If you are building a highly DIY course for your students, meaning they are going to have to take your information and do most of the application themselves, then you’ll want to make sure they have the information they need in a logical, sequential format to get where it is you say you’ll take them.
To do that, you need to know exactly where your target student is starting.
A good exercise to help you get in their mind is to fill in these prompts: Every time they see or think about _______ [your transformation topic] my student feels ________. Because they feel _________ [insert emotion], they do ________ [typically a negative action] which leads to _________ [poor outcome].
Here’s an example: Every time my students thought about exercise, they felt too tired. Because they feel tired, they choose to do something requiring little movement. Because they’re not moving, they aren’t happy with their bodies.
Of course, to every student may be starting at exactly the same spot, but this should be the approximate standard starting place, so to speak.
Now, let’s define the finish line. Think about the “ta-da!” at the end of your course. If your course was a tv show, this would be the big reveal.
Here are some prompts to get you thinking…
Now that my student has reached the point of _______ [the ta-da moment], they feel/do _______ [new emotion] which lead them to do ________ [positive outcome].
Here’s an example: Now that my students learned how to find the right workout style of them, they feel excited to workout which leads them to workout five days a week.
That’s our end point: working out 5 days a week. We can also include the benefits that come working out 5 days a week, such as feeling more confident in their bodies, being more active in everyday life, etc.
I really can’t stress how important define your starting point and end point is. This is how you keep your course to a doable amount of material for your learners to work through.
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