A friend of mine pointed out a decade ago that people never follow directions.
If you go to any recipe website with star reviews, just scroll down and read the 5 star and 1 star reviews. In the review people will state that they omitted ingredients or substituted (or worse both) and then either praise or complain about how the recipe turned out.
None of them followed the recipe! But they were thrilled or frustrated with the results the recipe gave them.
Loved all the tips. Whenever you are new to something, instead of questioning things and making a mess of it, being an observer/imitater/learner pays off big time. Been there, done that. Now ready to relearn that again with this amazing PGA community.
Mmm I don’t agree with some of the points here, particularly when not questioning or trusting the process.
I see where you’re coming from…
You are basically trying to reduce friction by encouraging action no matter what and to avoid jumping to another product if the previous one doesn’t seem to work. And that’s a respectable viewpoint to ensure goals are reached faster and we stop becoming “fickle pickles.” And also you seem to be the one who supports the action bias.
However to do so by avoiding questions is dumbing down critical thinking. For example, I was part of a health program which was quite valuable, but throughout there were no scientific references to support their methodology. This happens in MMA seminars.
Now obviously references aren’t always needed to support a program, but at least asking questions can evoke curiosity on why this process can work, and where the students go wrong.
And the phrase “trust the process” is becoming more of a common shelter from the doubts without actually addressing them.
And to end this, these two advices don’t show a level of humility from someone who made a successful course.
A friend of mine pointed out a decade ago that people never follow directions.
If you go to any recipe website with star reviews, just scroll down and read the 5 star and 1 star reviews. In the review people will state that they omitted ingredients or substituted (or worse both) and then either praise or complain about how the recipe turned out.
None of them followed the recipe! But they were thrilled or frustrated with the results the recipe gave them.
I think about that a lot.
Metaphor for life right there.
Let's get it baby! PGA to multiple six figures -- whatever it takes, Imma make it work
Thank you for the story of what you learned from mentoring 12,000.
This is great. Definitely guilty of overthinking and trying to solve for perfection.
Awesome actionable tips here:
- Stick to the plan
- Make it work
- Don't overthink
I'm going to read this again soon. Thank Cole!
Thank you for pointing out my error.
Loved all the tips. Whenever you are new to something, instead of questioning things and making a mess of it, being an observer/imitater/learner pays off big time. Been there, done that. Now ready to relearn that again with this amazing PGA community.
Making this free was an extremely smart move. As a student in PGA i needed to read this lol
Mmm I don’t agree with some of the points here, particularly when not questioning or trusting the process.
I see where you’re coming from…
You are basically trying to reduce friction by encouraging action no matter what and to avoid jumping to another product if the previous one doesn’t seem to work. And that’s a respectable viewpoint to ensure goals are reached faster and we stop becoming “fickle pickles.” And also you seem to be the one who supports the action bias.
However to do so by avoiding questions is dumbing down critical thinking. For example, I was part of a health program which was quite valuable, but throughout there were no scientific references to support their methodology. This happens in MMA seminars.
Now obviously references aren’t always needed to support a program, but at least asking questions can evoke curiosity on why this process can work, and where the students go wrong.
And the phrase “trust the process” is becoming more of a common shelter from the doubts without actually addressing them.
And to end this, these two advices don’t show a level of humility from someone who made a successful course.
Take action definitely, but tread carefully.