#Skill Mapping Tools

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Boost employee skills with effective skill development and competency mapping. Enhance performance with strategic skill management.

[transkojiro]

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[echogekkos-writes]

Once a no-name peninsula on Hyrule's southeastern border of Necluda, the region of Nabi became well known for its iron and fish exports to Castle Town leading up to the eve of the Calamity War. The town of Nabi is a popular waystation for merchants of the Hyrulean Exchange bound for Castle Town or Lanayru to sell or acquire wares.

This map is part of my LoZ/Age of Calamity D&D homebrew game. The map of hyrule has been sized up significantly as needed in order to give a feeling of an expansive land. For example, here each hex is 3 miles, or 1 hour of travel. Following the roads, it would take one from Nabi to reach Kakariko Village a day and a half of travel on foot.

[solemnlyfloatingscorpion]

Career Mapping Tools: Your Roadmap to Professional Success

Choosing the right career path can be overwhelming, but with the help of career mapping tools, students and professionals alike can gain clarity and direction. These tools are designed to assess your strengths, interests, and goals, providing a personalized career growth map that leads to long-term satisfaction.

The career mapping process begins with self-evaluation. Through a mix of educational assessment and personality analysis, individuals get a clearer picture of where they stand and where they want to go. From there, expert career guidance helps translate this self-awareness into a structured action plan.

One of the most powerful outcomes of using career mapping tools is discovering a path to career success that aligns with both passion and skillset. For students and young adults, it often serves as a wake-up call about the variety of careers for education and beyond. From careers in academics to global opportunities and entrepreneurship, the choices become more visible and approachable.

Moreover, a career progression map allows for long-term planning. Instead of making choices based on short-term trends, individuals can look at where each path leads in 5, 10, or 15 years. This strategic planning helps avoid job dissatisfaction and enhances career fulfillment.

Whether you're a student, a parent, or someone planning a switch, understanding and using career mapping tools is crucial. It’s not just about finding a job — it’s about loving your career and achieving lasting success.

[historyofguns]

The article "Backcountry Hiking Survival Guide" by Kit Perez, published on The Armory Life, highlights the significant resources expended on search and rescue missions for hikers annually, pointing out that many incidents are preventable. Perez, a first responder in western Montana, emphasizes the importance of preparation, namely recognizing physical limitations and accounting for medical conditions before embarking on hikes. The article advises hikers to understand their physical condition and the potential challenges of the hiking area, while suggesting practices like having a detailed plan with family or a buddy system for safety. Perez also recommends carrying a self-defense firearm where legal, understanding local wildlife, and ensuring proper gear and preparation for adverse conditions. The guide underscores the crucial role of detailed planning and self-awareness in ensuring a safe and rewarding backcountry hiking experience.

[waywardsalt]

completed fe conquest on hard mode :)

[borngeniusworld]

🧠 Ready to Think Smarter? Master These 7 Critical Thinking Exercises!

Saarthi For Success 🔍 A Step-by-Step Guide to Sharpen Your Critical Thinking SkillsCritical thinking is like a muscle—the more you use it, the sharper it gets! 🧠 Here’s a practical roadmap to boost your ability to evaluate arguments, spot logical flaws, and make better decisions.🛠️ Step 1: What is Critical Thinking?Ever tried defining it yourself?Exercise: Write your own definition.Identify…

[hikercarl]

Navigating the Trail: How to Use a Map and Compass

Discover essential navigation skills for the trail. We'll show you how to use a map and compass to explore with confidence and stay on track in the great outdoors.

Exploring the outdoors is exciting, but it’s even better with the right tools. A compass is a must-have for hikers and backpackers. It’s simple, doesn’t need batteries, and works with any map. Knowing a few basic compass skills is a great start. Learning to use a map and compass is key for safe outdoor adventures. It helps you navigate trails confidently. By understanding compass parts, magnetic…

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Excavating Adventure: A Comprehensive Guide to Treasure Hunting Strategies

"Excavating Adventure" is your ultimate guide to the thrilling world of treasure hunting. This comprehensive book explores various strategies, from traditional methods to cutting-edge technologies, ensuring treasure seekers of all levels have the tools they need to uncover hidden riches.

