How would you feel if you are left behind just because of the lack of basic skill set? You must not feel really good about it because when you have all the talent and appropriate knowledge but just lack some basic skills. But let me clarify it to you all that , there is a huge difference between talent and skill. Talent is a natural ability someone is born with whereas, skill is ability that comes from practice. Like time management, communication, etc are skills and not talent whereas, ability to sing or dance falls under the category of talent. We often times forget to work on basic skills while working on hard skills for better future development, but that’s not how things work we have to work on basic skills to make the hard skills better than before such kind of skills include time management, critical thinking, decision making, public speaking & communication such kind of skills not just help you in an early stage of life but are a companion of a long run. A good time management can help you with multi tasking and being responsible enough to utilize the 24hrs of a day in the best possible way. lot of skills but not a proper time management? I don’t think if it’s going to work with such hard & fast lifestyle so, to make it better and smooth try practicing time management for each and every day. After time management the next basic skill that is quite essential as well is critical thinking how better you can handle the pressure of difficult situation and keep your mind in enough peace to make a decision or work accordingly. it is one of those basic skill which develops the patience level and helps to create a positive environment around person. you can easily develop the skill of critical thinking by taking few responsibilities given to you by your parents or by your own self as well. Critical thinking also helps in the process of decision making as well which is another basic skill and comes with handling difficult situations. generally critical thinking and decision making goes side by side. Next basic skills include the skill of communication and public speaking a good communication has the ability to tackle even a large group of people or audience. A good communicator knows how to explain their points to other people in a way that the other person can understand and a good communicator also has an ability to solve their problem by themselves as they try to communicate with themselves and try to fix their problem in its best possible way. Just like critical thinking and decision making the skills of communication and public speaking also goes hand in hand. Hence these are some of the basic skills that can help you in a long run and not just that but can also help in being the best in your field. As hard skills are useful until you know the basic skills to work with professionals.