Nearly 1,800 people responded, with many people commenting on how enthusiastic they are about strengthening young people's noncognitive skills. We didn't ask people to choose one skill over another, because we know all of them are important to healthy youth development. Instead, we asked respondents to indicate how important they saw each of the 10.  ...  people see all 10 soft skills in our poll as intertwined and important to emphasize. By a slim margin, they identified perseverance as the skill they most want to strengthen in young people, followed closely by emotional competence and self-regulation.