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The Invisible Mentor Weekly Newsletter: Brain Food Wednesdays Number 77: How Important is Professional Development to You?
Dear Reader,
During the pandemic, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and especially so over the past few months. I also think about my mortality and the legacy I want to leave behind. Professional development is important to me, but I often do not harness and leverage my professional development to accelerate my business and career so that I can create something to leave behind.
I know that I could be further along, and for the past year or so, I’ve been doing something about it. I still love to read fiction, but I also want to read nonfiction more intentionally. I think about the skills I want to master and other things I want to learn, and determine if I already own books on those topics. One of the things I’ve discovered is that I love a good challenge, and will stick with it.
Although I’ve been creating challenges since 2013, I recently realized how good I am at completing them. That surprised me because I had never thought of that before. If you participate in a reading challenge, the best way to get the most from it is to spend a lot of time on choosing your books. I know this, but I don’t always do that. And that’s a weakness that I’m working on correcting.
Right now, I’m hosting a reading challenge in my Facebook group, Reading Rocks: Read a Book, Discover Solutions, Change the World. During the challenge, participants will read eight books and will connect the ideas among all the books. I created a video to teach participants how to learn what they need to know from each of the books. The concept is called leadership reading. I used to call it selective reading, but I prefer the new name. This is not a name I came up with, I learned about leadership reading in the book, Turn the Page. You can use this reading challenge to kickstart your professional development and use the knowledge to accelerate your business and career.
Join today! This training will make a difference in your career and business.
Partnerships and Collaborations
Maura Joy Lustig is a Transformational Coach. I met her on LinkedIn and we’re fellow book lovers. I’ll be speaking at her event Today and I’d love it if you joined us.
Are the Books Critical to Your Business Gathering Dust on a Shelf?
You can learn how to digest a nonfiction book in 30 to 60 minutes! On June 16th Maura Joy Lustig is hosting a one-hour workshop where I will be speaking.
This is for you if you struggle to keep up with the pile of books that you’d like to read for personal and business development! You will learn how to read more intelligently, absorb more of what you read and remember it!
LAST CALL! Join Maura Lustig and Avil Beckford, Today Wed. June 16, 2021, 4 pm EDT (1 pm PST)
Avil Beckford will teach you how to tackle your pile of to-be-read books to find answers to questions that are waiting to be discovered!
Leaders MUST be Readers and today growing and adapting quickly to change is a necessity. How would your business benefit when you had an infusion of ideas to apply?
Ask Avil
How Important is Professional Development to You?
If you’re not growing, it means that you’re dying. The world is changing too much, therefore, it’s impossible to stand still. You have to decide for yourself, the role professional development will play in your life. It’s only then that you’ll embrace it and choose the form of professional development that suits your lifestyle.
My primary way of learning is by reading books, although I do take courses from time to time. When you decide that professional development has to play a role in your life, engage in activities that will take you closer to your life goals.
Right now, I’m reading How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai by Anthony Raymond and enjoying the new knowledge I’m gaining about these Japanese concepts.
What I’m Reading
I’m wrapping up How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai by Anthony Raymond. I plan to read Level Up and The Round Table. I also want to go through the PhotoReading and Future Mapping courses again this weekend.
The Million Dollar Greeting
Last week I wrote about how disappointed I was with The Million Dollar Greeting. I had problems with the layout of the book. And I didn’t get as much out of the book as I wanted. I reviewed my notes and restructured the information, so it made more sense to me and I think it turned out okay.
I created sections in my notes called Recipe for Success and Core Values and pulled information from the different companies, placing them in the relevant sections. This allowed me to get a better grasp of any common threads through the nine companies. The author should have done a better job of this. And there are instances when you’ll have to do the same to get the most from the books you read.
The next step for me is to add the information to Roam Research to see what I’ve missed.
Teach Online in 2021
I bought this book because I read another book by the author, Dr. Andy Williams, that was very good. If you’re planning to sell courses on Udemy, then this is a good book to read. I have no plans to sell courses on Udemy because I’m happy with the New Zenler learning management system.
I found several sections in Teach Online in 2021 that are helpful to me. For instance, I like the way the author explains the different sections of a course and what’s included in each section. That information is a gold mine. Dr Andy Williams used to be a teacher in the United Kingdom, so he has a lot of experience in curriculum design and lesson plans.
The Invisible Mentor Blog
The One Problem
I’ve mentioned The One Problem Series that I’ve been doing and it’s slowly getting traction. People are sharing the interviews on social media and some of them are now reaching out to me to interview them. I think that’s news worth sharing. The videos are short, so they’re easy enough to listen to.
Here are the Episodes that I’ve published on my blog so far. Listen to a few of them and let me know what you think.
- The One Problem: Vicki Saunders, Founder SheEO
- Episode 17 The One Problem: Tara Hunt, Founder Truly Inc
- The One Problem Interview: Melanie Russell Talks About Partnership Agreements
- The One Problem Interview: Anthea Rossouw, Founder of Dreamcatcher
- Germain St. Denis, Consultant, Change Leadership: The One Problem Interview
- The One Problem Interview: Sandra Lisi, Leadership Coach
- The One Problem: Deena Baikowitz, Business & Career Coach
- The One Problem: Kelli Wingo, The One Problem Interview: Kelli Wingo, KMW Catalyst
- The One Problem: Patricia Roberts,Chief Operating Officer of the Gift of College
- The One Problem: The One Problem: Patti Pokorchak, Small Biz Sales Coach
- The One Problem: Adrienne Harris, Managing Partner, Portage Sales
- The One Problem: Kristy Wallace, CEO Ellevate Network
- The One Problem: Margye Solomon Talks about Aging and Relevance
- The One Problem: Deb Boulanger, Launch Lab for Women Entrepreneurs
- The One Problem: Sharon Horne Ellstrom – Stop Being Like Others, Be YOU
- The One Problem: Liz Kitchell from SheMoolah Talks Money Conversations
- The One Problem: Avil Beckford, Author of Digest 30 Books in 30 Days
- The One Problem: Interview With Kelly Daring, Author of Is Love Enough
Blog Series On Selective Reading
5 Common Reading Mistakes You Don’t Realize You’re Making
How I Came to Teach Professionals How to Read Selectively to Accelerate Their Business
5 Things You Never Knew about Reading Books
Before And After You Learn How to Read Selectively
Thinking About Investing in the Business Knowledge Accelerator Program?
Product Alert
7 Day Reading Makeover Challenge is a great product to start off with.
You’ll learn how to read like a leader, as well as how to synthesize information.
Until Next Week,
Avil Beckford, Founder, The Invisible Mentor!
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