every Sunday we bring you a different

type of video which should improve your

life today we're looking at 15 skills

that will pay off forever welcome to a

Lux calm the place where future

billionaires come to get inspired hello

a Luxor's this was originally supposed

to be one of the 25 questions in 25 days

videos but we simply couldn't under

deliver on this premise so we made an

entire Sunday motivational video about

the topic we broke down the most

valuable skills anyone can acquire these

particular skills have the largest

impact in someone's both personal and

professional life once you acquire them

they stick with you for your entire life

and will continuously improve the

quality of your existence most of them

are difficult to master but if you do

the rewards are endless if you are new

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here's a list of the 15 skills that will

pay off forever

number 1 learning how to learn this is

the holy grail of skills once you

realize that every type of skill can be

learned if you follow a particular set

of steps the world starts to look a lot

like a video game you can level up and

acquire new abilities since you know

what type of effort time and focus it

will take to learn a new skill this is

one of the most underrated competencies

one could have yet one that's likely to

have the largest benefit in the long run

when you know how to learn the only

thing left to do is allocate yourself

the time and resources to upgrade your

software with whatever skills would make

your life better number 2 ability to

adapt improvise and overcome obstacles

this isn't just a Bear Grylls

catchphrase it's actually what allows

you to keep moving forward and survive

the hard times you're going to face in

your journey only the ignorant are under

the impression they have their life all

figured out and it's going to be all

straight roads from now onward that

person is in for a massive surprise in

the words of Mike Tyson everyone has a

plan until they get punched in the mouth

life is not fair it's complex and your

dedication to keep moving on is what

allows you to win hard times are ahead

people will betray your trust things

will not work out in your favor

you'll be put down to the ground or

probably already have been change your

attitude seek alternative routes get

creative and overcome what life throws

at you if things are getting harder it

means you're leveling up in the game of

life number three meditation you are not

your body you are not the things you own

you are not what people think of you you

are your mind everything that makes you

who you are

resides in that cage made of bone

between your ears that's who you are

that is what makes you you every action

idea thought desire weakness and sorrow

begins here over 80% of successful

people have a form of daily meditation

practice in their lives everybody else

ignores this as mumbo jumbo because they

have no idea how to do it and how

valuable it actually is this is one of

the most premium skills anyone can have

in their arsenal if you are in control

of your mind you can tame it and train

it to make it stronger you're on an

entirely different level than everyone

else you see life more clearly you make

better decisions and your potential

expands while everyone else remains

limited that's why earlier this year we

flew all the way to Bali Indonesia

in order to put together a meditation

course that's built for people like us

the a lock serves once it's ready anyone

who's interested in acquiring this

valuable skill should be able to go from

understanding the basic to actually

using meditation in their daily lives

for progress number four the ability to

verbalize what you think and feel you'd

be amazed how few people can put into

words what they believe what they feel

and what they think about an issue this

is one of the biggest downfalls of

relationships one of the partners is

unable to tell the other person what's

wrong and instead they choose to bury

that feeling of Sora within themselves

until it builds up to the inevitable

collapse of the relationship this goes

beyond romantic relationships it's even

between friendships co-workers and

family members people are so often

scared to speak up when they feel in a

different way and that's how you end up

with living a mediocre life because the

path is no longer dictated by what would

be sustainable for the long run and

instead it's written by unsatisfactory

compromises if you are not 100% honest

and involved in the process it will be

easy to let it go in the hopes that

something better comes along

none of these parties win and you're all

just wasting time number five the

ability to sell and negotiate everything

you do is a sale or a negotiation

process if you want a girlfriend or

boyfriend you need to sell them on the

idea of you being the right person for

them you want a job then you need to be

able to sell your skill set over that of

other potential hires even to yourself

you have to sell the idea that you can

be and do better than you're doing today

selling is not a synonym for lying

selling is a rational process in which

you break down why your solution will

add value to the other party selling is

pursuing others to join you towards

career

a better outcome for you both this feeds

right into the ability to verbalize what

we mentioned earlier life is a constant

negotiation with others with yourself

and even with time itself remember what

we taught you about trading with the

future that is a negotiation with time

it's a negotiation between effort and

satisfaction under the umbrella of time

by doing the things that people won't

right now you are negotiating a future

where you can enjoy a life that is

unavailable to many others selling can

be taught and it'll prove to be highly

useful to have it in your utility belt

if you want to go deeper with this we

recommend you pick up Daniel Pink's book

to sell is human in it you'll find out

what it takes to make children act in a

way you desire how to understand what

the other person is thinking and come up

with a solution that satisfies both

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start getting what you want in life then

it's time to start selling number six

knowing how to shut up listen and learn

from the person you're talking to isn't

that right a lack sirs how many people

do you recall that never know when to

shut up if you're the one talking you

are not growing because you're the one

putting out what you already know the

only way for you to improve is to

actively listen and we mean really

listening to someone else because it's

different from just hearing them it

involves paying attention creating a

mental blueprint of the information

which you can access if you need to

always assume the person you're talking

to knows something that you don't don't

get blindsided by arrogance it's more

important to grow then give the

impression that you already know

everything that right there is what

differentiates the

from the pretenders number seven the

ability to self-motivate there will

always be days when you don't feel like

getting out of bed there will definitely

be days when you don't feel like getting

out of bed a lot of them there will be

days when you don't want to get back to

the grind there's going to be days when

you feel like you're not making any

progress those are the days that make

the difference between those who are

going to make it and those who will find

excuses for their failures how you make

it happen how you convince your body and

mind to move in accordance with what you

know is better then whatever alternative

might be on the table resides in

yourself and it's called willpower the

level of self motivation someone can

deploy is directly correlated to the

following his or her level of confidence

the positive outlook on the outcome the

quality of the goal and the environment

they created for themselves number eight

discipline building up from that

previous point and we end up with

discipline if you've been following this

channel for a while you know that

success is the sum of small actions

repeated over extended periods of time

no matter how small of a step you make

every day give it enough time and you'll

reach your destination people are not

consistent they don't run the course

they don't play the long game and get

distracted by shiny objects the

temptation is big to jump on a new fad

and start over but even if you start

making some progress there another shiny

object will pass by and you'll want to

follow that instead that's what keeps

people from making real progress we

believe everyone's life can be

dramatically improved for the better if

they get better at discipline that's why

a while back we made one of the most

valuable videos on this channel it could

have easily been put behind a paywall

because of the value in it yet we choose

to give it to you our community for

three the video is called 15 steps to

master self-discipline and you can watch

it by clicking in the top right corner

the 50 day challenge will change the way

you live

number 9 time management success in life

is determined by the ability to make use

of the resources you have on hand and

time is one of those resources we all

wake up with the same 24 hours in a day

but when we close our eyes at night some

people have made more progress than

others

simply put some people use their time

efficiently while others choose to waste

it the first person will live a great

life while the other one will get angry