20 Important Skills Every Woman Should Have

Honestly, every person.

Jyssica Schwartz
15 min readAug 10, 2021

I saw this post by Growth Lodge in the Illumination publication and wanted to say that while I don’t think that is a full list, I do think it is interesting to see that perspective. And it had some great points!

So, I wanted to make a similar list for women. I present to you, 20 skills every woman should know.

There is no age limit on these skills, as I know that as we grow and change and evolve, so do our skills.

These 20 skills are from my own experiences and those of friends and family, as well as from my experience listening to others. They are in no particular order.

The three that have asterisks (4, 5, & 11) are skills that I borrowed from the above-linked article, as I think those are for all people, though the descriptions are my own.

1. The ability to say no — and not feel guilty.

It is human nature to feel guilty for turning people down — but you need to stop apologizing (see…

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Jyssica Schwartz

Manging editor. entrepreneur, writer, editor, cat lover, weirdo, optimist. Author of “Write. Get Paid. Repeat.” & “Concept to Conclusion.” jyssicaschwartz.com