With that in mind, there are countless things you can learn in your spare time. This list puts a number to that list and shares 104 valuable things to learn that will improve your life — personally and professionally.
With this list, it will not be difficult to find new skills to learn; narrowing down your list of what you want to know will be easier.
We will cover 101 new skills you can learn (with an hour of dedicated time each day) to improve your personal and professional life dramatically.
And if you'd like a few resources that can teach you all the skills on this page, then I recommend checking out these platforms to learn any skill.
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Life Skills to Learn (The FUN and USEFUL Skills)
General skills are the foundation for anyone who wants to learn new things and stay adaptable in a changing world. They don’t belong to one specific field but help strengthen your overall knowledge base and ability to grow, and can be great for providing a sense of accomplishment.
Cultivating curiosity, creativity, and strong communication skills can turn you into a true life-long learner—someone who’s always open to new ideas and eager to keep exploring what’s next.
1. Speak a New Language
You've probably heard this before…
Learning a new foreign language can provide a number of exceptional results in your life.
How much more work could you accomplish if you could complete all of your required reading in one-third of the time? Or even half the time?
Speed reading is basically learning to understand the fundamental principles of the human visual system. It allows you to eliminate inefficiencies in your reading and increase the speed at which you read while also improving your retention.
Even slight improvements in reading time can save a lot of time in the long term. Many people report massive gains in reading speeds after building the speed reading skill.
I am no expert at home repairs, but I would argue that most people should learn the basics of keeping their homes in tip-top shape.
One of the best reasons to learn how to do basic home repairs is because having someone come out to do them for you is incredibly expensive and time-consuming. Several online resources will walk you through some basic home repairs, such as DIY Pete and Home Made Modern or many other YouTube video pages.
Drawing is a natural skill we’re all born with—unlike reading or writing, it comes instinctively. It’s one of the oldest forms of communication, understood across all languages and cultures, starting from the first doodles of childhood.
Taking a drawing course can help you refine that innate talent, express your creativity, and draw with confidence like a pro.
Car repairs can drain your wallet quickly, but you can do many repairs yourself if you take the time to learn new skills. Even if you don't have technical skills, you can still change your oil, fix fuel filters, and change alternators. This can help save you time and money.
Check out this video channel and this video channel to get started on learning how to do some of your own basic car repairs. It can also help you learn a bit more about problem-solving.
6. Organize and Declutter Your Home
The KonMari Method, created by Marie Kondo, is a globally popular approach to decluttering that helps transform your home into a calm, inspiring space.
By letting go of what no longer sparks joy and organizing what remains, you can reduce stress and bring order to your daily life. Taught by Kondo herself, this class offers hands-on lessons and practical demonstrations—perfect for anyone ready to embrace new experiences and create peace on a daily basis.
Everyone should know some Photoshop basics—it’s an essential skill for graphic and web design, marketing, or simply enhancing your own photos at home.
From creating flyers and newsletters to retouching images, Photoshop helps you bring ideas to life while boosting your resume. Adobe also offers helpful resources to get started, and the course below provides over three hours of hands-on video training to help you master the essentials.
Can learning to play the guitar change your well-being?
Research shows that the brains of guitar players work slightly differently than those of everyone else. The process and art of learning to play the chords on a guitar and read sheet music can open up new neural pathways and rewire the brain in a positive way, leading to cognitive benefits.
If guitar playing has always been a dream, or if you are looking for a skill to build from scratch, check out this guitar training course, made for beginners but taught by experts. It removes many barriers from learning the guitar. You will find yourself playing recognizable tunes in hours rather than months.
While some say people take too many photos instead of living in the moment, photography lets us capture memories, share stories, and express creativity. The photography masterclass below is a great resource, offering 15 hours of training on everything from camera basics to gear selection and even tips for selling your photos.
Everyone should learn at least a few photography tips because it provides several benefits: it is a fun hobby, a great way of preserving your memories and a fun way to spark creativity. (Check out this list of other creative hobbies to take up!)
You may have tried growing things in your garden before, but your previous results made this seem like a skill you could not master.
However, if you learn how to grow your flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruits, you can save a lot of money and have a beautiful yard. Also, eating food straight from your garden is the healthiest way to get the nutrients that your body needs.
Here is a helpful video on growing your own greens to create your healthy salads. Alternatively, look at this video to learn more about organic gardening.
11. Learn to Cook Like a PRO
Learning to improve your cooking skills can be one of the most rewarding forms of experimentation you can do in your everyday life.
Cooking encourages creativity, problem-solving, and adaptability—skills that transfer easily to other areas of learning. By experimenting with new ingredients, techniques, and cuisines, you not only expand your palate but also deepen your understanding of culture, nutrition, and time management.
Whether you’re mastering the basics or refining advanced techniques, cooking fosters patience and confidence through trial and error. Plus, the practical benefits are immediate—healthier meals, more control over what you eat, and the joy of sharing something you’ve created with others.
Learning to play a musical instrument, often a piano or guitar is on many people’s bucket list. The problem with learning these instruments is the perceived high barrier to learning the new skills of playing these instruments.
Many people have tried traditional methods of learning these skills and been turned off by the slow progress, plodding through the basics and learning to play “exciting” tunes like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”
The Piano for All course is different. It starts you in with the basics and the foundations but as you learn them by playing exciting modern piano songs. With this method of learning, you will love learning how to play the piano and will want to show off your skills after only a handful of hours of lessons and practice.
Nothing feels better than being confident that you can take care of yourself, whether mentally, financially, or physically. Being able to protect yourself physically in all situations is a reassurance that can only be gained through self-defense classes. While many people automatically think about women and children when they think about self-defense, it is a skill for everyone.
If you are like me, woodworking seems like a dream. I remember my grandfather making fancy wooden home decorations. I remember my dad building a deck to our home when I was a young boy. But everything I have tried has turned out to be a big mess. I think the woodworking gene skipped a generation with me. It is a skill I don’t seem to have.
This is why I am so intrigued by this woodworking course. It breaks the process down into simple steps and offers many detailed plans. It makes major woodworking projects seem so easy that even someone like me with zero woodworking skill might have a chance of success.
Learning Tai Chi is great for your body and your mind. This practice can help alleviate natural health conditions that come along with aging and encourage people of all ages to relax and let go of nervous tension. The main benefit of Tai Chi is its ability to mitigate the effects of stress.
Learning Tai Chi imparts the six principles of flow and imparts grace and flow to the practitioner.
Find out more about this healthy form of exercise that reduces stress, builds confidence, imparts grace and strength, helps you live longer and helps your mind reach a state of clarity.
Guys, how embarrassing is it to go out to a club and try to impress some ladies and then find yourself completely unconfident and timid on the dance floor?
I have been there.
Trying to do some fancy moves – but only looking like a spastic monkey and or even worse, sitting on the sidelines, afraid to embarrass me.
You do not need to be a master dancer to go out and meet people and have fun. But having a few good moves in your back pocket will go a long way toward helping your confidence. That is why I think basic dance moves can be an important skill to learn.
