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Duncan Nugget® #144:
Soft skills are personal abilities that improve your performance and facilitate effective interactions with other people.
“If you are looking for a powerful set of tools that will help you gain a competitive advantage in the 21st Century, then mastering your soft skills is a great choice. Experts ranging from psychologists to business leaders; educational and spiritual leaders, agree that one or more of the soft skills have the greatest impact on your level of success…”
Click here to read the rest of this article: Q & A: What are soft skills and why all the fuss?
An introductory video series on soft skills
What is a competitive advantage?
Like many entrepreneurs and business professionals, I spent a lot of time studying the concept of competitive advantage. One day I realized that a lot of the same principles apply to people. I played around the business definition and came up with my own for individuals.
“A competitive advantage is the ability gained through your performance and resources to thrive in your personal and professional life.”
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The 5 Soft Skills Clusters
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