Dive into the rich history and techniques of treasure hunting, starting with decoding ancient clues and using modern metal detectors. Explore the depths with underwater exploration and magnet fishing, or embark on a digital quest through geocaching. Discover the mysteries beneath urban landscapes through urban exploring and geophysical surveys, while advanced methods like satellite imaging and sonar technology offer new perspectives on uncovering the past.

In addition to practical techniques, "Excavating Adventure" delves into the world of archaeological excavation, meteorite hunting, and fossil discovery, bridging the gap between science and adventure. The book also addresses crucial legal considerations, ensuring that treasure hunters remain within the bounds of the law as they pursue their passion.

Concluding with a captivating history of the world's most expensive treasures and ancient methods of discovery, this guide provides a wealth of knowledge for anyone eager to embark on their own treasure-hunting journey. Whether you're a seasoned adventurer or a curious beginner, "Excavating Adventure" equips you with the skills and knowledge to turn your quest for treasure into a successful and thrilling adventure.

[jasper-dracona]

Your compass!!

Forgetting Anything?

[skillmetrics9]

Skill Matrix Case Study

Skill Metrics has benefitted many industries and provided easy and efficient solution to hectic work of maintaining more than 50 excel sheets and many tasks

[ozzgin]

You've heard of a yandere having their plans foiled by a too-willing Reader. How about a yandere who is sabotaged by their own clumsiness? Hear me out pls. Content: gender neutral reader, male yandere, obsessive behavior, parody

Clumsy!Yandere who is obsessed with you but cannot properly show it due to his repeated failures. He does his best to stalk you, but he always ends up getting lost. Christ, you're a fast walker. Did you have to pick the busiest street? He's tried to counter it by hiding a tracker in your bag, but on multiple occasions he stumbled upon a dead end, staring at his phone map with a shameful grimace. Perhaps that wasn't the right turn, after all. How was he supposed to know where north is? Sigh.

Clumsy!Yandere who has tried many times to let you know about his unhinged feelings. Most recently, he sent you a long letter confessing his maddening love for you, how he wishes you wouldn't look at anyone else but him, how he's often considered just cutting up all those pesky acquaintances of yours. Then you'd have time just for him. You'd smile for him only. The next day, you greeted him with a kiss on the cheek. "You're my best friend, too", you exclaimed cheerfully. He demanded to see the envelope, then stared at the contents in disbelief. He forgot to include half the pages.

Clumsy!Yandere who is close to giving up on kidnapping you, because he always messes up somehow. He successfully managed to break into your apartment at night, determined to cuff you away. Your bed was empty. "Where the hell are you?", you texted him. "I thought we're having a sleepover at your place. I've been knocking for 10 minutes already." Ah. He gathered his tools, embarrassed, and scurried back home.

Clumsy!Yandere who had to call you in hiccups because he couldn't untie himself anymore. He wanted to practice his rope skills in case you'll end up rejecting him, but the knots refused to come undone. You found him tangled next to his bed. "Don't worry, your secret kink is safe with me", you told him reassuringly. He wanted to vanish in that instant.

Clumsy!Yandere who wanted to pull you in a possessive embrace, but instead tripped onto the floor. You helped him up and gave him a worried hug, asking if he's hurt anywhere. A win's a win, he thought to himself with a smug grin.

Clumsy!Yandere who will definitely make you his one day. Just wait. He's relentless in his pursuit. You may have to offer a helping hand, but he doesn't need to know that. Let a man chase his dreams.

[theambitiouswoman]

How to Stop Procrastinating by Managing Your Emotions

Procrastination happens when we delay doing things, and it's often connected to our emotions. Feelings like being afraid to fail, feeling worried or stressed, getting bored, or lacking motivation can all contribute to procrastination. To stop procrastinating and get more things done, it's important to learn how to handle our emotions better.

Boredom:

Break the task into smaller, more engaging sub-tasks.

Find ways to make the task more interesting or challenging.

