I’ve been sharing a lot recently about uncertainty and transformation and how we can together come out of a crisis like COVID-19 even stronger.
And with my clients, I’ve emphasized strategies such as mindfulness, gratitude, and reality-based positive psychology.
Another practice (that I not only preach but personally implement is being of service.
I’ve donated over a million dollars of service hours to projects like Nurture and the creation of courses that I offer for free.
What’s my why?
For starters, I become a better person myself by teaching others. This effect of “the teacher growing via the act of teaching” was researched through a series of studies at the University of Pennsylvania. An important finding (related to desired weight loss, which was the focus on this research) found that people who mentored others on weight loss ended up losing more weight themselves.
Benefits are also long term, as studies of philanthropy and purpose show that people tend to live longer lives as a result of having a purpose and giving back to others.
Another more tangible benefit, for those that are looking to use the money metric to measure success, is that online courses can be very lucrative if you choose to enroll students via a paid model.
Napoleon Hill wrote the book Think and Grow Rich, but it was Danny Iny that wrote the book (Teach and Grow Rich) about the lucrative market in providing online courses in your area of expertise.
If you don’t yet have an online course, here are some interesting statistics to consider:
And what about the HOW?
ENCORE presentation on Saturday, May 2nd,
(Note: He only runs this class series once a year).
Since then I’ve joined his “Expert Faculty” to teach others about how to use podcasting to grow your visibility and reach. Cool stuff!
(BONUS: Want Chris’s free ebook? I’ve linked to it in my podcast interview with him. It’s a really helpful book for those wanting to know all about launching courses, even the nitty-gritty tech stuff!). 🙂
Have fun, and I look forward to your online course.
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