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Now more than ever, soft skills will be setting the tone for the future of work and one’s ability to differentiate themselves over others. Deloitte conducted a study and found that 2 out of 3 jobs by 2030 will be “soft-skill intensive.” We often hear about the importance of soft skills but there is something deeply problematic about the way we as a society have labeled them over the years. Many tend to have the impression that some are simply born with better soft skills than others—whether it’s being better at public speaking or having more keen interpersonal skills. However, soft skills have been grossly mislabeled and misunderstood—soft skills are really hard skills. One is not born with soft skills by dedicating more attention and practice to developing them on their own. As technology continues to advance, so will the demands of the workforce, making “soft skills” highly sought after.

21st Century Mindset expands on this premise and serves as a tactical guide to understanding, building, and applying the ten most important soft skills relevant to your professional to personal life. Readers will learn how to enhance their skill sets around critical thinking, collaboration, dependability, empathy, time management, goal setting, adaptability, and more. It isn’t just about leveraging the skills in more obvious situations but truly mastering them to be able to apply to even the most trivial aspects of your life—not just having the 21st century core skills but having a 21st century mindset.

The content of 21st Century Mindset stems from the curriculum distributed by Fulphil, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has created engaging and fun trajectory-changing educational content for thousands of youth nationally to empower them to succeed in their careers and make a positive impact in the world. The very content of this book has been used in classrooms across the country through support from the Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act.