Vital Life Skills - What are they?

What life skills, if learned and became reasonably proficient in, would help in a variety of situations? I've thought of a few, but would like some suggestions from others that I might be missing.

So far I have:

Goal Setting - A critical skill to possess, regardless of career.

Negotiation - Everything from buying a new car to dealing with the phone or cable company to difficult neighbors. Work/business is where this significantly helps.

Critical/Analytical Thinking - With so many view points, the ability to systematically break them down to their root components. To cut through the bull####.

Learning/Memory - Technology and information is increasing at exponential rates. Being able to pick up a new language quickly, either spoken or computer, puts you ahead of most.

Leadership - Family, community, work/business, politics. People are starving for leadership.

Creativity - A very underrated skill. Yes, it is a skill. A set procedure of putting ideas together to form new ones. Example: Six Thinking Hats(google it)

Emotional Intelligence - Interpersonal skills. Sometimes defined as more important than raw IQ, EI helps with everyday human interaction

Persuasion - You may not be in sales per se, but the ability to determine when persuasion techniques are being used is essential.

Public Speaking - Being able to stand up in front of a few people or a few hundred people and communicate in a confidant, efficient manner. Public Speakers are some of the highest paid people in the world.

I am looking for those that can be taught in a reasonable amount of time. Self-defense, while a worthwhile skill to possess, takes a considerable amount of time to use proficiently. Self discipline/work ethic is an abstract idea/philosophy that cannot necessarily be 'taught' more than be 'instilled' into someone.

Thanks for any input!