Monthly Reading Challenge: Cool Skills to Learn

Performance Accelerator Plan

While browsing Pinterest, I noticed some pins with the caption Monthly Reading Challenge. I clicked through to learn more and thought the idea was brilliant. People often get overwhelmed when a goal feels too big. So, it's important to break it down into manageable chunks.

Why wouldn't you apply that same thinking to an annual reading challenge? It's a collection of monthly reading challenges. At the beginning of every year, there are a slew of reading challenges for people to participate in. That's a good thing because it gets more people reading books.

But more people would probably complete them, if they focused on one month at a time. The activity will seem less daunting. Imagine how many books you'd read during the year when you focus on the books you're reading each month. 

My Performance Accelerator Plan is a paid, adult reading challenge. It's very different from the free ones. When you participate, you learn the skills you need to thrive in 2020 to 2022. Additionally, you'll get an understanding of intercultural awareness because you're also reading the world. The plan lasts for 12 months with weekly and monthly requirements.

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For each monthly reading challenge, you'll read five books, for a total of sixty books in 52 weeks. And you won't spend all your free time reading books. At the start of the Performance Accelerator Plan, you'll learn how to digest the average non-fiction book in 30 to 60 minutes. Imagine how much time you'll save by learning this one strategy.

When you glance at the reading requirements below, each monthly challenge will appear like any other ordinary reading challenge. However, participants are reading diverse books across multiple disciplines. And they're reading intentionally to learn, just like the most accomplished individuals.

Participants get weekly emails reminding them which types of books to read. They can take an assessment test after reading each book to determine how much of what they read they remember. And they're reminded to pick out big ideas and so much more.

Applying what they learn from the books they read is a big part of the Performance Accelerator Plan.

Cool Skills to Learn to Thrive in 2020 and Beyond: Monthly Reading Challenge Training Modules

Reading Requirements: Month One

1. Intercultural Awareness: Africa.
2. Problem solving.
3. Critical thinking and analysis.
4. Creativity and innovation.
5. Reasoning, analytical thinking, and decision-making.

Reading Requirements: Month Two

1. Intercultural Awareness: Antarctica.
2. People management.
3. Coordinating with others.
4. Emotional intelligence.
5. Service orientation.

Reading Requirements: Month Three

1. Intercultural Awareness: Asia.
2. Negotiation.
3. Cognitive flexibility.
4. Presentation.
5. Written communication.

Reading Requirements: Month Four

1. Intercultural Awareness: Australia/Oceania.
2. Happiness.
3. Active learning and learning strategies.
4. Psychology.
5. Leadership and social influence.

Reading Requirements: Month Five

1. Intercultural Awareness:European.
2. Systems analysis and evaluation.
3. Classic and retelling of it.
4. Collection of comics.

Reading Requirements: Month Six

1. Intercultural Awareness: North America and the Caribbean.
2. Ideas and ideation.
3. Hobby.
4. Children’s book.

Reading Requirements: Month Seven

1. Intercultural Awareness: South America.
2. Essays.
3. Book and film adaptation – compare and contrast.
4. Book less than 100 pages.
5. Graphic novel.

Reading Requirements: Month Eight

1. Autobiography/biography of a woman written by a woman.
2. Science fiction written by a woman.
3. Murder mystery written by a woman.
4. Classic written by a woman.
5. Serious topic that’s written by a woman.

Reading Requirements: Month Nine

1. Autobiography/biography of a man written by a man.
2. Science fiction book written by a man.
3. Murder mystery written by a man.
4. Classic written by a man.
5. Deals with a serious topic that’s written by a man.

Reading Requirements: Month Ten

1. Intercultural Awareness: United States, Caribbean, Canada.
2. Industry/niche.
3. Someone’s journey.

Reading Requirements: Month Eleven

1. Intercultural Awareness: India, China, Japan.
2. Poetry.
3. Science.

Reading Requirements: Month Twelve

1. Intercultural Awareness: Europe.
2. Intercultural Awareness: Africa.
3. Religion.
4. Philosophy.
5. Entertainment.

Monthly Reading Challenge: Structured Approach to Learning Cool Skills

The Performance Accelerator Plan is not for everyone. It works best for professionals who are already readers. If you're an autodidact and a polymath, you can do it by yourself. Stuck in a dead end job? Feel like you don't have the skills to succeed? Not sure where to turn? Invest in the Accelerator Plan to learn the skills the World Economic Forum reports that you need to thrive.

Invest in yourself. Give yourself the tools to participate in a changing work environment. Stand up for yourself.

Why the Performance Accelerator Plan to Learn Cool Skills

You now know the requirements of the Performance Accelerator Plan. However, you don't have access to tools to that come with the program. The tools can help you to take you career to the next level. Discover how to synthesize all that newfound knowledge from the books you read each month. You're living in an idea economy. Learn how to  find the big ideas in the books you read. Additionally, learn how to combine ideas among the books you read to make them  into bigger ideas. Test if an idea is feasible.

And applying what you learn is a big part of this program. I want participants to profit from the ideas they generate while reading diverse books, across multiple disciplines. Does that sound like something you want to be a part of? If it is, Join the Performance Accelerator Plan today!

How Avil Can Help You!

If you do not want to gamify your reading, I invite you to Join the Performance Accelerator Plan that walks you through the process of learning key skills and more. You’ll be reading books to build skills and develop intercultural awareness.  Get more reading and learning tips here.

In December 2020, I published two books on Amazon. I would greatly appreciate your support if you bought my two short e-books Read 30 Books in 30 Days Like Francis Bacon and Performance Accelerator Plan: Guide to Learning and Mastering Key Skills for the Future.

Read 30 Books in 30 Days Like Francis Bacon is not about speed reading. It’s about approaching every book differently and reading only the sections that align with your purpose.

The Performance Accelerator Plan book is a stripped-down version of the paid reading challenge of the same name. Obviously, you won’t get all the resources that come with the program that I sell on my website. But if you are a self-directed learner, it will help you tremendously.

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