Most useful skills, such as learning a
new language or mastering the art of
cooking, can't be conquered in a day.
However, there are several important
life skills you can pick up almost
instantly, and a recent Quora thread
polled users on their favorite ones.
Here are some of the best responses,
with a few of our own thrown in.
After all, you never know when you'll
need to turn your watch into a
compass or Photoshop your vacation
pictures.
Learn to change a tire : "It's very
straightforward, but it's worth
thinking about before you need it.
Remove tourists from vacation
photos: "Set your camera on a
tripod. Take a picture about every 10
seconds until you have about 15
shots. Open all the images in
Photoshop by going to File > Scripts >
Statistics. Choose: 'median' and select
the files you took. Photoshop finds
what's different in the photos and
simply removes it." —Vishal Gala
Learn how to speed read: "The first
thing you need to do is eliminate the
voice inside your head. Read with
your eyes. ONLY. Whatever you do
don't use the voice inside your head.
As you learn to do this part go ahead
and read word by word and go over
the lines with your finger. Just work
on eliminating the voice. Why? You
cannot say words nearly as fast as
you can comprehend them ... Since
you're reading with your eyes, try
reading two or three words at a time,
and then move up once you get
comfortable.
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