Soft Skills?

So there are just a few things which irritate me in life...cold calls from automated telephone systems, the sight of the greasy grey meat on a donar kebab wheel, burnt toast, and opening a bag of crisps and realising that the large size of the bag, gives no indication of how few crisps are actually in it, and that actually, you've just bought a bag of air... I should know this by now, but it gets me every time!!

One of the other things which irritates me in life, is this label of "Soft Skills", which people in training circles use to describe the development of self confidence, resilience, self esteem, leadership and emotional intelligence. Who was it, who thought of such an idiotic way to describe such crucial skills? These are not soft skills, they are the very skills which determine success or not, fulfilment or not, happiness or not, depression or not, good health or not, productivity or not, and so on and so on.

Actually it is the technical skills which are the soft skills, because they are easier to learn, easier to teach and the grasp of technical skills, will have less impact on someone's productivity in the workplace, than the "soft" skills which determine their behaviour and attitude.

Soft Skills?? No... they are Core Skills!