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The Crucial Life Skill You’ll Learn From Making S’mores

August 31, 2025 | Renée Fishman

A crucial life skill cultivated around the campfire can help you get delicious results when making s’mores or anything else.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: lessons, life skills, patience, productivity

On Election Day, Develop the Skill of Being in the Mystery

November 5, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Developing the skill of “being in the mystery” can help you approach life with greater presence, more ease, and increased calm. Here are some tips to help you practice, on Election Day and beyond.

Filed Under: Coaching, Productivity Tagged With: being in the mystery, coaching, life skills, mastery, mystery, patience, presence, productivity, skills

5 Life Skills Girls (and Women) Can Learn From Weightlifting

July 29, 2024 | Renée Fishman

It’s been well established that weightlifting is crucial for physical and mental health for women and girls. Beyond those obvious reasons, here are 5 life skills girls and women can learn from lifting weights.

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: exercise, fitness, girls, lessons, life skills, skills, weightlifting, women

2 Crucial Skills for Navigating Uncomfortable Challenges

September 28, 2023 | Renée Fishman

There’s not just one way to deal with life’s challenges. We need to cultivate two distinct sets of skills for handling the uncomfortable and challenging moments, and then comes the superpower skill to put them into action.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: action, challenge, discomfort, life skills, opposites, opposition, polarity, power, receptivity, yang, yin

Stillness is a Skill

September 9, 2023 | Renée Fishman

In a world enamored with hustle culture, where “busy” is a status symbol, stillness can feel like a quaint luxury, suited only for those who have time for retreats. Quite the contrary: stillness is an essential life skill.

Filed Under: Life, Practice, Productivity Tagged With: life skills, mindfulness, overwhelm, personal development, presence, productivity, quotes, self-awareness, skill, stillness

A Simple Technique To Be a Better Listener

November 15, 2019 | Renée Fishman

Improving your listening skills starts with sharpening your hearing. Here’s where to start.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: hearing, life skills, listening, receiving

5 Things to Look For When Watching Yourself on Video

June 6, 2018 | Renée Fishman

Watching yourself on video can be a great way to improve your speaking and presentation skills, if you focus on the right things. Use this 5-point checklist for where to focus when you watch yourself on video.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: CANI, checklist, comedy, life skills, presentation skills, productivity, public speaking, self-assessment, self-improvement, stand-up comedy

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