Life skills

1. LIFE SKILLS
By
Dr. Tariq Mehmood Qazi
tariqmqazi@yahoo.com
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2. • When egg is broken from
outer side force
life ends.
• When it is broken from
inner side force life
begins.
Message of the Day

3. Learning
Identify & self
awareness
Fitness &
health
Emotional
development
Solving
Problems
Kindness
Intimacy
Living in balance
Letting Go &
holding on
Social Skills

4. LIFE SKILLS
• The ability for adaptive and
positive behavior that enable the
individuals to deal effectively
with the demands and challenges
of everyday life are called life
skills.

5. LIFE SKILLS
• Communication
• Creative Thinking
• Coping with stress
• Sympathy
• Problem Solving
• Negotiation
• Self awareness
• Cooperation
• Refusal
• Advocacy (support, encouragement, backing)
• Stress Management

6. LIFE SKILLS
• Giving: Leadership, community services, volunteering,
responsible citizen
• Working: Team work, Self motivation
• Being: self responsibility, self discipline, managing feelings
• Living: Stress management, Diseases protection, personal
safety
• Thinking: decision making, problem solving, goal setting
• Managing: Wise use of resources, planning & organizing,
critical thinking
• Relating: conflict resolution, social skills, cooperation,
communication
• Caring: Sharing, empathy, concern for others, nurturing
relationships

7. Impact of Developing
Life Skills
• Academic achievement
• Self Esteem
• Personal Responsibility
• Tolerance of difference
• Workplace effectiveness
• Classroom/ School Behavior
• Mental Health

8. Does this happen to you

9. Communication & Interpersonal
Skills
• Communication is interchage of
thoughts and opinions through shared
symbols i.e. Language,words or
pharases
• Communication is an exchange of facts,
ideas, opinion or emotions by two or
more persons.”

10. Types of Communication

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13. Creative Thinking
• A skill in which things are
observed in a new and different
perspective.
• An ability to think, write,
develop new and novel ideas
about different concepts

14. Common Examples
• Developing a story
• Writing an essay
• Giving title
• Writing moral

15. Empathy
• Ability to understand other’s
feelings and emotions by
putting himself / herself on
other situation
• Positive thinking, situation
handling, patience, tolerance

16. Self Awareness &
Self Management
• Awareness of rights, values,
attitudes, rights, strengths and
weeknesses

17. Self Awareness &
Self Management
• Identifying self abilities,
• Self assessment & evaluation,
• Confidence building,
• anger management,
• dealing with loss, trauma & sorrow

18. Decision Making &
Problem Solving
• Decision making is mental process
resulting in the selection of course of
action among several alternative
scenarios
• Problem Solving is a mental process
that deals with problem finding and
problem shaping, and finally finding the
solution

19. LIVELIHOOD
SKILLS
• Livelihood skills refers to generation
of income. These include technical &
vocational abilities (carpentry,
sewing, computer programming), skills
for seeking jobs such as interviewing
strategies, management skills etc.

20. Thank
You