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Business Soft Skills Important Skills For Professional Success Introduction

Susumu Mizuguchi
Susumu Mizuguchi
126 Points
Posted by Susumu Mizuguchi
Susumu Mizuguchi
126 Points

How to balance your "geek" self

I totally understand why and how soft skill can be powerful tool at professional workforce. Yet, when I get into very detailed "geeky" kind of work, I often undervalue the soft skill. How do you balance very technical discussion with soft skill?

Ben Antino
Ben Antino
15,699 Points
Ben Antino
Ben Antino
15,699 Points

As long we keep away the soft skills from our personality. There will be always moments when your true personality is coming out. Until they did not become PART of your personality there will be always moment as you mention. It is like two separate objects { You } && { soft skill }. So you have to become one, my friend! ;)

3 Answers

Caroline Hagan
Caroline Hagan
12,612 Points
Caroline Hagan
Caroline Hagan
12,612 Points

Hi Susumu Mizuguchi I think it is something that comes with time, like many things with working for yourself or in business. Often I would sit it on meetings and presentations and try and make mental notes how others spoke to clients and avoided 'tech speak'. Fortunately I've worked in Contact Centres in my University years, so soft skills and telephone manner I picked up a lot of! But as they say, practice makes perfect and you can only learn by doing :-)

Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
8,685 Points
Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
8,685 Points

Caroline Murphy, noticed you are located in the same area as me.

How are you finding freelancing?

Susumu Mizuguchi
Susumu Mizuguchi
126 Points
Susumu Mizuguchi
Susumu Mizuguchi
126 Points

Learning from co-workers would work, and yes, learning from doing is always the best! I just wondered how people manage "tech talk" and learn how to do so.