Reason why: This was me before I became a "good marketer".
I used to literally buy every online course I could get my hands on. Most of them (on the face of it) did nothing for me.
Reason why: I was lacking the "meta skills" to actually use the information I was buying.
There’s a skill level involved in getting results with an online course.
For a lot of my "course junkie days", I literally just didn't have the skill to use the information properly. I'd watch a video and then move to the next one and so on.
There’s skill in the discipline to go through a course.
There’s skill in the patience to stick with something to see results.
There’s a skill to practice what you’re learning and taking what is often a passive learning process and making it active.
When I was able to focus on the "meta skills" of achievement... THAT was when I could take even the vaguest advice and do pretty well with it.
For instance: when managing affiliates for Alex's book launch, I got given the advice: “Get people into the arena and then give them a pitchfork”.
Vague advice.
I took it and ran with it though...
I got people to sign up with small asks to begin with. (get them in the arena).
Then, I created black books, gave away our best ads and shared what others were doing to get results. (I tried to give every affiliate I could the "pitchforks" to go out and help support the launch.)
The result? Almost 30k people who brought in over 100,000+ leads for free.
Wanted to share because I know a lot of us are still actively studying and mastering our crafts.
These days, when I buy a course, I will literally stick with it for months (I have a couple I've kept for years) - which I will repeatedly go back to until my skill level will catch up with the info.