To get started, here's a funny (but helpful) video on how to not dance like a dork.
Get in the habit of reading through things. Articles, blurbs, drafts, books, and material volumes are all worth your time.
What you read also matters. Reading comic books, for instance, is worthwhile, but not as good as reading a good non-fiction text that might get you out of your comfort zone and provide better learning opportunities
Flat tires are either silly inconveniences or serious issues. The difference between the two is often in the ability to fix them quickly.
Even with improvements in tire technology and “run flat” tires, everyone gets a flat tire from time to time. And, of course, Murphy's Law will make sure those flat tires come at the most inconvenient time possible.
Don’t rely on a car service to fix your change your flat tires. It is a very easy process and keeps you from being reliant on others.
Plus, learning to change your own flat tires may save you a few dollars in expenses.
You're trapped on a desert island with two people. One is annoying, and one is funny. Just about everyone would prefer to be stuck with the guy with a good sense of humor while leaving the annoying one back at camp.
The ability to be humorous is rooted in recognizing absurdity, chance, circumstance, tonality, language choice, and emphasis. These are all powerful skills independently, but they form the basis of humor.
When you are able to use humor effectively in writing, speech, and social situations, you will become a sought-after commodity, like the last hamburger stand before you get to an all-vegan community.
Someone on this planet, at this very second, has a dead battery. What's worse is that they probably don't even have jumper cables. A dead battery is not as easy to fix as a flat tire because it inherently requires another person.
But what if the other person only has the battery to offer? Or doesn't really know how to set up the cables either? Will you be ready to affix the cables, go through the motions and get your car up and running? Or will you be left at the roadside?
This is another simple skill that every single adult should know, a basic “adulting” skill.
Starting a fire without matches is probably about the limit of my personal “woodsman” skills. (and I am admittedly slow at making fire).
I know I am woefully unprepared for any major worldwide crisis. But like with most things, there is new knowledge I can learn in case the unthinkable happens.
I am an optimist. I don’t like to think about, and generally don’t believe, any doom-and-gloom prophecies of the world (as we know it) coming to an end due to currency crisis, war, chemical/nuclear/biological attacks, unnatural weather phenomenon or any other disaster situations. But the fact remains that there are many nasty ways the world could change for the worse in minutes.
I don’t think it will ever happen, but it would be nice to understand what to do and how to help my family survive if the unthinkable and unbelievable ever happened.
Learning to sew, stitch, and patch is an excellent skill because it is as diverse as it is useful. While it's been typically considered feminine, there's nothing feminine about saving an expensive pair of pants from destruction.
The short course below will teach you basic sewing skills, knitting and embroidery, and how to use sewing machines, and even a few advanced techniques to help you progress to the next level of sewing.
Most people want to find love at some point in their lives.
However, it can sometimes seem impossible to find that perfect soulmate. They are out there, but you have to have the confidence and social skills to be attractive to them when you first meet them.
If you are shy or have some doubts about your self-confidence, it is important to learn how to overcome these things if you want to put yourself out there and meet someone special. Learning how to meet and attract a perfect life partner is important for many people in the quest to live a fulfilling life.
If shyness or social anxiety keep you from meeting that “perfect someone,” the training below will be a surefire “must-have.”
In a crowded restaurant, a man is choking on his dinosaur chicken nugget. Not only is he embarrassed to be eating chicken dinosaurs, but he might also die.
His only hope is that someone around him knows the Heimlich. The technique is simple; anyone can learn it with care and research.
Every adult should know and practice this skill until it is second nature. Learning this skill might save a life.
CPR is another skill that every adult should not only learn but have practiced many times. The time to learn this skill is not when your child or father needs CPR but in your own free time.
CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is the simple art of knowing how to jump-start someone's heart and lungs with a little bit of your own air and chest compressions. This is an absolute must-have skill in emergencies, and it's one of the first things that professional emergency medical transporters are taught.
It is also easy to learn, but the potential payback is immense. Learning this new skill could keep a loved one alive until the first responders arrive.
Developing mental skills is one of the most valuable skills you can learn. When you learn how to learn, you unlock the ability to adapt to new challenges and absorb knowledge more effectively. Incorporating brain training activities—like puzzles, reading, or learning a new language—can help improve memory and keep your mind sharp.
A consistent focus on brain health ensures that your mind stays clear and ready to take on new ideas.
Equally important is cultivating a growth mindset and practicing self-reflection. These habits encourage you to view challenges as opportunities rather than obstacles, fueling your motivation for lifelong learning.
You can strengthen these mental skills through online courses, journaling, or simple daily routines that promote mindfulness and focus.
Over time, these practices build resilience, creativity, and a deeper understanding of how your mind works—skills that benefit every area of life.
Want to learn how to improve your learning and “how to learn”? Check out my book: Novice to Expert
27. Ask the Right Questions
The first and most significant mental skill any human being can learn is asking the right questions. Many people seek answers for questions they have never even asked. When we ask ourselves the right question, we cut away any chance of wasting our precious time seeking that which is not what we truly need.
A great way to develop this skill is to ask yourself the following constantly:
It's a shameful thing to start a conversation if you're not genuinely interested in anything. You deny all of your listeners your better self. Likewise, it's shameful not to act, work, and behave in ways that genuinely interest you. It won't be the real you if you don't really care.
This is why it is vital to truly care about your work, relationships, success, your future, and the rest of the laundry list. Find things in life that hold your attention and that you ENJOY doing.
“Having passion” for the things you do may be a bit trite… but it is true. If you really get behind the things you do, then keeping up the learning process for new skills will not be a chore, but something that you actively pursue.
Critical thinking is the ability to increase one's chances of success and understanding by using a higher level of thought. It is a mass mix of separate skills that come together to form thought processes that lead to better results.
Critical thinking is a magnificent tool for achieving higher success, and you can quickly improve your life results by simply being aware of what it's like to think critically.
I consider mindfulness a “mental” skill, but it touches on many aspects of our lives. It decreases stress, increases empathy, helps reduce suffering from many pains and illnesses, and can help us feel healthier, happier, and fitter due to the mind-body-spirit connection it fosters.
In short, mindfulness means paying extreme attention to the things you do. Since our world is a busy place it is hard to be 100% mindful about all things 24/7/364. Mindfulness is usually broken down into specific activities where you pay extreme attention to what is going at specific times, such as “mindful eating.” (If you'd like to learn more about it, then here are 71 mindfulness exercises.)
Want to learn more about mindfulness and how you can become more mindful? Check out some books I have written with my writing partner, Barrie Davenport.
If your life sucks, it's pretty evident that you're going to want it to change. Likewise, if it's amazing, you will want it to stay the same or get more amazing.
Both of these scenarios present the potential for change. Why fear it if you're potentially going to want it for the rest of your life?
Change. Specifically, habit change is right in my wheelhouse. I have written dozens of article about how to make a positive change in your life by changing your habits.
