This book is about the fundamentals of our life skills. We refer to these fundamentals as personal and social competencies. In a business context, they are known as soft skills or self-management. It is about the ability to organize and behave according to our own needs and the given situation. Even Plato recognized this as a practical form of wisdom. George Pennington succeeds in presenting personal and social competencies in an understandable and practical way. This book makes them accessible to a broader audience as practical life assistance, applicable both in private life and at the workplace. Furthermore, it serves as a valuable foundation for teaching these competencies in schools.