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Also known as personal skills, soft skills can help you communicate effectively, demonstrate professionalism and develop sustainable relationships. Examples of soft skills include perseverance and ability to stay focused and consistent; high determination and willpower; confidence and self-esteem; readiness for lifelong learning, continuous personal and professional development; thinking out-of-the-box, i.e., thinking differently from the competitors; building long-term relationships and networking with peers and customers; creativity; teamwork, dedication to hard work; risk-taking, persuasiveness, and adaptability.
Soft skills are job-related competencies and abilities that are necessary to complete given work.
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Lifelong learning readiness is considered an important hard skill.
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Teamwork is an essential soft skill for agripreneurs.
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Communication and personal skills enable you to engage with colleagues and share your ideas.
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Which of the following definitions of 'thinking-out-of-the-box' is correct?
To share common ideas and beliefs.
To explore ideas that are creative and unusual and that are not limited or controlled by rules or tradition.