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It is these so-called soft non-cognitive skills and other skills that are gaining prominence in playrooms, classrooms and boardrooms around the world. Now I feel the need to point out that calling these skills soft does not do them justice and referring to them as non-cognitive is simply incorrect given that they involve complex brain functioning which leaves us with others and as someone who has spent decades translating facts and figures In practical information, I can assure you that if you ever want to convince someone that something is really important don't call it anything else, so I would like to propose that we call these other skills written key skills Qi now which sounds like the word key as in ke And fits because these skills are certainly key to future success also reflects the fact that they are the complement of IQ and Qi skills and finally the key word, sometimes also pronounced, has been used in cultures and centuries to represent a positive life force that you can be born with, but they can also be developed and that brings us to the most important idea based on the science of early brain and child development: we now know that these key skills can be develop much sooner than most people believe;

It is believed that 85% of brain growth occurs between the ages of 3 and up to a million new neural connections are formed per second, it is during the first 5 years that we have a unique opportunity to more intentionally develop babies' brains and to put together this toolkit of skills that we know they'll need to be successful and that will help them. I better understand why these early years are so critical. I find it helpful to use the analogy of comparing the electrical wiring of the brain to that of a house. It is

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It just always takes longer, costs more and never works. as good as when the wiring comes in before the walls go up regarding the wiring of the baby's brain, attentive and responsive adults are the ones who play the role of primary architects, neurons don't just connect and babies don't just learn what you need. Knowing it all on your own Unlocking children's early learning potential depends deeply on social interactions, which explains why cultivating key skills involves lots of talking, cooing, singing, playing, and reading books to babies. With that in mind let me introduce you to the seven key skills the first of the key skills our self skills defined by self awareness self control or impulse control along with focus and attention in other words self skills are what allow us to be in control. of our own thoughts, feelings and actions now to put Me skills into a broader perspective, just think about how often we hear about everything from mindfulness apps and mindful breathing to the introduction of mindfulness directors these days. in corporate culture, even renowned business visionary Peter Drucker for addicts, while the 20th century was the era. of business management, the 21st century is going to be the era of self-management, and a good day of self-management in the life of a small child is when no one bites his friends, that is because the ability to resist the impulses of one really relies on impulse control, which happens to be one of the three defining characteristics of what neuroscientists call executive function skills, what the research now tells us about these important executive function skills is that they develop most rapidly among the ages 3 and 5, after skills arrive. skills we are people skills relationship skills such as communication collaboration teamwork active listening empathy and perspective taking whatever it takes to play well with others skills are especially valuable in a world where it has become as important to be able to read other people as it is read now since I never have to convince anyone that these skills are worth developing, let me translate, keep your ears open, use your words, learn to play well with others and, in the same sandbox, the crux of The point is that these highly coveted social-emotional skills are preschool skills and can be developed from a very early age.

Young children can be taught to understand other people's perspectives. Children as young as 9 months begin to show signs of empathy and even very young babies are sensitive emotion detectors capable of sensing others. emotions before they can even walk or talk Now, before we go any further, I should point out that it is the combination of my skills and our skills that fits the formal definition of emotional intelligence, described not just as two of the words hottest in American companies, but also recognized around the world. world is absolutely critical to thriving in all aspects of 21st century life along with the Y skills, which obviously include asking why, but more broadly include exploration, curiosity, curiosity, and asking all kinds of jhins in love to better understand how The technology-driven world works.

The information age has put so many answers within our collective reach that it is no wonder that the ability to ask good questions has become much more valued than simply knowing the right answer, as Albert Einstein said. The important thing is to never stop. Now think about some of the corporate training programs, such as the five whys, which train business leaders to better get to the root of a problem by repeatedly asking why, implemented by some of the world's leading companies, these techniques formal training and questioning, ironically, leave one fundamental question unanswered: Why do we have to work so hard to train adults to do something that comes so naturally to two- and three-year-olds?

