To be a very good friend of your little one, the very first skill you should acquire as a parent is - become a patient listener. (welcomeparenthood.com)
There are obviously loads of other ideas out there, and I particularly recommend Baby's First Skills by Miriam Stoppard. (momtricks.com)
Today there was first the skill assessment which was OK and then the Stresstest... Trine and me had to change our equipment breathing from one single tank, we passed this also scoring a 4! (twofishdivers.com)