1. Department Of Electrical Engineering
LIFE SKILL
Presented by
Yatin kumar prajapati
Rajkumar prajapati
Parth prajapati
Afnan patni
Rahul kumar

2. What Is Life Skill ?
World Health Organization (WHO) defines life skills as, ‘the abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life.’

4. In short….
Life Skills empower young people to take positive action to protect themselves and promote health and positive social relationships.

5. WHAT ARE LIFE SKILLS?
A Life Skill is an ability that makes a difference in everyday living.
Many writers have tried to define life skills :
A Life Skill equips a person to perceive and respond to significant life events.
A Life Skill is a competency which enables a person to live in an interdependent society.
A Life Skill equips a person to be self directing and productive ,to lead a satisfying life and to contribute to society.
A Life Skill enables a person to function effectively in a changing world.

6. WITH LIFE SKILLS ONE IS ABLE TO :
Explore alternatives,
Weigh pros and cons, and
Make rational decisions in solving each problem, or issue as it arises.
It also entails being able to establish productive interpersonal relationships with others

7. Behavior Change Through Life Skills
Removes Ignorance
Generates Awareness
Concern
Creates Knowledge
Motivation
Readiness to change
Willingness to change
Acceptance
Inculcates Good Habits
Lifestyle
Behavior Change Through Life Skills

8. Take Pleasure & Pride in saying NO when one wants to say “no”
Ways to say NO
Polite refusal
Give reason
Repeat refusal
Walk away
Ignore the person
Avoid the situation
Find others’ support
Talk about your own feelings

9. CORE LIFE SKILLS STRATEGIES
UNICEF, UNESCO and WHO list ten(10) core life skills strategies:

10. Communication skill,
Problem solving,
Creative thinking,
Critical thinking,
Decision-making,
Interpersonal relationship skills,
Self-awareness building skills,
Empathy,
Coping with stress, and
Coping with emotions

11. COMMUNICATION SKILL Includes verbal non-verbal communication
Active listening
The ability to express feelings
Give feedback
Presentation skills
Public speaking skills
Negotiation and refusal skills
Assertiveness skills to manage conflicts, etc

12. Helps us to deal constructively with the problems in our lives
PROBLEM SOLVING
Helps us to deal constructively with the problems in our lives

13. Following constructively with decisions about our lives.
DECISION MAKING
Following constructively with decisions about our lives.

15. CREATIVE THINKING
Contributes to both decision-making and problem solving by enabling us to explore alternatives and the consequences of our action or non- action.

16. Creative thinking is simply finding new, improved ways to do anything
How to strengthen creative thinking ability?
Believe it can be done
Here is a basic truth: To do anything, we must first believe it can be done. Believing something can be done sets the mind in motion to find a way to do

17. “When you believe something is impossible, your mind goes to work for you to prove why. But, when you believe, really believe, something can be done, your mind goes to work for you and help to find the ways to do it.”

18. CRITICAL THINKING
The ability to analyze information and experiences in an objective manner.

19. “Creative thinking is generally considered to be involved with the creation or generation of ideas, processes, experiences or objects,
where as Critical thinking is concerned with their evaluation.”

20. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
Are social associations, connections, or affiliations between two or more people
Helps us to relate in positive ways with people that we interact with.

21. WHO AM I ? SELF AWARENESS Recognition of ourselves Of our character
Of our strength and weaknesses
Desires and Dislikes
WHO AM I ?

22. Self-awareness Self-management Self-esteem Self-confidence
Better Self-awareness leads to better self-management

23. STRESS MANAGEMENT
About recognising our life stressors and the sources of these in our lives, then we can choose to act in a way that controls our stress levels.

24. EMOTIONS
Recognising our emotions and those of others, being aware of how emotions influence behaviour and being able to respond to emotions appropriately.

25. EMPATHY
The ability to think what life is for another person, even in a situation that you may not be familiar with.
The ability to
"put oneself into another's shoes“.

26. Thank you.