The answer is that we train this skill in children when it is natural. Whether young children question the world around them and ensuring that they continue to see the world as a question mark depends largely on our commitment to fostering, rather than stifling, their natural sense of wonder when I think about willpower abilities. I remember when my three children started school and became members of a club called the Can-Do Club, which recognized young students not only for their grades but also for their drive and determination, both key aspects of willpower skills. . Will is also about determination and perseverance and is evident in people with attitudes of doing the job and persevering at it at the heart of will is motivation now there are actually two types of motivation, the first extrinsic motivation involves rewards and punishments, while this approach can work in the short term and for relatively simple tasks.

The complex challenges of the 21st century are going to demand much more of our children. Simply relying on rewards has been shown to virtually kill creativity and, in the long run, actually decrease motivation. Intrinsic motivation or self-motivation is what we are really looking for. Because of the lack of motivation that comes from within to foster this type of self-motivation, perhaps we need to rethink how we parent in the early years, when even the most routine tasks, like brushing teeth and urinating in the potty, are often rewarded. with sweets and treats instead of praise and pride Now you may not be used to thinking of movement as a skill, but the best way to understand movement skills is to recognize that physical and intellectual restlessness go hand in hand, Just think about how we commonly describe successful adults as movers and shakers. and entrepreneurs who set ambitious goals take action and reach for the stars, it's all about action.

If you read the innovation literature, you'll find that innovators are almost always described as physically restless, and at work it's more likely that seeing walking meetings, treadmill desks, and manipulatives on tables meant more actively improving our ability to think, create and innovate. Now think about the words we use to describe active, restless, restless, restless toddlers. I can honestly say that in all my years working with children. I've never heard any of those words used in a positive sense, whether out of fear for their safety or for our own convenience, we tend to favor the calm, quiet child who doesn't reach, touch, grab or play, getting into things in instead of giving to the little ones. children, the wiggle room they need, we tie them down, insist they stay still, and tell them to look but don't touch us all, but especially young children learn about the world by physically interacting with it rather than by working out its movements.

What our children really need is that we help them learn to put their movements into practice after the movement comes to wobble a set of skills defined by agility and adaptability and the ability to cope with overcoming and learn from failure the word wobble comes from from a phrase weebles wobble but they don't fall, in reference to a very popular classic toy called weebles, their eggs are shaped with weight at the bottom so they can wobble back and forth but ultimately remain standing as necessary skills to adapt to a world that changes very quickly. College applications have gained particular prominence, and job interviewers routinely ask when you've failed and what you did about it.

It is said that the unofficial motto of Silicon Valley is fail early, fail often, and fail—a motto we should really apply to the way we raise young children. On that note, I want you to think for a moment about what the early developmental milestones of wobble might be, but don't think too hard because there aren't any. The fact is that milestones only represent successes, not failures, if we want to grow. Resilient children need to get into the habit of celebrating not only their important moments, but also their ability to fall, shake themselves off, and get back up again. the combination of key skills are hypothetical skills or what I consider definite possibility skills.

Through innovation, imagination, creativity and innovative thinking, it is the hypothetical skills that give us the ability to imagine the world not only as it is but as it could be, a global survey of more than 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as The most important factor for future success: Our world clearly rewards those who can imagine the world they want to live in and then create it. Toddlers excel at imagining new worlds, from fantasy and superheroes to imaginary friends and tall tales that toddlers really are. As futurist Peter Diamandis says, some of the most imaginative humans in existence, but it has also been said that the creative adult is the child who survived our efforts to teach our children how we see the world, we run the very real risk of convincing them. that there is only one correct way to do or see things, therefore we must ask ourselves the question posed by developmental psychologist Jean Piaget: are we raising children capable of learning only what they already know or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds able to discover at all times? life I am here to tell you that the answer is the latter.

Giving children the best is about maximizing their potential, not their possessions, it's about cultivating their sense of purpose and passion, not putting them under unnecessary pressure, and it's about nurturing responsive adults and starting early. I now know that what happens in early childhood doesn't stay in early childhood if we apply what we now know about all the key skills and apply it early. goal of giving all children access to a world of possibilities thanks to