What’s a skill you picked up outside of work that ended up helping you the most in your career? I don’t mean a formal certification or something you’d list at the top of a resume. More like something from a side hustle, hobby, family responsibility, travel, or even a bad experience that quietly made you better at handling work. I feel like some of the most useful career skills come from places that don’t look “professional” on paper.

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Learned how to approach new people and start a conversation, after working at a clothing store in college. This used to cause a bit of anxiety before I got the hang of it.
May not be a big deal for extroverts, but it took me some practice

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I relate to this a lot. I used to work in a bar in college, and it definitely forced me to get more comfortable talking to strangers. It seems simple, but those small interactions really do build confidence over time.

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Playing poker has given me strong people reading skills

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That’s actually a great one. Poker teaches people to pay attention to patterns, timing, confidence, and what people don’t say. Those skills definitely carry over into meetings, negotiations, and interviews.

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Volunteering with kids sports. Talking crazed parents down when they don’t feel like their kiddo got enough play time, has made be far better at negotiating in hostile sales environments.

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That’s such a good one. I feel like calming down emotional parents is probably harder than most workplace negotiations.

Therapy

Most of all therapy help me to restore the emotional buffer that I used to have. As a result, I'm less stressed starting out each day so I have a greater ability to deal with new surprises, challenges, etc.

Indirectly, though, therapy helped me to realize that everything doesn't have to be on my shoulders. I recently came into a lot more work and not only have I been able to deal with the added stress but I assessed the work that my team was doing and made a plan to realign the work, giving me extra capacity.

I think meeting new people and getting to know them. It’s helped me a ton networking within my company and asking good questions that they are excited to answer.

Good point!

I’ve tried to interact with strangers more than i used to so I can improve my small talk skills. I’ve been able to apply this at work and build solid relationships

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