There are many ways to change your habits. Some will have extra steps than the skill resource below, and others may have some additional steps. But at its core, all effective change boils down to following the 8 steps below.
If we define useless here as having zero or worse of an impact on your goals, then simply cutting these things away would have dramatic results.
If you are unsure of what constitutes a bad habit, that you might want to change? Check out this bad habit list. Take a moment to think about changing out some of these bad habits for their better counterparts from this list of good habits.
Someone asked me how I can take risks so calmly and comfortably. My answer was, “I'm kind of amazing.” The only problem I have with that sentence is that I told them “kind of.”
Now let me be clear. I do not have a superhuman ego. I rarely brag about accomplishments and spend far more time encouraging others than I do talking about myself. I am a bit of an introvert.
But it is essential to project confidence. Adding qualifiers to statements like “kind of” shows a lack of confidence. It basically means, “If you don’t think I am awesome, I was just kidding.”
Confidence is in recognizing your strengths and living, breathing, and speaking them. Confident people can have weak moments, but confidence is never weak.
Life can be challenging. Bad things happen to us all the time, and sometimes, a bad past haunts us daily. It is easy to fill your mind with negative thoughts, but it is essential not to do this.
Positive thinking is a skill. You need to work at it intentionally to improve. Learning the skill of positivity is certainly worth the time invested.
When you have a positive mindset, you can take control of how you feel, behave, and move forward, but you first need to start thinking in positive, productive ways that provide energy rather than drain it.
Learning to improve your memory is one of the most important skills you can develop, as it enhances nearly every aspect of your personal and professional life.
A strong memory allows you to retain and recall information more efficiently, which directly supports better problem-solving skills and faster learning.
Whether you’re studying for exams, mastering a new hobby, or managing complex tasks at work, a well-trained memory helps you connect ideas, recognize patterns, and make informed decisions.
Beyond productivity, improving your memory also strengthens your brain’s overall health and resilience, making it easier to continue learning and adapting throughout your life.
Learning to maintain and improve self-awareness is a powerful way to enhance both personal growth and emotional well-being. By paying attention to your thoughts, behaviors, and mood, you can better understand what motivates you and how you respond to challenges.
This awareness helps you identify your strengths and the different skills you may need to develop, allowing for more intentional learning and decision-making. Improved self-awareness also fosters stronger relationships, as it enables you to communicate more effectively and manage your emotions in a balanced way.
Ultimately, cultivating self-awareness creates a foundation for continuous improvement and a deeper sense of fulfillment in all areas of life.
Focus is another meta-skill that influences many other mental skills. Focusing entirely on a single topic is essential for getting the most creativity and productivity out of your time.
If your mind is jumbled with other thoughts or busy trying to multitask your ability to focus greatly suffers. Like many mental and physical activities, focus can be increased and improved with effort.
Do you think your focus skills are good? Try the White Bear Experiment. Try to work on other things for five minutes without thinking of white bears.
When you seek the information in this list of skills to learn, remember that one source can only give you what it offers rather than what's truly available. Be sure to seek more information, even if you have all the answers, because one little epiphany could change everything.
Neuroplasticity is the ability to rewire your brain. You can increase IQ, recall, reading speed, and cognition by using ideas from this new brain science. The idea behind these activities is to create new information pathways. These new pathways will often help you learn like a child would, quickly and with an ease few adults possess.
The science behind neuroplasticity is new and constantly growing. With the skill of neuroplasticity, when you learn something new, you are actively forging new pathways in your brain that will help make learning future skills easier.
Think about basketball. You have two guys practicing. Both spend one hour practicing. The first guy is running around doing a bit of everything. He does some jump shots. He practices dribbling. He chases after balls as they get away from him. He is not focused on his practice; he tries to do everything.
Now, guy number two is focused. He uses deliberate practice. He spends his hour practicing shooting from the key. He has a coach with him to catch his missed shots, give advice on improving his shots, and ensure little or no downtime.
The laser focus on a particular type of shot means guy number two's practice will be FAR more effective than the same amount of practice time as the first guy.
This is the power of deliberate practice, which is a habit. Once you learn to practice deliberately, everything you do in life becomes easier because you know how to build your skills correctly.
Many people encounter a problem and immediately react with an emotional, erratic train of thought. They panic, worry, fear, or generally become overwhelmed by negative emotions.
Logic is mathematical; it is the process of finding appropriate answers. Remember that the appropriate answers matter, not what you feel in times of trouble.
Everyone likes to have money. They may not need to be rich, but it is certainly nice not to scramble to find creative ways to pay your bills.
However, money and finances are certain skills; unfortunately, most people have not learned them.
There are skills in frugal living, budgeting, personal finances, debt management and reduction, saving, investing, and more…
If you want to learn a new skill and you don't know the skills of finance, this would be a great place to start. They can help you make more money, spend less, keep more of what you make, and even save money for an investment, property, or a future, “something special.” (For more, check out the article on 26 better money habits.)
42. Creating a Personal Budget
You need to start early to prepare for financial success in the future. If you spend beyond your means, you will accrue debt and develop a poor credit score. Budgeting is a lot easier with some good software to back it up.
I recommend you check out Mint to help you create a reasonable budget for your income and lifestyle. MINT is a great system that links many essential services to help you create (and manage) your budget.
If you are clueless about what a budget is, how to make one that works, and how to manage one once you have one, I recommend you check out this class on basic budgeting below.
One of the big problems in our credit-heavy society is all the little fees you pay. You pay to get money out of an ATM. You sometimes pay a small fee to HAVE a credit card. You pay huge fees if you are late with payments. And, of course, you pay interest on your purchases.
It can be nice to turn that around by getting cashback from your purchases. One of the best ways to make and save money is to have an app automatically calculate your cashback on purchases that you make every day.
Tracking receipts is one key to keeping a good budget. These days, you don’t need to keep every document on hand. You simply need a system to store receipt documents.
I take pictures of all my receipts with my phone and store them on Evernote for when/if I need them.
If you find yourself in a financial pitfall, you will need to restore your credit to make large purchases in the future, such as a home or a car.
It is essential to learn how to repair your credit in case you find yourself in a situation where you don't have the credit you need to buy something important.
The simple answer to repairing credit is to make deals on defaulted loans, get that huge minus off your credit record, and then make payments larger than the minimums to pay down debt quickly.
But these are the broad strokes. There are a lot of little things that can be done to improve your credit. Check out the resource below for more bad credit-busting tips.
Some people are too scared or lazy to apply for loans and credit cards. Using money that isn't yours can be extremely powerful, for better and worse. But you can never enter the territory of trying if you never even applied.
You DO need credit cards to build your credit rating. The critical thing to learn is that you don't need to build a balance. If you only buy what you can afford and pay it off almost immediately, you get all the good parts of a credit card, with none of the negatives.
But if credit is still a major issue or fear, there is still the option of secured credit cards, though.
If you learn something new daily, I hope more people will learn how to manage debt. This simple skill can help you get out of mountainous debt and get to the point where your money goes to buy you things, not pay off interest to corporate fat-cats.
