Brain Food Fridays Number 51: Are You Learning The Skills The World Economic Forum Says You Need to Thrive, Week Eight?

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Dear Reader,

Are you set for the Holidays? I’m looking forward to reading more books and relaxing. This is Week Eight of the challenge to learn new skills. More on that later in the newsletter.​
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Feedback is so important. I’ve mentioned a few times that I launched the course, Creativity, Innovation, and the Art of Getting Ideas on a new learning management system. I was also participating in a 10-day challenge to launch your course. Some people participating in the course offered to review my course.

One person contacted me to say the course would take a month to complete. We have blind spots and need people to give us feedback. I created the course and know the topic, so it would be easier for me to complete such a course. I had to go back into the welcome lesson to recommend that participants work on a Bookish Note every day until they work their way through the course. I got actionable feedback.

On another note, I saw an email from MeetEdgar advertising a webinar on how to plan one year’s worth of content in a day. It intrigued me so I signed up for it. It was one of the best decisions I made. Led by Alyssa Coleman, she instructed us to create four pillars of content. Here’s what I came up with.

1. Skills You Need to Succeed.
2. Books to Give You a Winning Edge.
3. Problem/Solution Interview.
4. People to Learn From.
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People who love my work will look at the pillars and will notice something. The topics are not really new for my blog. I write about some of them all the time. However, what is new, is that there is structure again in what I do on the blog. I have a system once again. Readers will know what to expect. I’m mapping out, which days, I’ll share what. I have an idea floating around in my head though.
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Here are the skills I’ll write about.

1. Complex problem solving.
2. Critical thinking and analysis.
3. Creativity, innovation, ideation, originality, and initiative.
4. People management.
5. Coordinating with others.
6. Emotional intelligence.
7. Judgment, reasoning, and analytical thinking
8. Decision-making.
9. Service orientation.
10. Negotiation.
11. Cognitive flexibility.
12. Active learning and learning strategies.
13. Leadership and social influence.
14. Systems analysis and evaluation.
15. Resilience, stress tolerance, and flexibility.
16. Cultural sensitivity and awareness.
17. Communication: Written and Oral
18. Sales and marketing
19. Goal setting
20. How to Focus
21. Developing good habits
22. Time management and productivity
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Books to Give You a Winning Edge
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1. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
2. Superintelligence
3. Unfiltered Marketing
4. Range
5. Level Up
6. Own the Day
7. The Round Table
8. New Sales Simplified
9. Gap Selling
10. The Art of Resilience
11. The Wim Hof Method
12. Game Changers
13. The Invention of Nature
14. Beethoven
15. Raise Your Game
16. Sellosophy
17. Biology Everywhere
18. Holacracy
19. Outrank
20. eCommerce Marketing
21. Everybody Matters
22. Limitless
23. Atomic Habits
24. The Practice
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The Problem/Solution pillar needs work. And for the People to Learn From pillar, I’ve listed people to approach.

Week Eight: Learning the Skills the World Economic Forum Says You Need to Thrive Up to 2025​
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This is Week Eight of the reading challenge to learn the skills that the World Economic Forum says you need to succeed in your career.

1. Active learning and learning strategies.
2. Analytical thinking and innovation.
3. Complex problem-solving.
4. Creativity, originality, and initiative.
5. Reasoning, problem-solving and ideation.
6. Critical thinking and analysis.
7. Leadership and social influence.
8. Resilience, stress tolerance, and flexibility.
9. Technology use, monitoring, and control.
10. Technology design and programming.
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I have several books on resilience. However, I plan to read: Resilient by Rick Hanson and The Art of Resilience by Ross Edgley.
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Book I’m Reading This Week

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I read some fiction and I’m also reading Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday.

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Until Next Week,

Avail Beckford, Founder, The Invisible Mentor!

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