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I don't think we can say 'essential' without know where you live, conditions, etc. If you live in the middle of the jungle, essential life skills will be much

I don't think we can say 'essential' without know where you live, conditions, etc. If you live in the middle of the jungle, essential life skills will be much different than in SF. I think we should divide skills into three types and then into three categories and adapt for your situation. You should be very very good at 3 things: - something that makes you money (programming, accounting, etc) - a physical activity (lifting weights, soccer, etc) - something you do for fun (woodworking, cooking, etc) (for some woodworking can be making money and programming the fun part, switch as needed) Then you should do the same but have 2/3 in each category but just as an ok/good level (can cook a normal veggies a steak meal or fix an electrical socket) Then again, do the same for each category but for a very minimal understanding about it, but have as many as you can. You may not know how to so a butt joint, but can saw a piece of wood or drill a hole, etc etc. This way, you are a more rounded human being, but also open your mind to other activities you wouldn't normally which may even go up in the hierarchy, but even if not, it may help you with other ones. It also means you will almost always have something to talk about with anyone.

grenoire 6y ago
Love this philosophy and it is roughly what I found to be my most reasonable 'top-performing' limit too. Whenever I tried to have more than three at each level, I was overly stressed and just broke down (so to say, and ended up dropping the thing in excess).
ahmaman 6y ago
Thanks for sharing. The idea of prioritising is a great approach. Eventually one would learn how to pick more skills but most essential ones would come first.
lcall 6y ago
I agree with the prioritizing and need to be rounded, and have thought a lot about the details of that. I have written a bunch, hopefully skimmable and detailed at my simple (no JS still) site: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854760791.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854760791.html (and more generally: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854592298.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854592298.html )

grenoire 6y ago

Love this philosophy and it is roughly what I found to be my most reasonable 'top-performing' limit too. Whenever I tried to have more than three at each level, I was overly stressed and just broke down (so to say, and ended up dropping the thing in excess).

ahmaman 6y ago

Thanks for sharing. The idea of prioritising is a great approach. Eventually one would learn how to pick more skills but most essential ones would come first.

lcall 6y ago

I agree with the prioritizing and need to be rounded, and have thought a lot about the details of that. I have written a bunch, hopefully skimmable and detailed at my simple (no JS still) site: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854760791.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854760791.html (and more generally: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854592298.html http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854592298.html )