Thoughts on Teaching, Criticism, and Real-World Testing
I’ve read a couple of blogs that have been criticizing the GTrends process and the method that Ed & Dan are teaching. Here are my thoughts on this (and I’ll make them brief):
1. Save criticism until you have real-world RESULTS of whether the method works.
It’s so easy to criticize someone else’s teaching, based on your own personal preferences (what you think works, what you think should be taught, how you think material should be presented), but the proof is in the pudding. The only thing that matters is…does Ed & Dan’s method work? Is it effective?
The only way to know for certain is to apply the method. Save criticism/feedback until you’ve put the method into practice. Try it out—see what happens. Then talk. Then criticize. Then give feedback.
2. Teaching a group of people with a wide variety of skill levels (from complete newbie to advanced) is difficult.
I have real-world experience with teaching, and I know this…
It’s difficult—even for a very experienced teacher—to instruct a group of people with extremely diverse skill levels. For example, pretend you are teaching a mathematics class. In your class, you have students who can’t do basic Algebra problems; however, you also have some students who know Calculus. Can you imagine how difficult it would be to teach a math class with such a wide variety of skill levels?
Here’s the crux:
If you make the material too basic, then people with advanced knowledge feel bored and “tune-out/drop-off.” On the other hand, if you make the material more advanced, you risk losing the newbies - people with less knowledge who are easily overwhelmed. It’s a sticky situation all around.
The 30DC is geared toward new people, so more advanced marketers will have to accept, and deal with that.
Ed, Dan & Nick - I appreciate all the hard work you have put into the challenge. Thank you. I will stick with the process for 30 days. I’ll learn what I can from it - and then tweak the process as needed in the future. Ignore the naysayers - they will only drag you down!