Stubborn people love to mention the whole “coaches coaching coaches on how to coach coaches” thing all the time.
Most of them also like to use the argument of “the fat personal trainer”.
But when you think about it, those two arguments mostly contradict one another.
See, the first is used to make fun of everyone and everything being a pyramid scheme. “Oh you teach other people how to do X so they can do X and teach other people how to do X as well? That’s a scam,” they say.
It’s a convincing argument if you’re only using 2 brain cells.
Not to mention the fact that this implies that every single teacher, university professor, coach, consultant, and even your local kindergarten teacher is running a pyramid scheme (yes, people teaching in kindergarten once used to be in kindergarten themselves).
On the other hand.
Those same people will use the argument that “nobody buys from a fat personal trainer” (which is true) but then again, implies that every person teaching you how to coach (can be replaced with anything) has to be a coach (again, replace with anything) themselves.
So clearly they can’t make up their minds.
Which is great, because that leaves the playing field open for the big guys and gals like us to profit from.
But why am I talking about this?
You see, if you’re anything like me, you might have wondered whether what these short-sighted and stubborn trolls are saying might actually have some truth to it.
I have actually worried about “doing the right thing” in the past myself.
And here’s the thing.
This is how the world works. This is how information and education gets passed on from generation to generation.
You learn something from someone who has a lot of experience in said thing. And then you can do that same thing yourself. But with the added bonus of being able to choose how you apply it.
Let’s say I want to learn how to play the guitar.
I might want to go to a master at playing the guitar and ask me to teach him. This guy in question could be a true master at playing the blues. And he’ll distill his wisdom of playing the blues onto me.
During the process, I’ll learn how to play the blues really well, as well as get an almost complete overview of how to play the guitar in general.
Now, I can choose to specialize in blues as well (maybe even teach it myself if I wanted to), or I can venture forth and experiment with other styles.
In my case, I’ll probably dabble more into classical guitar or flamenco.
I’ll learn the basics, and then, if I’m really passionate about it, I might even add to the body of knowledge of flamenco guitar by adding slight flavors, textures, and improvements to it that I picked up from having a teacher who played the blues.
Thus creating and adding value to society and the world.
Then the next generation comes around and will build upon my contributions.
This is how knowledge is passed on. This is what people mean when they say “standing on the shoulders of giants”.
Sometimes it’s a few people who made a lot of contributions.
Most of the time it’s many thousands of people who each made small contributions generation after generation.
Speaking of contributions.
I didn’t invent the entire market of creating and selling digital products. But I learned what I could from people who came before me, from all types of different fields, and then went into the industry myself, added my own flavors from experiences I’d gained in different fields, and added to the body of knowledge by creating (and sharing) my own unique frameworks.
More specifically, a framework that’ll help you ideate, create, and launch profitable digital products in 21 days or less.
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