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Basics of money.
Like putting away one third of your money every month, keeping a budget, learning when to splurge to maintain self control (budgets not too tight) and learning to live below your means at any cost.
The magic part is the other half of that equation. Money grows in it's own (though slowly) and putting some away for later starts paying for its own pretty soon.
I highly doubt even half of adults, even in some developed countries, have the spare income to put a third of it away
I agree, but assume everybody spends 30% less. The demand goes down for luxury goods. And things get more affordable. Disposable income is about what you can live without. And although I'm obviously not speaking about the poorest among us, most middle class people spend too much and live in debt because they want to keep up with the Joneses.
I've definitely noticed this in the usa. Where I live this is less of an issue fortunately... I might be a little guilty of this though
Good communication skills. Being able to tell someone else what you mean so they or anyone else could understand. My boss is beyond awful at it makes getting anything done a struggle at times.
This. Weirdly enough autistic people seem to struggle less here. Perhaps because they tend to be more literal in their choice of words?
Apparently a lot of older people were never taught algebra. I have a lot of math in my life so I find that weird.
A basic skill that I lack is the habit of keeping things clean. I do my cleaning in bursts, which can be counterproductive because my space is messy between those bursts. It's a basic skill, and one that I'm working to improve, but it sure does not come naturally to me!
Think of everything you do as a circular process. It starts with a clean state. Progresses to using something and making something dirty, and it should end up where you started, so you complete that line by putting away stuff and maintaining the surfaces you used.
Some processes involve breaks for people, like eating and taking a nap, but then you get up and while making a coffee you complete the circle.
When you get advanced, these circles start to run in parallel and intermesh and that's fine if you can manage completing all of them regularly.
For me the hardest part is managing impulses and sticking to the process. It avoids emotions about lengthening the process later on (needing to clean up before being able to make food again).
Basic humanity/empathy for marginalised groups
I've started casually consuming history content. Othering is basically the #1 social activity for humans unfortunately.
Cooking your own food. No, it's not hard. No, it's not unaffordable. And no, it won't rob you of all your free time.
Critical thinking skills.
It just astounds me when people who should know what this is and how to practice it, don't.
I find it weird this isn't a standard part of education yet. I would be ashamed to lack those skills
Looking up the information online (beyond just googling it in your native language).
i.e. Trying out the results in other search engines, when looking for the information about something in a foreign land, or something the specific nation is very good at; try using the local language (and use the online translators to search it and read it).
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