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		<title>Skills for Life: What are the Life Skills Everyone Needs to Have?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life skills are essential to a full life.  But, what are life skills and what are the life skills everyone should have? Financial Skills for Life Everyone should be able to: How to Budget Understand Credit and Debt Understand Insurance How Much to Tip Health and Wellness Life Skills Everyone should have the following health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skills4lifeonline.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8791128&amp;post=24&amp;subd=skills4lifeonline&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life skills are essential to a full life.  But, what are life skills and what are the life skills everyone should have?</p>
<p><strong>Financial Skills for Life</strong></p>
<p>Everyone should be able to:</p>
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<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/2009/08/15/how-to-budget/">How to Budget</a></li>
<li>Understand Credit and Debt</li>
<li>Understand Insurance</li>
<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/2009/08/09/how-much-to-tip/">How Much to Tip</a></li>
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<p><strong>Health and Wellness Life Skills</strong></p>
<p>Everyone should have the following health and wellness life skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>Understand Basic Nutrition</li>
<li>Know How to Exercise Properly</li>
<li>Know When to See the Doctor</li>
<li>Know Basic First Aid and CPR</li>
<li>Know How to Care for Yourself or Someone Else that is Sick</li>
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<p><strong>Job Life Skills</strong></p>
<p>These are the skills for life that are necessary to get (and keep) a job:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/2009/08/11/resume-writing-tips/">Resume Writing Skills</a></li>
<li>What to Wear to an Interview</li>
<li>How to Set Work Related Goals</li>
<li>How to Get Along with Your Boss and Co-workers</li>
<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/2009/08/10/how-to-search-google-simple-tricks/">How to Search Google</a></li>
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<p><strong>Personal Skills for Life</strong></p>
<p>There are also some important life skills that help you get along with other people.  These include:</p>
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<li>How to Give and Receive a Compliment</li>
<li>How to Listen Effectively</li>
<li>How to Communicate</li>
<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/2009/08/12/email-netiquette-rules/">Netiquette Rules</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/2009/08/23/telephone-etiquette-basics/">Telephone Etiquette</a></li>
<li>Basic Good Manners</li>
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<p><strong>Household Life Skills</strong></p>
<p>You need to be able to take care of yourself, your family, and your home:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/category/cooking/easy-meals/">How to Cook a Full Week&#8217;s Worth of Meals</a></li>
<li>How to Clean Your Home</li>
<li><a href="http://gottaknowonline.com/2009/08/16/how-to-load-a-dishwasher/">How to Wash Dishes</a></li>
<li>How to Perform Basic Home Repairs</li>
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<p>This list seems like common knowledge.  We all know how uncommon common knowledge can be though.  There a lot of people out there who have never learned how to do some of these things.  Maybe you recognize a life skill you need to learn in this list.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why I started <a title="Gotta Know Online" href="http://www.gottaknowonline.com">Gotta Know Online</a>.  It&#8217;s a one-stop shop for life skills.  I want to put everyone on a level playing field so nobody has any advantages over someone who may not have been lucky enough to learn these life skills.</p>
<p>Gotta Know Online teaches you real life skills using video and articles.  You will only find concrete examples and life skills at Gotta Know Online.</p>
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