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Band 7+: what skills and abilities do people most want to have today

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In my opinion, people today highly value discipline and ability. To be successful, you need these two skills. Discipline and stability help reduce weaknesses, like laziness, and teach you time management. This allows you to effectively use your time and focus on your goals. So, I think most people want to develop these two skills.

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Um. In my personal opinion, nowadays highly value discipline andability. If you are a successful person, you must need these two skills. Actually discipline and stability reduces the weaknesses and um, for instance, uh, reduce your lazy side. And then there two skills teach you for time management. And then you have some time to using your hop piece and uh, you learn how do you spend your time effectively. So I think most of the people wanna have these two skills.

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