Personality shows “who you are,” emotional intelligence “how you feel.” Life skills answer the third question: what can you do? It measures 9 universal life areas on an 8-axis skill map — for every age from preschool to adult.
Not a report card but a “what can I do” map — learnable skills that grow with age.
Life skills are the observable, learnable competencies that work in daily life. Not a label — a set that develops with practice.
Neon Selfcheck understands a person through three questions: Personality (Enneagram) shows “who you are,” Emotional Intelligence “how you feel,” and Life Skills “what you can do.” Together they form a balanced picture with potential revealed.
Nine life areas are fixed across all ages; only the items and the respondent change by age. Eight competency areas form a radar map; the ninth, “life enrichments,” becomes a completion map.
The report is never generic: each area builds a sentence from that person's strongest and weakest item and offers a concrete suggestion. A low stage is never a diagnosis; at a young age, money or digital skills still developing is entirely natural.
From school to home, career to independent living — six concrete wins.
The OECD and World Economic Forum define the most critical 21st-century competencies not as grades but as life skills — problem-solving, self-management, digital literacy.
A report card shows academics; but whether a child can manage money, handle their own tasks or question information goes unmeasured. This map fills that gap.
Each area lands on a stage from Seed to Master and suggests a concrete next step at item level. A clear answer to “what do we work on now?” for family and teacher.
For middle-school and adult versions it crosses how often and how consciously you use AI, yielding one of four usage profiles and a personalized suggestion.
The result is never an alarm. A consistency check guards reliability; low stages are framed as “natural at this age,” an invitation to grow.
Parent, teacher and manager look at the same map. Seeing what a child or adult can actually do, together, makes support precise and fast.
Eight feed the 8-axis skill radar; “Life enrichments” is read as a completion map.
Seeing options before a decision, weighing pros and cons and anticipating outcomes — the basis of critical, flexible thinking.
Listening without interrupting, saying clearly what you want and building healthy relationships.
Planning time, doing tasks without procrastinating and taking responsibility — the engine of daily productivity.
Keeping a budget, tracking spending and telling “need from want” — the first steps of financial awareness.
Checking a source before sharing, screen balance and the literacy to use AI consciously.
Routines of sleep, nutrition, movement and hygiene plus basic safety awareness — managing the body and the day.
Curiosity, trying a different method when stuck and adapting to change — with a “mistakes are part of learning” mindset.
Sport, art, nature, volunteering, languages… Not scored; it becomes a completion map of “present / emerging / absent” with gentle suggestions.
Preparing a simple meal, handling your own tasks, age-appropriate responsibilities — the building blocks of independent living.
Each area is scored 0–100 and lands on one of four growth stages. Not a verdict, a position.
The skill is just sprouting. An ideal ground to begin with small, safe attempts.
The foundation is set and the skill is developing. Regular small steps strengthen it visibly.
The skill is firmly established and used confidently in most situations.
The skill is automatic and strong beyond age — exemplary and transferable to others.
The 9 areas stay fixed; items, respondent and voice change by age.
With a developmental-foundations block; observes the child's daily skills through the parent's eyes.
Ages 6–8. Includes developmental foundations; blends home and school observation.
Ages 8–10. The child's first self-assessment, in their own (first-person) voice.
The AI-literacy profile comes into play from this band onward.
For high-schoolers, university students and employees; ready for institutional use too.
The nine areas are synthesized from the OECD's life-skills and future-competencies work, the World Health Organization's life-skills definition and 21st-century-skills frameworks — a universal, cross-cultural, age-scalable backbone.
This foundation also shapes the report's language: non-judgmental, growth-focused and age-aware. The result is not a diagnosis but a personalized starting point for the question “what can I do?”
A skill radar showing eight areas at a glance, item-level personalized analysis for each area, strengths and concrete growth suggestions, a completion map for life enrichments and (middle-school/adult) an AI profile.
For individual use: return to the Individual page — see the version for your age and ICF coaching together, from preschool to adult. For organizations: go to the Institutional page — explore solutions for educational institutions, companies and coaching centers.
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