I was cleaning up the house one day and stumbled across a homemade Mother\u2019s Day card that one of my children made for me. It was so beautifully written in scribbles with crayons and decorated with glitter and sparkles.<\/p>\n
Before I knew it, I was sifting through cards from over the years that I had collected from my family. The cards were a great reminder of how much they valued the love and work I contributed to managing the family, our home and their personal lives.<\/p>\n
This led me to curiously thinking about how transferable these parenting skills could be to any career or job.<\/p>\n
There are lots of books on parenting but most of us learn through on-the-job training. While sitting in this pile of Mother\u2019s Day cards, there were three important things that I considered about work-related skills and leadership gained through parenting.<\/p>\n
First, a parent is able to work past his or her limit in areas that they do not always have training or preparation. Secondly, one is able to manage multiple projects, tasks and schedules even when met with additional daily challenges. Finally, the skill of handling personal crises on a regular basis provides one with experience to handle physical emergencies with consistency and patience.<\/p>\n
As I continued to read through the cards, I came across more and more examples of concrete work experience and job skills that could be listed on a resume. Imagine that we are able to list all <\/em><\/strong>of our job-related experiences truthfully. We might include some of the following skills:<\/p>\n\n