After you owe money, remember that managing your debt is a simple matter of making timely payments and paying in a reasonable way that pays off the debt as quickly as possible.
In other words, please don't use your rent money to pay off your debt, but it might also help to brew coffee at home sometimes and put that extra money towards your debts.
One of the best skills to learn regarding debt management is frugal living. Making simple, day-to-day choices that save you small amounts can add up to real debt-reducing amounts.
Spending money is the art of using your resources to improve your current situation, while saving involves cutting back and resisting the urge to spend in order to secure your future.
Investing, meanwhile, is the art of using money to generate future gains. All three are essential financial skills, but investing can be the most challenging and risky.
While it offers the potential for significant growth and long-term wealth, it also requires a clear understanding of the risk vs. reward involved in every decision.
There is risk and reward in all decisions. Some situations are riskier, while others are more rewarding. The trick to making these decisions is to consider all potential risks alongside all possible rewards and decide whether the choice is worth the risk.
Part of managing your money is learning how to save it. Living within your means and keeping some money aside for when you might need it is essential. You don't want always to take out a line of credit when an emergency comes up, so having a healthy savings account is a great way to have a safety net.
Saving money is a skill. Check out the link below for some tips to help you save more of what you earn.
Learning the skill of conserving utilities is a simple yet powerful way to save money and reduce waste.
Small actions, like turning off lights and electronics when they’re not in use, can significantly lower your monthly utility bills. Many people overlook how much energy is wasted by leaving devices on standby or using unnecessary lighting, but being mindful of these habits can make a noticeable difference.
Beyond the financial benefits, conserving utilities also helps reduce your environmental impact by lowering energy consumption and carbon emissions.
There are many easy ways to practice this skill every day.
Open windows and use fans to cool your home naturally when the weather is pleasant, and take advantage of sunlight in the winter to warm your space. Match pot sizes to burners when cooking, and use smaller appliances when possible to avoid wasting energy. Washing clothes in cold water and turning off your water heater when you’re away are also great ways to cut down on utility use. Even unplugging chargers once devices are fully charged helps conserve electricity.
With consistent effort, these small habits can add up to big savings and a more sustainable lifestyle.
Resource: One tool that can help you save money on utilities is Trim, which is an app that negotiates on your behalf better rates with your providers of cable, Internet, phone and helps you get rid of unwanted services.
52. Stock Investing Skill
Stock investing is not a “get rich quick” strategy, but learning the skill can provide a strong foundation for long-term financial growth. With the right education, you can understand how to analyze companies, evaluate market trends, and make informed decisions about buying, holding, or selling stocks.
There are countless free and affordable resources available, including reputable websites, books, and online communities where investors share their experiences and insights.
By researching the areas of stock investing that interest you most and learning from others’ successes and mistakes, you can build the knowledge and confidence needed to grow your wealth steadily over time.
Property investing is not a “get rich quick” scheme, but developing the right skills can lay the groundwork for long-term financial success.
Learning how to analyze markets, evaluate property values, and understand financing options is essential for making smart investment decisions. Gaining knowledge about buying, selling, and flipping properties can also help you identify profitable opportunities and avoid costly mistakes.
You don’t need to spend a fortune on courses to learn these skills—there are plenty of reliable books, articles, and online communities where you can study the fundamentals. By researching the areas of real estate that interest you most and continuously improving your understanding, you can build the confidence and expertise needed to grow as a successful property investor.
Okay. This one is more of a hack than a skill. One easy way to invest your money is to use a service like Acorns. Here, all your purchases are rounded up to the next dollar, and the change is sent to your savings account. For example, if you buy a cup of coffee for $4.50, you will pay $5, and 50 cents will go directly into your savings.
Making purchases with whole dollar amounts also makes tracking your money easier. The money that is put into your savings account will add up quickly. You will likely not notice the change slowly coming from your checking account, but it can be invested quickly.
Health & Fitness Skills
Of all the skills to learn, developing your knowledge of health and fitness principles should be a significant priority.
Many people want to learn about business, money, and relationship skills. They want to meet people, enjoy their lives, succeed, and achieve their dreams.
However, if you neglect health and fitness skills, they will come back to haunt you in the long term.
These are the skills that keep you alive longer. They are the skills that build a health reservoir, so you are going strong when you reach 60 rather than breaking down like some other peers.
These skills to learn are potential lifesavers and should be approached with that level of importance and reverence.
So, let's learn something new from health & fitness.
55. Breathing/Deep Breathing Skill
Learning how to breathe properly can make you happier and healthier. It is also a key to meditation and mindfulness and has a huge positive impact on your body, health, and life.
During difficult times, it's especially useful to know how to practice deep breathing to keep yourself calm. Just a few minutes of deep conscious breathing can positively affect one's state of mind.
Oxygen is a catalyst for our bodies that's so important, we take breaths constantly and hardly even notice. We need a constant supply, or we will lose consciousness quickly.
With that said, it's important to remember to breath in deeply. It should feel good to let the air in, almost like a reverse hug from the inside. The exhale should be calm and comfortable.
The effects can be felt immediately. Develop this skill, and powerful breathing will become second nature. It's important to remember that you won't become perfect at breathing better overnight, but it's well worth the wait to develop.
Swimming is a fantastic skill because it's half recreation and half survival. Swimming produces nearly the most health benefits of any form of exercise.
There are a few other good reasons to learn to swim.
Swimming is one of the most complete forms of exercise, working nearly every muscle in the body while being gentle on the joints since it’s not an impact activity.
It’s also excellent for rehabilitation after injuries, making it a valuable skill for athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike. Even a basic ability to swim can be a major advantage in emergencies, so start small and build your endurance over time.
Yoga combines physical exercise, breathing control, and meditation to provide physical and mental health benefits. It is one of the most popular complementary and alternative medicine therapies to traditional medical care, and a plethora of evidence supports its effectiveness.
If you are new to yoga, chances are you can get some great beginner-level instruction at your local gym. If you are too shy, you may want to try a video-based Yoga class.
Resource: Yoga Burn, which provides a natural way to lose weight and build a fun exercise habit at the same time.
While “sleep” may not initially seem like a skill, for those of us who suffer from insomnia, there are things you can learn to improve these your sleep and improving your ability to get good sleep is one of the most valuable skills you can develop for your overall health.
Consistent, quality sleep helps your body recover, sharpens your thinking, and reduces stress and anxiety. On the other hand, chronic sleep deprivation can lead to poor decision-making, weakened immunity, and serious long-term health problems.
Establishing a regular sleep schedule, creating a calm bedtime routine, and limiting screen time before bed can all make a big difference. If you still struggle to sleep well despite healthy habits, it may be worth consulting a doctor to rule out conditions like sleep apnea, which can prevent you from reaching the deep, restorative sleep your body needs.
Learning the skill of aromatherapy can help you enhance both mental and physical well-being through the use of natural plant oils and scents.
