
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Back in 2011, I joined a club called Toastmasters,
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which was a public speaking club.
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We had to pay 36$ every 6 months to be a part of it.
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A friend of mine from college asked me,
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‘Taskeen, why are you wasting 36$ just to..
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talk?’
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But after my office hours, I used to work hard on Toastmasters,
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wrote 100’s of scripts and improved my presentation
skills.
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And because of this, years later...
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I started a Youtube channel, The Urban Fight.
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It made me self-employed,
I left my old job and
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now we started our company
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'Skillo' that employs a team of 5.
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And that’s not a bad deal for 36$.
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The point is...
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We never ask for free lunches or free clothes.
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Then why do we ask for free books to read,
free classes to join...
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when we know that these are the things that
will actually make us grow.
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So today’s Bonus Tip is this...
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‘Invest in yourself’.
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Join clubs, buy books,
do online courses.
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Because if you can’t invest enough time
and money on your self-growth,
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why will any company invest in you by giving
you a job?
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And if you are preparing to get a job..
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then don’t forget to check out our website,
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SkilloPro.com,
where we will soon release
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the Interview Preparation course.
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In this course, we have created 14+ videos
that show you how to answer the
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most asked behavioural questions during interviews..
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like Tell me about yourself,
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What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Why should we hire you?
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How to write a resume and more.
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The link to our website is in the description.
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Do check it out.
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So, I am gonna go work on Skillo…
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and you go and start learning those 4 skills
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that you have mentioned in the comments below.
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I am Taskeen, this is The Urban Fight
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and I’ll see you in the next video.
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