Show Notes:
Today we are going to be talking about ego - and this might be a little bit raw, so stick with me with this one. This is your reminder that your course isn’t about you.
I hear warning signs from course creators all the time and its normally statements like ‘I want’ and ‘I think’.
There are a couple of ‘I want’ statements that are red flags and show that you need to adjust your thinking:
The biggest one I see from course creators is ‘I want this to be perfect’.
Another warning sign I see is when course creators are focused on the branding and design elements of the content, slides, and PDFs without thinking about the learner and what they want/need it to look like.
In a similar way, the same thing happens with platform design and development. It's statements like ‘I want this button here’ and ‘I want this button to click through to this thing’ that cause concern.
Action Steps:
For the next couple of weeks when you are working on your program, I want you to look out for when you say ‘I think’ or ‘I want’, because it is probably not about your student, it’s about you. When this starts to happen, it’s important to take a step back and really think about what is going to work best for your student – not what you want and not what you think, but about the best for them.
If you can do that, you are going to create a great course – not perfect, because that doesn’t exist - but it will be great, I promise you that.
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