Let me tell you a little story…
Once upon a time there were people who needed help, who felt stuck, who just didn’t know what to do next. Then they found a guru that said, “Hey! I know what to do! Follow me!”. The price tag to follow him was money, lots of money, and time, lots of time. Pretty much the rest of their time on Earth. Why? Because he made them dependent on him for the answers. And over time took all of their money and left them with less than they had when they started.
I’m not a guru. I’m the anti-guru. It’s not that I have something against gurus, per se, but that I have something against the whole idea of being someone that people need long-term. I think the most effective gurus are those that help people enough for them to help themselves. I don’t create dependence in the people that I work with, I create freedom. If someone does a six month course with me, at the end the intention is for them to have all the tools and experience necessary to go out and succeed at whatever we put together for them. After a one-on-one session with me, I don’t reschedule you for once a week for the next year, I let you go live some life. I am a firm believer that we all need to work on ourselves every now and again, and then we need to go live some life. Sitting in the inquiry of what can we do to make our lives better is useful a couple of times a year, but outside of that we need to get out there, connect with our people, and LIVE!
I realize that this approach is bad for my long term business model. I don’t mind. I’d rather spend time getting new clients than soaking my current clients for money, selling products they don’t need or putting them through courses that won’t make a difference with them. Call me crazy, but I’d rather have you succeed over time than have my training do anything to contribute to your failure.