By understanding how to blend and apply essential oils—whether through diffusers, massage, or bath products—you can create calming, spa-like experiences at home. Aromatherapy also opens the door to making your own wellness products, such as soaps, bath salts, body scrubs, and lotions.
Developing this skill not only promotes relaxation and stress relief but also encourages creativity and a deeper appreciation for natural self-care practices.
Staying hydrated and drinking enough water are keys to health and fitness, just like getting a good night’s sleep. Poor hydration can have far-reaching effects that often go undetected.
Water is an important aspect of personal responsibility. Children in third-world countries literally beg on street corners for water, yet many people take their unending access to water for granted.
When you are adequately hydrated, your urine should be clear and colorless. This often means drinking 64 ounces of water in a single day, but it can mean quite a bit more if you exercise or if you live or work in a hot/ humid area.
Learn exactly what hydration is and feels like. Seek to stay properly hydrated at all times, as it is life-changing to go from being under-hydrated to constantly hydrated.
Good health is not about “picking things up” and “putting things down.” It is not all about eating right, living a healthy lifestyle, and being aerobically fit. It is all of those things but more. Being healthy also includes your state of mind.
Someone fit, eats well, and exercises may still have a lot of issues if they are constantly depressed, anxious, and stressed.
We don’t need to live in some false state of nirvana and happiness. But it is important from a healthy mental health perspective to try to put your “best foot forward” mental health-wise when you can.
This means trying to be happy, having an optimistic viewpoint, and being positive. Check out some of the books linked below to get a better grasp on positive thinking, happiness, and how to get your mind in a better place for improved health.
Having a mind-body connection means that you can learn to use your mind to positively influence some of your physical responses. This can help you manage anxiety, decrease stress, and even get rid of physical ailments.
Dr. John Sarno first introduced the idea of a mind-body connection and a genuinely scientific connection in his book Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection. In this book, Sarno, an expert in back pain relief, pointed out how many of his back pain sufferers were having their conditions created by or exacerbated by stress and how sometimes mindfulness techniques and meditation were better for relieving their pain than dangerous spinal surgery.
Others have taken this idea and expanded it outside the realm of back pain. Whether the effects are psychosomatic or show true body healing via mental health techniques is a question that could be debated. Using your “mind” as a cure does not answer every medical problem. But certain aspects of healthy living, like back pain, can be helped by understanding the potential healing powers of a strong mind-body connection.
Resource: NEED LINK to John Sarno Book or something else about mind-body connection
63. Massage Therapy
Most people enjoy a good massage. If we could give ourselves relaxing massages, the world would undoubtedly be a much nicer place.
Learning a little bit of a professional massage therapist's skills will not directly increase your massages. But if you give a good massage, many people would be glad to reciprocate with a return massage after getting a dose of your healing hands.
Walking is another key to fitness and health. Yes, there are many other exercises that are more energetic, calorie-burning, and muscle-building.
But walking is and will always be a good baseline. Walking will always be a way to recuperate when you get injured from any other sport. When you get older, and fitness gets difficult, walking becomes a great source of activity.
Walking is low-impact, moves most muscle groups, is easy to do, and is one of the only places where multitasking is not suboptimal. It gives you the time and energy for creative thoughts while also helping you to supplement any other daily fitness routine.
In fact, as a marathon runner, I still find time to incorporate a few long walks into my weekly routine. Walking is essential to keeping fit and healthy and can easily be added to existing routines.
Resources: Learn Everything About the Walking Exercise Habit
66. Understand Portion Sizes Without a Need to Measure
Portion control is one of the most important skills for healthy eating, yet many people struggle to recognize how much food is “too much.”
Modern dining habits and oversized plates have distorted our sense of what a proper serving looks like, often leading us to eat far more than we realize. Learning correct portion sizes—like keeping meat to about the size of a deck of cards, fruit or cereal to a closed fist, and cheese to your index finger—can make a big difference in maintaining balance without feeling deprived.
By becoming mindful of portion sizes, you can enjoy a wide variety of foods while still supporting your health goals. Tools like portion control plates or visual size comparisons can help you gauge servings more easily and retrain your sense of what a normal meal should look like.
With practice, portion control becomes second nature, making healthy eating simpler and more sustainable.
Resource: Learn aboutPortion Control Platesto help you get a handle on proper portion sizes.
67. Relax Effectively
You're going to be doing a lot of work once you absorb the skills on this list. Some of the skills are easy. But some quite difficult.
Time for rest, recuperation, and recovery is going to be essential. For many, this skill may seem amazingly simple: just sit around and do little (or nothing). However, for “go-getters” and “type “A” personalities,” effective relaxing may seem as difficult as swimming for someone who has never been in the water over their waist.
Quality rest is as good as quality work time. When you need a break, take one. Never let your work damage you so much that you must stop working.
They call stress the silent killer because it is easy to miss the day-to-day damage stress does to your body. When you notice these cumulative damages, it may be too late.
Stress matters. If you are constantly stressed, you need to either reduce your daily stress or find better ways of dealing with it. Or even better, do both.
The human body is a delicate system that can be easily ruined by constant, uneven balance under gravity. Muscles fuse, spines contort, and tendons tear. Maintaining proper posture and alignment allows you to experience less fatigue and far less strain being put on your ligaments and muscles.
Learning good posture is the first step toward better postural habits that will help your spine.
Once again, this skill is one of the true keys to health.
It only makes sense. After all, you are what you eat. If you live off of potato chips, pizza, and cola, your body can expect to react negatively. However, if you follow some nutrition rules, you will be far healthier and likely live years longer.
Understanding nutrition means understanding everything that goes into your body and how your body processes these foods—understanding how dieting for weight loss works, what it means to eat healthily, how to plan meals, fat loss, carbs, proteins, fat, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and the basics of how our immune system works.
I am not going to make a statement that if you are not doing Paleo, you are not healthy. (Although some Paleo aficionados would make that statement for me).
Paleo is a healthy living and healthy eating option. It is not the only option, but it is a worthwhile option to consider if you want to change up your lifestyle.
In case you are one of the few people who has never heard of the paleo diet. In a nutshell, it means eating like our hunter-gatherer forefathers. Typically, the paleo diet includes meat, vegetables, fruits, roots, and nuts while avoiding or strictly limiting any processed food, such as dairy, sugars, oils, salt, legumes, grains, coffee, or alcohol.
Learning the skills to stay fit as you age is one of the most valuable investments you can make in your long-term health.
As the years go by, the effects of past habits and genetics can make maintaining fitness more challenging, but it’s never too late to start. Building strength, flexibility, and endurance through consistent exercise, balanced nutrition, and proper recovery helps combat the natural decline that comes with aging.
The key to developing this essential skill is to start early and stay consistent—developing healthy routines in your 20s or 30s makes aging easier, but even beginning later in life can lead to major improvements in energy, mobility, and overall well-being.
Stretching can be one of the most overlooked skills for a healthy lifestyle. Specifically, when you are young and your muscles and bones feel loose and limber most of the time, people may think you don’t need to stretch.
