Verbal Communication: The Ability To Express Thoughts, Ideas, and Feelings Clearly and Effectively.

LIFE SKILL
What Is Life Skill ?
World Health Organization (WHO)

defines life skills as, ‘the abilities for
adaptive and positive behaviour that
enable individuals to deal effectively
with the demands and challenges of
everyday life.’
In short….
Life Skills empower young people to take

positive action to protect themselves and
promote health and positive social
relationships.
WHAT ARE LIFE SKILLS?
A Life Skill is an ability that makes a difference
in everyday living.
Many writers have tried to define life skills :
• A Life Skill equips a person to perceive and
respond to significant life events.
• A Life Skill is a competency which enables a
person to live in an interdependent society.
WHAT ARE LIFE SKILLS?
• A Life Skill equips a person to be self directing
and productive ,to lead a satisfying life and to
contribute to society.
• A Life Skill enables a person to function
effectively in a changing world.
WITH LIFE SKILLS
ONE IS ABLE TO :
 Explore alternatives,
 Weigh pros and cons, and
 Make rational decisions in solving each
problem, or issue as it arises.
It also entails being able to establish

productive interpersonal relationships
with others
 Removes Ignorance
Behaviou  Generates Awareness
r Change  Concern
Through  Creates Knowledge
 Motivation
 Readiness to change
Life Skills  Willingness to change
 Acceptance
 Inculcates Good
Habits
 Lifestyle
Take Pleasure & Pride in saying NO
when one wants to say “no”
• Ways to say NO
– Polite refusal
– Give reason
– Repeat refusal
– Walk away
– Avoid the situation
– Find others’ support
– Talk about your own feelings
CORE LIFE SKILLS STRATEGIES:-
UNICEF, UNESCO and WHO list ten(10)

core life skills strategies:
• Communication skill,
• Problem solving,
• Creative thinking,
• Critical thinking,
• Decision-making,
• Interpersonal relationship skills,
• Self-awareness building skills,
• Empathy,
• Coping with stress, and
• Coping with emotions
COMMUNICATION SKILL
• Includes verbal non-verbal
communication
• Active listening
• The ability to express feelings
• Give feedback
• Presentation skills
• Public speaking skills
• Negotiation and refusal skills
• Assertiveness skills to manage conflicts
etc
PROBLEM SOLVING
Helps us to deal constructively with the
problems in our lives
DECISION MAKING
Following constructively with decisions
about our lives.
CREATIVE THINKING
Contributes to both
decision-making and
problem solving by
enabling us to explore
alternatives and the
consequences of our
action or non- action.
Creative thinking is simply finding
new, improved ways to do anything
How to strengthen creative thinking

ability?
Believe it can be done

Here is a basic truth: To do anything, we
must first believe it can be done.
Believing something can be done sets
the mind in motion to find a way to do
“When you believe something is
impossible, your mind goes to
work for you to prove why.
But, when you believe, really

believe, something can be done,
your mind goes to work for you
and help to find the ways to do
it.”
CRITICAL THINKING
The ability to analyze information and

experiences in an objective manner.
“Creative thinking is generally considered
to be involved with the creation or
generation of ideas, processes,
experiences or objects,
where as Critical thinking is concerned
with their evaluation.”
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
SKILLS
Are social associations, connections,
or affiliations between two or more
people
Helps us to relate in positive ways with

people that we interact with.
SELF AWARENESS
• Recognition of ourselves
• Of our character
• Of our strength and weaknesses
• Desires and Dislikes
WHO AM I ?
Self-awareness
Self-management
Self-esteem Self-confidence
Better Self-awareness leads to better self-

management
STRESS MANAGEMENT
About recognizing our life stressors
and the sources of these in our lives,
then we can choose to act in a way that
controls our stress levels.
EMOTIONS
Recognizing our emotions and those of

others, being aware of how emotions
influence behavior and being able to
respond to emotions appropriately.
EMPATHY
The ability to think what life is for another
person, even in a situation that you may
not be familiar with.
The ability to
"put oneself into another's shoes“.
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LIFE SKILL

What Is Life Skill ?

World Health Organization (WHO)

Life Skills empower young people to take

It also entails being able to establish

UNICEF, UNESCO and WHO list ten(10)

How to strengthen creative thinking

Believe it can be done

But, when you believe, really

The ability to analyze information and

Helps us to relate in positive ways with

Better Self-awareness leads to better self-

Recognizing our emotions and those of

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