I was considering taking an online course, I was worried about the cost, and wondering if it would be as beneficial as the school of hard knocks. So I emailed to ask the course builder to ask some questions about it.
This was his reply.
“Most of our top students begin from a place of, “I trust this will work and I will make it work for my individual situation.” I note the negative skepticism in your question, and candidly, no course would help you right now until you tackle those psychological barriers.
Skepticism is fine — you should be questioning of ALL programs out there. (Especially since most aren’t good.)
But you should be very cautious about letting it color your entire worldview, which I suspect it has.”
He filed me under skeptic and I filed him under arrogant… he never got my money, and I never got his expertise.
I was really hurt at first. I was assuming as he was the expert he knew more than me, I thought he would know the kind of person I was, by the kind of question I asked.
When I got over that, I was angry. How dare he label me without knowing me and I deleted all of my subscriptions to his drip campaigns.
Now that almost a year has passed and my emotions have simmered, I have looked a little deeper into our short conversation.
What comes out of a persons mouth is usually about them, not about you.
My guess is that he is a skeptic and knows it colors his worldview, so he assumes everyone else’s does also.
If he had wanted to understand why I was asking questions the way I was… I am a single mom who is not skeptical, but very cautious about where I spend my dollars, knowing I always need enough extra to provide for my family. I was looking for him to make me feel better about that, not worse.
In the end, I do feel good about not giving him my money.
I love when the universe gives me the guidance I need in unsuspecting ways.