Your GRADUATION Story
I had a lot of trouble seeing what my business actually was and the road ahead for my business. I would just randomly try ideas that I read about on the Internet and try to graft those onto my "mess". I joined EPM and it gave me a business path to focus around, coaching to clarify and push me to perform well on that path and a community to support me. I now see much more clearly what I am doing and what I need to do to be successful and that's made me feel more positive about my business.
I have a business plan to follow and a huge number of EPM content and other resources to call upon rather than just grabbing advice randomly from the Internet and trying to make it work. I have somewhat more confidence that I can do this and I have more clarity about where I'm going. I'm not really clear about this question: takeaway as in "opinion on EPM" or "what EPM gave me that I take away". I'll assume it's the latter. It's a strong plan for the road ahead and EPM content to review later to keep me on track. Time will tell but it may also be 4 other EPM students who I can collaborate with who have similar audiences. It's hard to find people who are at my same point and can think like a business owner instead of a customer. It's possible for my experience product to more likely become a profitable and viable business.
I really think that EPM should have a "System Requirements". EPM wasn't doable on a smartphone. I had to switch from Safari to Chrome to make some things work in EPM. I could cope but others couldn't. There were points in EPM where things got really confusing, especially towards the end. The "start chatterboxing" was rushed; the chattterbox sessions were released and, instantly, the contest started so it felt like I had to drop everything and do the chatterbox session immediately. The difference between "Graduating" vs "Launching" vs "Mission Accomplished" was unclear and seemed to change depending on the context. The chatterbox sessions pushed this confusion further: it seemed like I couldn't complete those sessions without completing a chatterbox conversation (and possibly 30). Chatterboxing coinciding with the holidays wasn't a good fit for me, plus I was torn between (1) properly finishing up Module 3; (2) skipping parts of Module 3 and focusing on Chatterboxing; or (3) attending and taking action on VIP sessions. I felt that Modules 1 and 2 were stronger than Module 3: in Module 3, the sessions had rather large, unclear tasks like "define all your modules and sessions", "create your production schedule", "(completely) plan your first few sessions" and "Chatterbox script". I marked "7" on recommend to others because, although EPM is a really good program, I feel that most people that I know aren't ready for it. I feel that it is inappropriate for people who don't have some experience trying to be a coach and some idea what kind of coaching that they will be doing.