When it comes to skills I always thought the best ones to have would be the kind of skills that were flexible 

 

My first passion was for music and as a guitarist I wanted to learn all kinds of music so that I could use those basic skills to create my own sound 

 

Rather than just learning one particular style 

 

That way I could join all kinds of bands and make interesting, original music.

 

As a back up - music being a very tricky field to get paid for - I thought sales skills would be similarly flexible

 

So I studied business at college (until I got bored and dropped out) 

 

But I did learn enough to finance myself selling everything from art to frozen fish 

 

Eventually I became the business development manager for a big Audio Visual corporation

 

When the recession that started in 2008/2009 eventually led to me losing my job I went looking for a new set of skills 

 

Skills that would be relevant in the digital world that had already improved everything I was passionate about beyond recognition.

 

Those skills have completely revolutionised my life 

 

I wrote a blog post about what I see are the most needed skills for the future right now 

 

You can check it out here 

 

Hope you like it - let me know 

    

 

 

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

Dave