Set a timer and work on the task for a specific amount of time, followed by a short break doing something enjoyable.

Feeling Overwhelmed:

Prioritize tasks and focus on one thing at a time.

Break the task into smaller, more manageable steps.

Delegate some parts of the task if possible or seek help from others.

Use tools like to-do lists or task management apps to stay organized.

Anxiety:

Practice deep breathing or mindfulness techniques to calm yourself.

Challenge negative thoughts and replace them with more positive and realistic ones.

Start with the easier or less intimidating aspects of the task to build momentum.

Set realistic expectations and remind yourself that it's okay to make mistakes.

Self-Doubt:

Focus on past accomplishments and successes to boost your confidence.

Seek support or feedback from others to gain reassurance.

Remind yourself of your skills and capabilities to tackle the task.

Use positive affirmations to counteract negative self-talk.

Perfectionism:

Embrace the concept of "good enough" rather than seeking perfection.

Set realistic and achievable goals for each task.

Recognize that mistakes and imperfections are part of the learning process and growth.

Indecisiveness:

Break decisions into smaller steps and make one small decision at a time.

Set a time limit for making decisions to avoid overthinking.

Trust your instincts and make the best decision you can with the information available.

Apathy or Lack of Interest:

Find aspects of the task that align with your values or long-term goals.

Break the task into smaller, more manageable parts and focus on completing one at a time.

Reward yourself for completing the task to make it more appealing.

Stress or Burnout:

Practice stress-reduction techniques such as meditation, exercise, or spending time in nature.

Break tasks into smaller steps to reduce the feeling of overwhelm.

Prioritize self-care and take breaks to avoid burnout.

Feeling Uninspired or Creatively Blocked:

Engage in activities that stimulate creativity, such as brainstorming, mind mapping, or seeking inspiration from others' work.

Start with a simple and basic version of the task to get the creative juices flowing.

Collaborate with others or seek feedback to gain new perspectives.

Fear of Success:

Identify and challenge the negative beliefs or fears that may be holding you back.

Visualize the positive outcomes of completing the task successfully.

Focus on the benefits and personal growth that come with success.

Impatience:

Break long-term goals into smaller milestones to track progress.

Practice mindfulness to stay present and patient throughout the process.

Remind yourself that progress takes time and effort.

Lack of Confidence:

Celebrate your past accomplishments to boost your confidence.

Seek support and encouragement from friends, family, or mentors.

Focus on building specific skills related to the task to increase confidence.

Avoiding Discomfort:

Acknowledge that discomfort is a natural part of growth and improvement.

Break tasks into smaller steps and tackle the more challenging aspects gradually.

Remind yourself of the long-term benefits of facing discomfort.

Overestimating Future Motivation:

Practice discipline and commit to starting tasks even when motivation is low.

Set specific deadlines for tasks to create a sense of urgency.

Establish a routine that includes regular work on the task to build consistency.

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Hey, firstly I just wanted to say I’ve been consuming your content for years and thank you and Blue for being the only thing that kept my academic brain from turning to mush during online COVID middle school!

But I’m entering a new academic era, notably Junior year of my very rigorous collage prep program at my high school. I’ve always thought I would go to collage after high school but I’ve recently stumbled into some very interesting ways of making a living only perusing my creative passions (some very scary publishing opportunities). So I’ve been wondering if I actually want to go to collage or not, since going to collage just to be a published writer is an objective waste of money and I don’t want to spend the rest of high school breaking my neck earning collage credits I’m not going to use.

So I was wondering, if you had known you could make a living only perusing your creative passions, would you have spent the time, money and academic energy going to collage for something you didn’t end up doing professionally?

(I would ask my advisor but he’s too obviously pro collage and doesn’t have any experience making a living creatively).

(Sorry for the long ask)

No problem about the long ask! This is a very good question!

I'll start with the short answer, which is that nobody can make this decision but you, and if you decide not to go to college right now, that does not mean you are deciding to never go to college. Especially with Covid, plenty of people are taking gap years, and plenty of full-on adults go to college later in life, simply because the mood strikes them, or they now have income to burn, or they're interested in a career change, etc. This is not a coinflip that will decide the trajectory of the rest of your life.

