"While I didn't quite hit mission accomplished, (I maybe would have if I had actually charged full price.)
HOWEVER, I do have my first class of 15 students, BEAUTIFUL students, in my first online course and that started today, and it's already brought me to tears of overflowing love and joy.
With only 6 days of enrollment, I would say that is pretty good!
I have learned so many valuable lessons during this time and most right here at the end as we are forced to put things into action.
You cant say the right thing to the wrong people. You shouldn't have to ""CONVINCE"" anyone for days of back and forth, as the kind of sign up they are is the kind of student they will be.
You can't say the wrong thing to the right people. Those who are meant to come, will come, we just need to shoot a big enough flare for those who are way out there looking for us to see.
When people are ready they will come. When they are not they will find every excuse in the world. But it is not about you. It is not about how much they want the change you are offering. It is about how much they think they are worth...what they think they deserve. If they are not ready to believe they are worth it, nothing you can do will make them change, grow, learn, become anything.
Scholarships and coupons don't matter if someone isn't ready. After days of back and forth with a few people who begged to get into the Masterclass, that they wanted in ""so badly"" but... this, that, or the other- insert limiting belief (aka excuse here.)
And of course, Me being the over giver that I am, did everything I could to help them get in there. I bent over backward, forwards, sideways, and did the limbo to meet try to meet their ""needs""... which turned into demands...????! I did things to eliminate excuses one by one, compromising the requirements of the course (which I will never do again).
I offered massive discounts, coupon codes, scholarships, and partnerships, places for them to offer a bonus to help them get off the ground, and more... they STILL found a way to not only back out last minute (which it's now too late for the next person in line for the scholarship to read an email.) but to insult me in the process, as if it was my fault that they were saying no to their soul, again....
But I noticed a pattern between the three people who, let's be honest, we're just trying to get something for nothing, and would have not shown up and contributed anything in return-- These people have the same pattern for not showing up for themselves in all areas of their lives.
How we do anything is how we do everything.
Once they finally decided that they still couldn't do it with literally no real excuses left, they got found a reason to be mad about something that was there the whole time but suddenly they were mad about it to justify the fight within.
The scholarship for 90% off, came with the agreement that they would show up and do the work, that commitment to show up for themselves was scary. Maybe no one has asked them to do that before... If my son doesn't stay on the dean's list and show up to class in college, his scholarships go bye-bye! This is how scholarships work. Scholarships are not handouts, they are agreements. If you try they will help, if you don't they won't.
Looking at the lives, the patterns between all 3 of these people are the same, they live on handouts, they don't believe they are worth making a better for themselves. They have become so used to letting themselves down and being let down that they don't even try, they only blame. They don't take responsibility because they never had to, and what a shame that is.
Imagine if everyone were actually living in their purpose what a different world we would live in. All we can do is love them and let them know that you will be here when they are ready.
I know their own soul wrestling within, and maybe the next time something comes along that stirs their soul, they will say yes to it. Until then I bless and release.
Yes, many lessons are learned.
If I had given it free to them it would have been another disservice to their lives. All I can do is encourage them to validate themselves by investing in themselves. Some would have only had to pay $20 a month, and still couldn't. Yet they play a game with me and spend way more than that on it. It's interesting huh.
Those who really deserve the best of things are the ones who show up for it. I will still offer scholarships in the future, as I had 6 people who really can't afford the class stand up and say yes to themselves, yes to showing up changing their lives and relationships and that makes me so happy. Maybe this is the time that the light bulb finally goes off and their lives change. I will be there to support and nurture them all the way!
I also learned that 6 days turn around on a course that hasn't been built is too fast and a girl needs sleep! But I was waiting to see if the world blew up on inauguration day like everyone was worried it would, and I also wanted to push myself to hit mission accomplished. I think if social media hadn't turned Into a cesspool of hate, during this time I could have not only smashed Mission accomplished but hit the stretch goal of 10,000 that I am really really needing right now. Plus I need to pay off the credit card that I put this on. But I will. I just have to keep going.
Marisa has provided so much value in the course too much even- like me hahaha! But every time I had a question, the next class answered it. I hope to provide the same value to my people as well. Murray was a godsend with me the other night back and forth and not losing patience with me while I melted down in frustration, tears, and overwhelming, and that made me stick with experiencing instead of digging my nerdy l little head in and building my own on my wordpress site that I loathe ... not the site but WordPress. I hope to move the blog of it one day but with 900 posts and 45k members, it is not such an easy task.
I have 13 courses lined up in a row and 8 books coming out. I'm so glad I did this and it inspired me to go ahead and pull the trigger on some things that I have been sitting on.
I have never charged anyone for anything in my life so I had some really big money blockages to overcome here and only gave a few people access for free, while I gave the rest an 80% discount, it is still 200 each for the 4 students. and 90% for the one little old lady who just lost her husband at $100. Even when the one guy who I offered the last scholarship to who wanted in so bad, suddenly bailed and called me a greedy money hungry sheep, ""I refuse to contribute to the materialistic & capitalistic mentality that we are being led into en mass."" I was like whoa. Anyways I know it wasn't about me, no telling what happened to him between one convo and the next but I won't be his punching bag. And if he cant value himself to pay $50 he doesn't value me, and won't value what I'm teaching him and that is ok. He is not my person. Next.
I explained that good people with good money do great things. And I already do great things with literally no money, and so imagine all the people I could reach if I had the means. I was going to Africa 3-4 times a year and helping a tribe there, building schools, wells, medical clinics, dancing with warriors, singing with the women atop the sacred mountain. They are the reason I must charge. They need help and I can't help them like I want to currently. So do the kids in the slums of Nepal, and the people in the leper colonies in India, and the wilderness therapy kids in Colorado that my friend is trying to get off drugs and hate. Imagine if I could send them all $100,000 instead of $100 or $10.
This platform is going to help me get my message out to way more people at once. It is going to help me heal the soul of the world like I'm meant to. It is going to be beautiful. I can't wait! "
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Gosh, I'm still learning. I haven't even dived into any of the bonuses yet, nor the final courses because I have been busy selling and building my own for the last 2 weeks, thank goodness for the lifetime access, I really do want to go back and finish it all.
How did EPM help you become successful?
It literally answered every single question that I could ever have, with exactly how-to's which I appreciate, in many different formats to work with. Which I also appreciate. I met some cool people too.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I'm not sure yet, but I feel something amazing coming, I've just opened the door to something amazing and am diving in. My first course launched today and it's already beautiful!
What has been the biggest change in your business?
That I finally charged someone something. It wasn't much but it was something and a step in the right direction.
What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
To make self-love and healing fun finally and not so scary for people.