Category: Future Skills Program

Here is a compilation of lessons from our guests, including quotes from the discussions. These are the topics covered: Gaining an Edge Importance of Having a Good Physique Are You Using Technology, Or is it Using You? and more… Specialize and Gain an Edge: Ludvig: This is really interesting–to become specialized. You said you were… Continue reading Highlights: Great Lessons from our Guests

[Continued from part 1.] This article is an edited version of a response to an email I received from a listener (and current student of the Future Skills Program), who asked me the tough question “Which areas should I go into if I want to be successful, and what should my approach be?” //Mike 7… Continue reading 7 Guide Posts to Developing Future Skills

As a knowledge worker, you are essentially dealing with information; interpreting it, breaking it into neat pieces, and putting it together into new and better bundles. So, let’s cover five broad-ranging skills that are helpful for high quality knowledge work: Generalist Skill 1: Metacognition and higher self-awareness (understanding how you think about things and changing your… Continue reading 5 Broad, Generalist Skills Important for Future Knowledge Workers

If you are a knowledge worker (as most of our listeners and readers are) then your ability to be productive, create value for others, and make money is not necessarily tied to how many hours you work. Rather, it’s more tied to abstract qualities like deciding what you choose to work on, how you manage… Continue reading Knowledge Worker: Ask Yourself These Questions (to Acquire Self-Knowledge)