[pogorniy]

Manage resources (time, money, mood). Keep self healthy enough. Plan. Set goals and work towards those (not necessary to my opinion, but good to have). Process data (search, synthesize, categorize, derive knowledge). Learn (understanding what is required to learn and how to approach learning, be open to learn from new situations). Understand self (where are own thoughts, what is own values, what is external to you). Communicate and cooperate with others. Reading, counting.

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The rest can be derived.

[kfreds]

Managing resources is key. Personally I use the triad Time-Money-Attention, but I think I like yours better. Attention presumes the requisite mood or motivation.

Time, money, and mood seems to me like the three most important limited resources we have. The next natural step is to apply cognitive tools from economics on each of them. The etymological origin of the word is basically "allocation of limited resources" after all. I've found this to be immensely useful.