Here is a 30-Day Effective Intelligence (EI) Building Challenge Calendar along with a Worksheet Set designed to strengthen your practical decision-making, problem-solving, and situational awareness—crucial components of Effective Intelligence (EI) for the SSB Interview.
What Is This Calendar For?
Each day offers:
- A real-life situational challenge
- A short task or reflection
- A worksheet entry to document your thinking process and learn from it
You’ll develop EI by practicing:
- Logical reasoning
- Practical judgment
- Time/resource management
- Adaptive thinking
- Prioritization
30-Day EI Building Challenge Calendar
| Day | Task Theme | Practical Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Prioritization | Rank 5 tasks for a day with limited time. |
| Day 2 | Resource Management | Plan a picnic for 4 under ₹500. |
| Day 3 | Conflict Resolution | Two team members fight—how do you calm them down? |
| Day 4 | Problem Solving | Your exam is tomorrow, your friend needs help. What do you do? |
| Day 5 | Time Management | You woke up late on the day of an important interview. Plan your next hour. |
| Day 6 | Adaptive Thinking | You’re asked to speak impromptu in front of 200 people. What’s your approach? |
| Day 7 | Leadership | Team task: No one is taking charge. What will you do? |
| Day 8 | Situational Analysis | You’re stuck in traffic and your destination is a 10-min walk away. What do you do? |
| Day 9 | Decision Making | Choose between a paid internship and an exam prep class. Why? |
| Day 10 | Risk Evaluation | You see a short-cut through a risky alley. What factors will you consider? |
| Day 11 | Crisis Planning | Electricity goes off during a presentation. What do you do? |
| Day 12 | Problem Redefinition | A solution fails. How would you re-define the problem? |
| Day 13 | Logical Reasoning | A friend gives contradictory statements. How do you assess the truth? |
| Day 14 | Resourcefulness | You are stuck somewhere with no money. What would you do? |
| Day 15 | Workload Distribution | You’re group leader. One member is underperforming. Your action? |
| Day 16 | Strategic Thinking | You have 2 hours to prepare 3 things. How will you divide time? |
| Day 17 | Ethical Decision | You find a lost wallet. What do you do? |
| Day 18 | Alternative Thinking | Your original plan fails. Think of two backups. |
| Day 19 | Goal-Oriented Action | You’re off-track from your SSB goal. What 3 steps will you take? |
| Day 20 | Pressure Handling | Only 30 mins to submit an assignment. What do you focus on? |
| Day 21 | Time vs Quality Dilemma | A task needs more time than you have. How do you balance speed vs perfection? |
| Day 22 | Personal vs Team Goal | Your idea is better but the group chooses another. What will you do? |
| Day 23 | Persuasion Skill | Convince someone to join your cause. How would you do it? |
| Day 24 | Clarity in Chaos | Multiple people shout ideas. How will you streamline the discussion? |
| Day 25 | Self-Control | You’re angry during a group task. How do you keep calm? |
| Day 26 | Use of Limited Tools | You have only string, tape & paper to fix something. What do you build? |
| Day 27 | Making Do with What You Have | No transport, 5 km to go, limited time. What’s your plan? |
| Day 28 | Observation and Recall | List everything you observed in your room in 30 seconds. |
| Day 29 | Survival Judgment | You’re lost in the forest. Prioritize the following: fire, food, shelter, signal. |
| Day 30 | Reflection & Synthesis | Write your 5 biggest EI learnings this month. |
Daily Worksheet Template (for each day)
You can print or digitally fill this for each day’s challenge.
EI Worksheet – Day __
1. What is today’s scenario/problem?
(Briefly describe the situation)
2. What are the possible options/solutions you can think of?
- Option 1:
- Option 2:
- Option 3:
3. What criteria will you use to select the best option?
- (Time? Resources? Morality? Feasibility?)
4. What decision did you make and why?
- (Justify your choice logically)
5. What could go wrong? What’s your backup plan?
- Contingency thinking
6. Reflection:
- What did you learn about your judgment today?
- How can this apply to SSB tasks like GPE, SRT, or CT?
Additional Tools (Optional):
- ✅ Weekly EI Review Sheet
- Day-wise score (out of 10) based on:
- Practicality
- Originality
- Speed of Thought
- Clarity
- Reflect on your best and worst responses.
- Day-wise score (out of 10) based on:
- 🧠Peer Practice:
Discuss each day’s problem in pairs or groups (if in coaching or online forum) to observe different approaches. - 📸 Visual Mapping Tool:
For Days 9, 17, 25, and 30 — include basic maps or flowcharts to boost spatial and sequence reasoning.