For the longer answer, for me personally? Knowing I'd be able to earn a living doing art would have no bearing on my decision to go to college. Setting aside that a ton of the literary analysis my job is based on is skills I learned in college, I liked college because it gave me the opportunity to learn a wide swath of things, from anthropology courses to dinosaur science. I like learning new things! College was an opportunity to learn a ton of new things, and even if it was very challenging in places, I thrived in it. I didn't go to college with the goal of becoming qualified for a Real Job - because of who I am as a person I think I'd seriously struggle at most Real Jobs, and I knew that even back then. I was in college to learn, and to learn how to learn. I got my degree in mathematics, a thing I do not use in my Job, but the functionality of mathematics - to logically reason through problems, step by step, comparing it to known problems to map the way to solutions using operations that preserve truth - is an invaluable skill that I apply everywhere there are problems to solve, especially literary analysis. I learned a wide swath of tools with surprising applications, and I couldn't have known when I started how I might use them in the end.

However, there's a big caveat there. This was my personal experience of college as a playground where I could work towards a solid major and also branch out to take weird one-off electives and summer courses when anything struck my fancy. But I was in on a scholarship to cover a good chunk of my tuition, and one of my relatives very kindly paid for the rest. I got to do college without accruing any college debt, and that is an enormous factor. I can only share my personal take, but I'm not going to pretend that things would have been the same if I'd had to enter adulthood finding a way to quickly pay off a six-figure sum.

I've been extremely lucky to get to the point where I can navigate life in a way where money is very rarely something I need to worry about. It was certainly not always like that, and I do not miss those times, but it invariably shapes the way I see the world and the steps I took to get here. For me personally, I do not consider college in any way a waste of time; I think the opportunity to learn is one of the most exciting things out there. But my experience cannot be pretended to be universal.

This decision is yours, and it is also not final. Whatever choice you make, you can always choose again later. You have time.

[hollowistheworld]

A lot has been said about Leebeebee's existence, much negative, but personally I think she's a great addition. Not only because I like when characters being handsy/flirty/objectifing are portrayed as being weird and creepy as fuck so everyone can feel how I (an ace) feel 94% of the time, but because I think she's there, in large part, to be a counterpoint to Murderbot itself.

LBB is weird. She has no filter, no apparent social skills, and she is soooooo suspicious. Like, it is really obvious she's up to something by the time she finally pulls that gun out. But no one, with the possible exception of Gurathin (I can't quite tell if he's suspicious or just like this with anyone he doesn't know well) really bats an eye at her. They think she's a bit odd, but they wave it off as cultural differences or shock or whatever. She gets the benefit of the doubt.

Unlike Murderbot. Who is questioned and side-eyed for almost everything it says. It's on the verge of a nervous breakdown for the first four episodes because they're paying attention to it and they are thisclose to guessing something is up. If even one other person was as wary as Gurathin, Murderbot would have been toast (going by Ratthi's 'you don't trust anyone' comment I'm guessing Gurathin tends toward the paranoid, especially with company people/equipment).

Because LBB is human. And Murderbot is not. And it's not that the PresAux bunch are lying when they say they believe Murderbot is a person, they do - theoretically. On paper. But that doesn't stop them from having preconceived biases. It doesn't stop them from consuming the same media as everyone else, where SecUnits are always going on murder sprees. So their guard is up around MB even when it hasn't really done anything (see: their suspicion that it's been hiding the faulty maps from them) and it is not up around LBB, even when she's asking for specifics about their research and asking where monster attacks happened.

And I think that's very deliberate. The PresAux people are good people, but good intentions don't automatically give you the tools to be a good person in every circumstance. They believe Murderbot is a person on an intellectual level, but they're having trouble getting that belief to an emotional, instinctual level. Mensah is the closest, after getting to see it watching its show and singing its theme song. But it's a viewpoint that's going to take work, and I think the difference in how they treat LBB and how they treat MB really helps show that, and I think that's doing a lot of good build-up for how season 1 is (likely) going to end