Hobbies and Interests - Keith Venn

This can provide an insight to the personality and skills can be used as part of professional job activities.
 
One hobby is being an entertainer. This teaches adaptability, rapid  decision-making, presentation, negotiation, and people skills. Feedback  is instant. There is no room for mistakes.

Amateur radio, when time allows. This can be very time-consuming, so  has to be rationed! Talk to people you have never met before and carry  out technical experiments. A good combination for an inquisitive social  person, and one who likes to try new ideas. Callsign G0GFD. Also allows practice in speaking other languages! Studying German for 5 years must have a use somewhere...

Travel certainly broadens the mind. Travelled extensively on  business and pleasure, meeting interesting people and fascinating  places. This could provide enough material for a book, and one is  sometimes published on eBay! Never underestimate cultural differences,  and do not assume anything is the same in another country as England.  What was all that knocking on a table for by an audience in Germany...