What's a skill from a hobby that unexpectedly helped you in real life

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Years of playing chess taught me to actually think several moves ahead in genuinely unrelated situations, negotiating a salary, planning a move, it shows up in ways I never anticipated when I first picked the game up

There's something genuinely satisfying about a hobby paying off in a way you never expected when you first started, and I'm curious what people's version of that unexpected transfer actually looks like