COOL SKILLS TO DEVELOP

Let's all make a list of random skills that you consider cool. Those are the skills that get WOW reactions from people around when performed. You don't necessary have to be able to do any of them, just write down what you consider to be awesome and you might want to learn to do. Note that cool doesn't equal useful.

These are few of mine:

Some gymnastic and calisthenic moves

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Back flip, front flip, handstand, front lever, planche etc. I cannot do any of this, but I would love to... I can do muscle up, pistol squat and L-sit which isn't that impressive. I honestly believe that some of these aren't that hard, many kids can do handstand and flips, you just need good technique and don't need much strength. On the other side, planche definitely requires some strength. I can imagine how badass I would look if I randomly did back flip in my gym class, everybody would go mad!

Solving Rubik's cube

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I've learned how to solve it in few hours, it's not that hard. You'll need to remember few algorithms but it's not that complicated. I used this site to learn it. There are probably more efficient ways to solve it, but this one is pretty easy. I actually have a friend who can solve it with eyes closed for less than a minute, and for 10sec with opened eyes. I don't know why, but it looks badass to me.

Juggling

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I don't mean on football/soccer juggling(even tho I LOVE FREESTYLE). I think it would be cool to be able to juggle few apples. It cannot be that hard, I'll try to learn it!

Speed reading​

This one is super useful, but it's cool at the same time. Many people aren't familiar with it so they get surprised when they see someone using a pen/stick and moving it at insane speed. I used to practice it a lot and definitely saw some improvements, my speed wasn't that impressive but I was still far better than the average reader. Sadly I haven't used it in a long time, now I'm reading like a normal person again because I'm often laying down, and I'll need some time to get used to high speed reading again.


Those were few of mine suggestions. Make sure to share yours as well. If you can perform any of these, I'd be thankful if you could take some time and share some advice, it would mean so much to everybody who's trying to develop these. Let's all choose one skill and try to learn it, I'll start practicing juggling now!

 

Few more came to my mind!

Playing an instrument

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This doesn't necessary mean that you should in depth know what you're doing, I have a friend who literally learned few basic chords(forgive me musically schooled people, I really don't know what I'm talking about) and he is just watching youtube videos and remembering how to play particular song. He doesn't even have basic knowledge, just remembering, and he's able to play it on guitar. I find it cool to be able to play your favorite song. Of course, if you're willing to play "harder instruments" like violin, than it will take you some time.

Dance moves

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Nothing too crazy, but knowing few cool moves will make you look awesome! It could be even some moves from Fortnight lol. I love break dance tho. Sadly I've never even tried to learn it...

 

I can totally agree with coding. I'm going to high school specialized for software development, and I work on many projects on my own. People always freak out when they see game that I've made and they can't believe it, they see coding as something super difficult, which isn't the case for me... It's cool when you are typing code and everybody is looking at you like some kind of genius hacker, but sometimes it looks a bit nerdy.

Knowing foreign languages is super cool, but it takes a lot of time to learn. I was using Duoling for some time trying to learn German, but I really don't like their way of teaching... When I get financially independent I'll start taking courses for sure! German, French and Spanish are my main goals, but first I need to improve my English...

Calligraphy would be very useful for me, because my handwriting is so bad, it's disgusting even for me to look at it... I guess writing a love letter using calligraphy skills would make anybody fall in love with you.

 

Btw did you read a book about Steve Jobs? I'm interested in researching him, any suggestions?

 

Nice suggestions!
I specially like drawing, because I'm so bad at it. I've watched few tutorials on YT and it doesn't seem to be that hard, at least drawing some caricatures. What really fascinates me is portraiture, my aunt is professional painter and she is so good at it, I wish I had some of her talent. xD

Cooking is also great, I've heard girls like the guys who can cook.

If I was ever going to try any fighting sport, it would probably be MMA. From what I've heard from some professional fighters, MMA is the most practical one if you get into real fight(I never did, but if it happens I want to be ready). Other fighters like boxers are probably the most badass people on this planet. I wish I had neck and traps like them.

Chess... I used to be obsessed with it. I was watching every Magnus Carlsens game and trying to learn... It definitely takes a lot of time to improve, because there are so many parts of the game- openings, mid game, late game, mating, there's just so many things... My favorite chess player is Mikhail Tal, I love the way he sacrificed the queen, definitely made him look cool.

Great suggestions guys, definitely will try some of these. Let's keep it up!

 

Thanks for the suggestion! Yeah I've heard about it, his wife was speaking about him saving his sexual energy for the work.

 

There are 2 more from me:

Card tricks


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There are plenty tutorials on YT. You will have to learn some basic moves like forcing card, or fake shuffle or double card, but when you learn those, it's so easy to perform some cool tricks.

Lucid dreaming


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This is the skill I really want to develop. It won't give you reaction from other people, but I want to do this for myself. The very idea that I can be limitless and do whatever I want sounds too good for me. I became lucid few times but got too excited and woke up... Last time I managed to stay calm but my phone started ringing and woke me up... I need to develop a habit of reality checks throughout a day.

 

This one?