Unfortunately, a lack of stretching leads directly to injury, tears, sprains, and, ultimately, the loss of flexibility. It is important to start stretching young and build flexibility and good posture into your healthy routine as early as possible.
I have been a consistent runner for nearly 30 years (except for times of injury). So, I may (admittedly)be a bit biased when I discuss the virtues of running. (To learn more, we have a new website that focuses on running for beginners.)
Along with walking, running is one of the best overall forms of exercise for staying fit. It helps tone your muscles, keeps weight off, makes you aerobically “fit,” and even gives you free time to think creatively and work through problems.
But running often comes with injuries. Learn to get the most from your running, learn good technique, and learn how to minimize injuries with this training. If you are going to run, it is important to learn to do so in a way that minimizes damage and maximizes the many positive aspects of running.
Despite what some of my fellow Gen. Xers might think, self-care is not some pampered ideal created by spoiled Millennials.
No, self-care is an important skill.
Self-care has been an important part of health and fitness for thousands of years. (Aromatherapy recipes have been found in ancient Egypt.) It makes a huge difference in our health and well-being, specifically mental health.
Practicing self-care 24/7/365 is certainly indulgent. But everyone needs to take some time for rest, recovery, and recuperation, and that is what self-care is all about.
Our list of new things to learn keeps going on. Up next are communication skills.
These are useful things to learn in two major areas: business and personal life. In both of these areas, it becomes important to share your thoughts and learn new things, like public speaking.
Without learning good communication skills and breaking down barriers that hold you back from communicating your thoughts, it may become difficult to get ahead in your chosen profession and find new friends and/or relationships.
76. Write Professional Emails
It is important to always present yourself in a professional manner when meeting with colleagues or clients. Communication and professionalism through email also matter.
Learning how to write emails correctly can spare you some embarrassment in the professional world. Professional emails are a bit of an art form and certainly not meant to contain a lot of shorthand “IM Speak & emoticons.”
Email is such a common form of professional communication that can make or break your reputation as an expert in your field; even more importantly, your professionalism in your writing will have a significant impact on your career path and success, as this may become one of the best ways to network within your field.
Your resume gives potential employers a quick snapshot of why you are a better fit for their company than the next guy walking through the door. That is why this skill is so darn important.
An incredibly well-written resume is worth its weight in gold because it will get you that better job with better benefits and greater opportunities.
In our culture of constant distractions, your resume will not hold anyone's attention for very long, so you have to know how to make it effective and efficient to capture an employer's attention.
Learning how to write a professional resume will likely be your first step to landing an interview for a job you are well-suited to do.
But the sad truth is that most resumes do not even make it to the decision-maker. They are screened out of the process due to resume “issues.”
These bad resumes may:
Contain too little information
Contain too much of the wrong information
Do not show the applicant's core strengths
Not properly formatted
Don’t “guide the eye” through the resume-reading process
Contain information that does not apply to that specific job
Do not “sell” you (or your skills and experience) to the hiring manager
A few simple improvements in your resume writing skills make it far more likely to get it to seem (and approved) by the decision-makers.
Let’s face it. Most writing is boring; specifically, in the context of a work/ business environment.
Deathly dull writing makes everything fade into the background, like the constant drone from a bee buzzing around the room.
Being able to add a little flair or personality to your writing is a big deal. It is essential if you make your living writing, and it can give you a big boost over your peers if writing is only part of your job description.
Whether you are writing for business, blogs, books, essays or to create a masterpiece that people notice, putting flair, pizazz, and style into your writing will get it noticed. Find out more in the guide below.
The best default psychology for a success story is to have something valuable to offer that people want. You need to be the one giving it out, and you need to communicate the value of what you're doing to others so that they may understand it.
That's all it takes to be someone that people seek. Once you understand what it means to offer value, you can start to orient your behavior around creating and developing aspects of yourself that are truly valuable to yourself and others.
One of the biggest benefits of becoming a unique individual is that you can now speak with others very directly and in a way they can't find elsewhere. That's being personable, and it's invaluable; there is a priceless process in becoming a priceless person.
One of the critical components of that is how you relate to others. What better way is there to relate to an individual than individually?
Learning the skill of keeping your messages brief and to the point is essential for effective communication.
In both business and everyday life, people value clarity and efficiency—time is limited, and long-winded explanations can lose your audience quickly. Being able to express your ideas clearly in just a few sentences, like in an elevator pitch, shows confidence and understanding of your topic.
Practicing this skill—such as summarizing your thoughts in ten words or less—helps you refine your message, focus on what truly matters, and adapt your communication to any situation.
82. How to Write an Effective Speech (from Page to Stage)
Speech writing is very different from other forms of writing. It is as much about entertaining as it is about informing. To be effective, you need to create a pace that is unique to speeches.
Speech writing is not a skill everyone needs. Certainly not “all the time,” but most of us will need to give a handful of speeches in our lives. (business, wedding, events, etc.)
Honing a speech writing skill will, therefore, help you both personally and professionally, depending on how much need your career and life presents you to use your communication skill.
Of course, writing a killer speech is only part of the equation. Many people can write a killer speech that could leave people laughing and informed, but do not have the speech-making skills to present a great speech. While other people can go up on stage, with no speech, and deliver a well-received speech.
The main difference between these two is practice. To be at ease in front of groups of people, you need to have spoken in front of other people before.
If you aren't prepared to speak in front of 1,000 people at this very second, how can you expect to be someone that 1,000 people look up to? Great habits lead to greatness, and greatness attracts attention. Imagine being incredible and ruining the speech with nervousness, shaking hands, and stuttered words.
Learning the skill of showing confidence in conversations can transform how others perceive you and how you feel about yourself.
While some people seem naturally outgoing, most confident communicators have built their skills through practice, patience, and persistence. Engaging with strangers, even in small ways, helps you become more comfortable speaking up and handling awkward moments with ease.
Over time, deliberate practice—such as maintaining eye contact, speaking clearly, and listening actively—builds genuine confidence. Like any skill, conversational confidence grows the more you use it, turning nervous interactions into opportunities for connection and growth.
Networking is another communication skill that is not natural to me. It takes a certain mindset to make friends quickly and connect with others.
This just isn’t me, but that is why I hold this skill in such high regard. I am working hard to improve it, bit by bit.
In the long term, your network of business contacts are going to be one of the most powerful tools for your success. I already have gotten some great ideas in the Kindle publishing, blogging, and writing fields from people I have in my network. These burgeoning friendships have made and/or saved me tens of thousands of ideas.
You may be an introvert and not inclined to put effort into meeting strangers and building friendships through networking, but the long-term positive benefits are impossible to ignore.
The list of useful skills to learn has to be topped by business skills. These skills improve your performance. They get you your promotions and generally help you to get your job and do it better.
86. Question Conventional Wisdom
Okay, this is more of a mindset than a skill, but it is worth mentioning.
In business and life, you will often be told some things “can’t be done.” You will be given examples of past failures and shown clearly why some things cannot and will not ever work.
While there is something to learn from the wisdom of past generations, it is also important to question the truth of these ideas.
