| 21st Century Skills

SELF-REGULATION

As a citizen of the 21st century,
you should be able to

Manage your feelings, thoughts, and behavior in order to achieve your goals and objectives, as well as your impulses and reactions to specific situations.
Focus on objectives, exercise discipline, and stay motivated in what you do, recognizing that it will enable you to achieve results.
Process the information received before reacting.
Become an active agent enabling you to be the protagonist and responsible for your own learning.
Manage situations according to what you are pursuing and monitor your progress constantly to verify if you are getting closer to your goals.
Learn behaviors that help you improve your relationship and interaction with other people.
Be flexible and adapt to situations.

Competence
Area

Skills

Regulation of biological effects such as smoke, drink, eating, substance abuse
Regulation of stress (fight or fly; pause and plan)
Regulation of temperamental reactions

Regulation of personality
Controlling/inhibiting impulses and reactions
Controlling motivation and affects

Establishing goals
Information processing
Mindfulness
Focusing, concentrating, paying attention
Control of thoughts, predujice, and attitudes
Management of distraction and frustration
Metacognition
Inhibition of responses

Interpersonal interaction, social skills
Working collaboratively
Honoring your commitments
Empathy

Sources: Based on a review of existing frameworks
(Kalish, L., Your Therapy Source, n.d.; Vohs & Baumeister, 2016).

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21st century skills help individuals of all ages to reinvent themselves throughout life, adapt to changing and diverse circumstances, and identify opportunities for growth amid differences.