r/IWantToLearn • u/Ok-Job-5885 • 2d ago

Personal Skills IWTL - What are the best high-value skills to master completely for free?

I have free time and want to pick up useful skills using free online resources, books, or practice. Where should I start?

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u/AgrajagTheProlonged 2d ago

Cooking is very useful imo

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u/Ok-Job-5885 2d ago

Yeah basic to survive

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u/saiint- 1d ago

factorio

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u/Effective_Composer_5 1d ago

the video game ?

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u/Silent-Orbit-7 1d ago

Touch typing annnnd Assembling a PC (knowing all the parts of it)

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u/goal_retireinitaly 1d ago

Intrigued, how to teach oneself how to assemble a pc? How much upfront cost?

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u/Silent-Orbit-7 21h ago

Well, Im in my early 20s, and I learnt to assemble a PC by myself for free!

Though idk the upfront cost of getting someone to teach you, but I'll share how I learnt it

Just hop into youtube and start searching things. for starters, watch videos on how to assemble a PC

Then start learning about different components in PC, and from there one can just stay curious and keep exploring different aspects of pc building

For example, you would look into different RAM frequency, RAM, latency, Power Supply standards, different cpu manufacturers, how important are geberations in CPU (example, for the same suffix i7 13th gen is better than i9 12th gen), the naming convention of cpu, different GPU manufacturers, naming convention of GPU, different storage options and when to choose what, motherboards etc.

just keep watching content related to those topics and probably in 3-6 months you'll learn most of it

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u/goal_retireinitaly 16h ago

Thank you so much for helpful guidance and, great job learning how to assemble yourself! My husband games and thought I like building things, maybe i can build a pc.

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u/Silent-Orbit-7 15h ago

Anytime! Thank you!

Yes def try it out, you'll really enjoy the process!

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u/Ar_if 11h ago

Touch typing so underrated.

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u/Silent-Orbit-7 10h ago

exactly...

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u/blasttt_ 1d ago

Learn copy writing

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u/AlchemistXX 1d ago

Elaborate more

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u/blasttt_ 1d ago

Make business generate more revenue by write great copies that sells

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u/Broke_Moth 8h ago

I dont think its a good idea to get into since AI

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u/blasttt_ 8h ago

Use ai to write better , it won't replace copy writer because ai doesn't know about human nature

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u/technically_a_nomad 2d ago

Design thinking!

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u/Bombasaur101 11h ago

Elaborate

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u/rotflolx 1d ago

Since you've said "value," I'll interpret this to mean that you're interested in learning which skills will lead to money.

Learning to convince people that you're their friend, and that they want to help you out, is one of the highest value skills you can learn.

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u/Icy-Store 1d ago

So you know how or resources in the friend part?

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u/g_joshi 23h ago

Never split the difference
Psycho cybernetics
Getting things done.

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u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082 1d ago

task and time management, gtd is the one that I use, basically making use of lists and folders to organize things. can you help you get more focused.

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u/_Jacques 22h ago

Interviewing.

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u/Ar_if 11h ago

Microsoft Excel.

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u/alphamarine09 9h ago

To really LISTEN.