87. Develop Business Relationships
This is similar to the “networking” skill we discussed in communication skill # 85. However, it is more focused on the work environment.
Business relationships are not just the people you network with but all work interactions.
Here are some of the essential business relationships that will help you go above and beyond any peers or competition at work:
Organization is a productivity and time-saving skill. Being good at business organization can be just as important as being as good as Marie Kondo at home organization and decluttering.
It can often be important to store paperwork around your office, for instance, and having good organizational skills is crucial for finding any file, folder, or piece of paperwork quickly and easily.
The lesson linked below covers literally everything you might ever need to know about office organization. It is a soup-to-nuts course covering physically decluttering your office and the main elements of digitally decluttering your office.
12 hours of training spread over 84 different classes means you will learn everything you need to know about business and office organization.
89. Planning: Plan Your Day, Week, Month, Quarter & Year
Hard work is essential. But it will be trumped by effective planning every single time.
Good planning takes into account contingencies, emergencies, and setbacks. It can be boiled down to a single page while also providing detailed instructions on what is to come and how to do it.
Plans will also be available in varying details over time (5 years, yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily plans are all common). When used and written properly, plans are helpful in completing necessary tasks.
Not only is it difficult to find a great employee, but it is also hard to keep them around. Hiring, managing, and firing employees can easily make or break a business. It seems that companies are all competing for the best workers who enable the company to achieve its strategic goals.
This course explores the importance of hiring employees who align with the company's overall strategy. It also covers how to manage employees so they will stay with the company for the long term and reduce the turnover rate.
Working remotely is a very common thing to do these days. With everyone's internet and smartphones access, there is sometimes no need to add the additional cost of a large brick and mortar office to business. However, you have to know how to hire and manage employees and keep them on track without having the ability to look over their shoulder.
My personal experience with hiring virtual staff has been through the link below. I love this service and highly recommend it for helping find overseas virtual staff.
It is easy for email to get out of control. The time involved to keep your email emptied may seem prohibitive unless you have a good system.
If you are a GMAIL user, I recommend the course linked below to help keep your inbox clean and clear without spending an excessive amount of time dealing with emails.
Everyone wants to know what it takes to succeed in business, especially how to achieve the kind of success that steadily increases rather than goes through peaks and valleys.
Critical business skills involve a solid knowledge of the fundamentals of business and what other successful companies are doing well.
While accounting and bookkeeping may not be your job, you should still be familiar with some basics. This way, you can check other people's work and ensure that the bookkeeping is done correctly for your company.
Unless accounting or bookkeeping is your job… in which case the basics should seem very simplistic for you.
The ability to influence others is a fundamental skill that all effective leaders must master. Without the ability to influence other people, you are not likely to be able to make your vision become a reality because you won't have anyone helping you.
To achieve the things in life that you want to achieve, you have to be able to capture the minds and energy of other people.
Effective leaders go beyond commanding and inspire, persuade, and encourage others. They can tap into a group's knowledge, skills, and abilities and lead individuals toward a common goal.
The first step to getting the most from what you do is envisioning what you want to accomplish. What do you want out of life? Maybe you want to do satisfying work that allows you to help other people. Maybe you want to find a fulfilling relationship that makes you happy. Maybe you want to get in shape so you can run a marathon. No matter what you are doing, you have to learn how to get the most from it.
To do this, you have to find internal motivation to do what you are doing. Learn to enjoy the process rather than race to the results and learn from your mistakes. Talk to other people who have succeeded in your quest to learn about what they have already been through.
In life, everything is negotiable. Your salary. What you do at your job. How much your business pays for services.
Okay, the counter guy at 7-11 might not negotiate on the price of milk, but most major and important parts of life are open to some form of negotiating. But how good are your negotiating skills?
We don’t have an open barter system in our economy so most negotiating may seem like backroom deals, but they are really a part of the fabric of our society.
If your negotiating skills are lacking, it is important that you take a bit of time and get them up to speed. Just the hiring/firing form of negotiation makes this bit of effort worthwhile.
Procrastination is the #1 business and life killer. We all procrastinate from time-to-time, but if procrastination actually keeps you from accomplishing important business or personal life tasks, then this quickly becomes something that you MUST address.
If you want more info on why people procrastinate, see these causes of procrastination. If you are looking for quick-fix ideas on stopping your procrastination tendencies, see some methods for overcoming procrastination.
But if you want to end procrastination once and forever, check out the link below, which I think of as the ultimate guide to fighting procrastination.
Finally, we come to goal setting. It is important to have reachable goals that are lofty enough to stretch your abilities yet still very achievable. A lot goes into the planning, implementation, and execution of goals.
If you are unsure about types of goals, how to create reasonable goals, or how to stick to your goals until you accomplish them, you may wish to invest some time in goal-building skills.
The course below is designed for life coaches. It teaches how to reach your personal goals, of course, but it also has a full bag of hacks and tips for helping others reach their own personal and professional goals.
The final collection of skills is some highly useful training on specific PC software.
Anyone who has a job that is mainly “at the computer” will find all of these software programs familiar. They (or their generic equivalents) are the industry standards of work and productivity tools.
Rather than offer one lone overarching course that might take 100 hours to complete, why not look at the tabbed entry below to find the best training to suit your specific needs.
In today’s fast-changing world, learning AI skills has become a key skill for anyone who wants to stay competitive and relevant. AI is transforming industries by offering a quick way to handle data analysis, automate tasks, and tackle complex problems that once required extensive human effort.
Developing AI literacy not only improves your problem-solving skills but also strengthens transferable skills that can be applied across multiple categories of work, from business and healthcare to education and technology.
Those who embrace AI gain the ability to adapt and innovate, while those who ignore it risk being left behind in a world increasingly driven by intelligent systems and data-driven decision-making.
101. General AI Training Skills
Learning new AI skills has become essential for staying relevant and efficient, no matter your profession or interests. Being grounded in the basics of artificial intelligence—understanding how tools like GPT models work and how to craft effective prompts—can dramatically improve productivity, creativity, and problem-solving. Whether you’re using AI for writing, design, research, or automation, knowing how to communicate with these systems helps you get better results in less time.
You don’t need to master every platform to benefit from AI; even a foundational understanding of tools like Notion for organization, Midjourney for visual creation, Gemini for research, Adobe Firefly and Photoshop for design, Zapier for automation, or AI-powered music and video generators can make your work faster and more innovative.
By learning the basics across these categories, you build adaptable skills that can be applied anywhere. The key is to stay curious, experiment, and keep expanding your AI literacy—because those who understand how to work with intelligent tools will have a clear advantage in the modern world.
Learning AI for art and design opens up exciting new creative possibilities. It helps artists, designers, and any type of creator to push beyond traditional boundaries. Learning a tools like Midjourney, Leonardo AI, Adobe Firefly or DALL·E enable users to generate stunning visuals, concept art, and design ideas in minutes, transforming simple text prompts into professional-quality artwork.
