Can Millennia Change the World?

Last Wednesday, Mr A.J Meenai came and gave us a talk about "Can Millennia change the World?". Mr Meenai told us that he used to be a delinquent, which surprised us. He also told us some of his background stories, being a bully, disrespectful to his father and others. But even though he had a bad attitude and past, he still able to "wake up" and realize what awful things he had been doing. He changed for a better, going to places and gave lectures or seminar, telling people what should they be doing and not repeat his past mistakes. One of the important part he told us is that

 "Enhancing your soft skills is more important than enhancing your hard skill" 

Soft skills are the combination of many skills such as people skills, social skills, communication , character traits, attitude, career attributes, social and emotional intelligence quotients among others that enable people to effectively navigate their environment, work well with others, perform well and achieve their goals with complementing hard skills.

Some of the soft skills that able to master and improves oneself are:

• Speaking up
• Being honest with yourself
• Having confidence
• Listening
• Managing your time
• Stop whining
• Staying present in the moment
• Getting enough sleep
• Having empathy    

Hard skills are also important, but no matter how good you are in making something, if you are lacking of the soft skill, you cannot catch people's attention.