One. Week. Away. (or Why Im Giving Away My $37 Workbook + Working 200 Hours on a 3 Day Course) - When I Grow Up

One. Week. Away. (or Why Im Giving Away My $37 Workbook + Working 200 Hours on a 3 Day Course) - When I Grow Up The Love We Give Away Is The Only Love We Keep by Aimee Ferre Create Your Dream Career  is a week away, and I realized that I never told you the reasons behind why I jumped at the chance to teach this course and why I decided to take my $37 career change e-workbook off the shelves and into the hands of anyone who RSVPd (for free!). First and foremost, CreativeLive is doing unbelievable work and I have been crushing on their business model forever. I love the fact that theyve built studios to broadcast  high quality Internet streams of  in-depth courses ranging from photography, business, money, crafts, music, art, etc. A creative career coachs dream! But the best part of their business is that, if you watch it live, you get it for free. And if you dont? The entire course  plus whatever the teacher has thrown in is your for under $100. To be honest, its a ton of work for the teacher. Like, a mega-ton. Im still a week away from the courses start date, and Ive already logged over 100 hours of work. By the time Ive put in 3 7-hour course days  and count the production meetings, last minute practices, staying on stop of social mediaId predict itll be close to 200. So, why is it worth it? 1. This has been the culmination of my 6 years as The When I Grow Up Coach. Its the apex of all Ive created, discovered and believe in doing this work. I never thought of myself as a teacher, but I can now really  see my process and curriculum in how I get my clients from A to B. Thats powerful stuff. 2. Its the best platform for me, right now, to get this message  to as many people as I can with the lowest barrier of entry (for them and for me!). You cant get better than a free offering  and  have such a high production value as a solopreneur without shelling out the big bucks  having to orchestrate the whole thing yourself. 3. Its the most accessible way to let creative women whore stuck in soul-sucking jobs actually believe that they can make a grown-up living from their passionate career. Thats my professional mission, and getting 3 whole days to bring that to the surface and bring it home for my students makes me over-the-moon. 4. Selfishly, having speaking and teaching gigs gets me back to my roots as a performer, and I love the natural high it gives me. Its a deeply rewarding experience for me, and I cant wait to get in front of those cameras! 5.  The CreativeLive team is unbelievably nice and so, so good at what they do. Everyone Ive encountered that works for them has impressed the hell out of me (hi Elizabeth, Christina and Justin!), and Ive enjoyed our pow-wows and brainstorming sessions immensely. I couldnt have done all this alone nor would I have wanted to. And sure, this is the work I do with my clients and Career Campers over the course of 3-4 monthsand I still strongly feel that at least that much time and space is needed to really ensure youre not making any rash, whimsical decisions in regards to your career but Im also so curious to see whatll come from those who really commit to these 12 90-minute segments with me. I believe in the work so much that I wanna humbly say that I think, for those who resonate with being a creative person and who do the work with us in real time it can change lives. Beliefs. Perceptions. Paths. Futures.   Signing on to teach Create Your Dream Career  also made me face facts: What worked for me in 2010 isnt necessarily what I fully stand behind now. While Ill always have a soft spot for  Operation: Creative Career Cheer!  the illustrated, rhyming (!) career change workbook that was my first non-coaching offering I know now its not as robust as it could be if I wrote it today, doing the work Ive done and knowing what I know 4 years later. Thats why I took it off the shelf and put it in the hands of all my Dream Career Creators, as Im lovingly calling my CreativeLive participants. Its also why I wrote the workbook that  Id write now, doing the work Ive done and knowing what I now know. Its 122 pages (!) and will be available to anyone who purchases the course for just $59.  I love that, for an extra $22 from what  Operation: Creative Career Cheer!  was priced at, that someone can have almost triple the content + 18 hours of a video course. Its mind-blowingly amazeballs. The more I do this work, the more I have the opportunity to reach more people, the more I can talk to those whove gotten something from anything Ive done/said/taught/written, the more proud I am to  do this work, to spread this message, to offer hope and help in making sure we all love what we do. And this course? Its the proudest Ive felt. Will you join me and make yourself proud, too? I have to put out a last call out for anyone whod wanna join us in our studio audience! The application will come down on September 6th at midnight Pacific. If you live near San Francisco or are willing to travel there from September 11th-13th, then toss your hat into the ring right here.