Whether you’re a professional designer or a hobbyist, mastering AI-driven design tools can save time, expand your skill set, and open doors to entirely new forms of expression. Learning one of these skills is worth the time investment and can expand your creativity.
Learning productivity skills with AI is one of the smartest ways to improve your workflow and stay ahead in today’s fast-paced world.
With the right tools, you can summarize textbooks and articles in seconds, write emails, blogs, essays, and content ideas instantly, and design visuals, presentations, and video scripts with ease. AI can also automate repetitive tasks like transcription, planning, and research, freeing up valuable time for more meaningful work.
By mastering essential AI tools for real-world productivity, you can write faster and smarter, create engaging content for social media or business, and even start side hustles or freelance projects.
Learning deep learning skills is one of the most valuable ways to prepare for the future of technology, as it allows you to help train and refine the very machines shaping our world. By mastering how to build and train deep neural networks, identify key architecture parameters, and implement vectorized models, you can apply deep learning to a wide range of real-world applications.
You’ll learn to work with training and test sets, analyze variance, and use optimization algorithms to fine-tune performance. Discover tools like TensorFlow, you can build convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for image recognition, experiment with neural style transfer to create AI-generated art, and apply algorithms to video data. You can also learn about (RNNs) for natural language processing and more.
Developing these skills not only deepens your understanding of AI but also positions you for long-term growth in one of the most in-demand fields of the future.
These are just 104 new skills to learn that can add value to your life.
As we close things out, try to imagine what you would be like if you were able to develop some of these skills in your life.
If you can add one or two skills from this list, then that would be a better use of your time than wasting it watching TV or playing the latest game on your phone.
So, my advice is simple:
Pick one of the skills mentioned in this list and make that commitment to work on it for the next month. Even if you spend only 30 minutes a day on this activity, you will have added something valuable to your life in just a few short weeks. You can even create a 30-day challenge to master this new skill.
18 thoughts on “104 New Skills: Learn Something New Today *2026 Update: AI Skills”
A comprehensive, common-sense layout of 88 habits and thought patterns. Thanks.
Thanks to inspire me
And Why not you add a cup Sport? The sport of unstacking and restacking paper cups..
Thanks Grahame. Yeah, this is a BIG article. (Took weeks to research & write it) So certainly bookmark away!!!
Thank you so much Scott, You have provided great insight hot to utilize our time more productive instead of wasting our time by watching TV or playing mobile or PC games.
Appreciate your efforts and contribution
Thanks so much! This is exactly what I need to better my life. Getting ready to share everywhere. I have most of your ebooks and want to get the jounal. I really appreciate the additional resources,You Rock!!
Thanks Krista! Appreciate the nice comment! Hope it helps and you pick up a cool skill… let me know.
I would like to say, “learn to play guitar” because it is just so darn cool. But in reality I think the top three are: improving mindfulness, improving my “home repair” skills (pretty awful) and swimming. What are your top 3?
Thanks, hope you like them. With those huge discounts hard to avoid getting a few. (I did too! :))
thank you! really enjoyed reading all of your ideas. Have decided to start with declutter, while it seems daunting the though of all of my clothes lying in one place will be an absolute eye opener, imagine the money spent. Will be back to peruse the list again and again.
Thanks. Glad you like the list, and excellent choice to start with. A clutter free environment is so good to help inspire you to do more..
Thank you Scott! This should be required reading and incorporated into the education of our kids! The best resource I’ve seen on living a happy and successful life. I will be going through these a little at a time beginning with goal setting. I also plan on teaching them slowly to my 6 year old grandson.
Thanks Diane! Glad you liked it. I appreciate the kinds words!
This is immensely helpful. Thank you. I am so excited to develop at least a few of these skills.
hello, this is a big list to new things done in life. good ideas. thank you for this article.
The brain scans showed that mindfulness meditation coaching increased the practical
connectivity of the members’ resting default mode network in areas essential to consideration and executive management, namely the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Contributors
who received the comfort training didn’t
present these brain modifications.
Learning something new is always an exciting endeavour to commence. The problem is that most of us get wrapped up in busy distractions throughout the day so that we can never find the time to learn the new skill we want.
Great article and skills!!!
The only thing I would add is my personal secret…
Do the hardest thing first! If it was meant to fail, you do it nonetheless.
Because life is only once, everything easy is what it is.
When you go to the hardest task, the hardest thing, the thing that makes you worried, the thing that stresses you out, you learn. You fail, you fail and fail again… Its not that you want to succeed, its that you want to grow from your failures, with each and every dying day.
A comprehensive, common-sense layout of 88 habits and thought patterns. Thanks.
Thanks to inspire me
And Why not you add a cup Sport? The sport of unstacking and restacking paper cups..
Thanks Grahame. Yeah, this is a BIG article. (Took weeks to research & write it) So certainly bookmark away!!!
Thank you so much Scott, You have provided great insight hot to utilize our time more productive instead of wasting our time by watching TV or playing mobile or PC games.
Appreciate your efforts and contribution
Thanks so much! This is exactly what I need to better my life. Getting ready to share everywhere. I have most of your ebooks and want to get the jounal. I really appreciate the additional resources,You Rock!!
Thanks Krista! Appreciate the nice comment! Hope it helps and you pick up a cool skill… let me know.
I would like to say, “learn to play guitar” because it is just so darn cool. But in reality I think the top three are: improving mindfulness, improving my “home repair” skills (pretty awful) and swimming. What are your top 3?
Thanks, hope you like them. With those huge discounts hard to avoid getting a few. (I did too! :))
thank you! really enjoyed reading all of your ideas. Have decided to start with declutter, while it seems daunting the though of all of my clothes lying in one place will be an absolute eye opener, imagine the money spent. Will be back to peruse the list again and again.
Thanks. Glad you like the list, and excellent choice to start with. A clutter free environment is so good to help inspire you to do more..
Thank you Scott! This should be required reading and incorporated into the education of our kids! The best resource I’ve seen on living a happy and successful life. I will be going through these a little at a time beginning with goal setting. I also plan on teaching them slowly to my 6 year old grandson.
Thanks Diane! Glad you liked it. I appreciate the kinds words!
This is immensely helpful. Thank you. I am so excited to develop at least a few of these skills.
hello, this is a big list to new things done in life. good ideas. thank you for this article.
The brain scans showed that mindfulness meditation coaching increased the practical
connectivity of the members’ resting default mode network in areas essential to consideration and executive management, namely the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Contributors
who received the comfort training didn’t
present these brain modifications.
Learning something new is always an exciting endeavour to commence. The problem is that most of us get wrapped up in busy distractions throughout the day so that we can never find the time to learn the new skill we want.
Great article and skills!!!
The only thing I would add is my personal secret…
Do the hardest thing first! If it was meant to fail, you do it nonetheless.
Because life is only once, everything easy is what it is.
When you go to the hardest task, the hardest thing, the thing that makes you worried, the thing that stresses you out, you learn. You fail, you fail and fail again… Its not that you want to succeed, its that you want to grow from your failures, with each and every dying day.