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So, you've learned coaching, or you've gone to a self development course, or you've read a book, or all of the above.
And you want to teach this too. Help people achieve their potential. Believe in themselves. Maybe the whole world. Maybe just your good friend who just needs to believe in herself as much as she believes in others.
And you learned lots of distinctions*! They won't all fit in your new course, it isn't long enough. You've got to pick. And you want the BEST.
 
*What are "Distinctions"? I'm referring to pieces of self-development material or advice. Perhaps a sentence or conversation designed to improve somebody's life.
 
How most people pick distinctions
"Be optimistic", said MAX_INT people. If one more person will say that, I don't know what will happen…
And I don't totally disagree. If you COULD just be optimistic, I think it would have a great impact on your life.
But what's the problem with this?
Well, I'm sure you got this advice one day when something bad happened. Did it make you optimistic?
Everybody you know probably also got it. Are THEY optimistic when bad things happen? No.
[For the off-chance you said yes: Consider that the person you are talking about is+was optimistic unrelated to this piece of advice. Try making somebody NEW optimistic and tell me how it went]
The problem is that it is difficult to just "be optimistic" or "be confident". Hard to do when somebody tells you to, and practically impossible to keep it up for a long time.
How I pick distinctions
Almost all distinctions, if you could apply them over time, would be totally life changing. The challenge isn't to find a powerful one. The challenge is to find one that is easy to apply, and hopefully easy to apply over time.
One that you'd tell somebody about, and they'd just start using it, and they'd meet you in a few months, and they'd have a new job and they'd open a blog.
 
Coming up: My favorite distinctions