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The Career Game Loop: Durable Skills

Each of us wants to give our best in the places where we serve, but have we given adequate attention to developing the skills needed to succeed?   In her book  The Career Game Loop , author Jessica Lindl suggests two types of fundamental skills to consider in employing someone:   technical skills  and  durable skills.   Technical skills would be understanding new software, new coding language, or new tools.  For those not in the gaming industry, these might be effective oral communication or basic computer skills. Often these are specific to a particular industry or type of work.  Durable skills include adaptability, resilience, and emotional intelligence.  These are valuable in any context.   Lindl writes, “These abilities often get mislabeled as  soft skills , suggesting that they possess less power or import than technical skills.  But the reality is that durable skills take us farther, faster, ...