All purpose update and status report

Scarlet

I am super excited about audiobooks.  

Angeline

Athol_Kay said:

Maybe. Not ever doing a reality show of Jennifer and myself though. Oh hell no.

But wait!What about Alpha Nanny?

dalef

Penelope Trunk and her family auditioned for a reality show, and were told they were too normal: Athol doesn't have a chance! (A look at her blog will show you why, Athol is far more normal than her.)

Tennee

Hey Captain-
Saw in another thread where you mentioned the new series is approaching book format.  I personally am stoked about that, I like having something as a reference material - simply better suits my preferred learning method. 

So my question:  will we be able to order an actual book vs. eBook/Kindle [For many, a 'book' is a collection of words printed on paper, bound, and contains a title page and cover.  These are sold in 'book stores' or available at 'libraries'.  Please google these unfamiliar words] as were Primer and MAP?  I was able to order these through Barnes and Noble, and they shipped to the store.  Thus giving me my physical reference material and ensuring secrecy from the W. 

Same deal for the new stuff?  I for one am stoked about getting new books. 

Athol_Kay

Yes actual books.

Not having an actual printed book generally frames you as a eBook snake oil salesman.

BlueWolf

My take on this is similar to @AlphaZulu  I am by nature somewhat sceptic to stuff like this and lifechanging books where someone makes profit in the end. My desperation drive my to this forum, saw others on the net recommend it. Art of charm podcast among others. But when I read all lifechanging stories here I got some hope. Bought the books and started to implement the knowledge. But after a lot of pushback and difficulties I was ready to give up. The forum saved me once more, I saw that others have gone the same route as me. Maybe I could have got that help from coaching but it's more like that I had lost faith. Money was an issue at that time and it was a big step to someone that has so much resistance to ask for help like me. The time at this forum has lowered that resistance and now I at least consider a coaching call soon. ( I considered it before but always daughted that I personally would benefit from it.) I,ve also bought your books, your videos and will buy anything you publish from now on. I have recommended your work to male friends and have gone gold here. That wouldn't happened without the forum.

But with that said I am both curious and excited by anything that will come from @Athol_Kay in the future.

Mr_Brown

Rorschach said:

Are you looking at making the video content available in podcast type format? Nothing against video; I just can't make it work in practical terms. Podcast would be ideal. Otherwise, I have to wait for the book(s).

Or an audio version available on iTunes.

Howard

@Athol_Kay ;

just a thought/suggestion for the videos: I'm through with Pt 1 and really sat down with each of them, taking copious notes (FWIW). That meant it took me quite a while to get them all watched as I had to put private time aside- not always simple.

I just watched #1 of Pt 2 while cooking, took no notes of course and found it a much more relaxed experience  . But no notes taken so I'll have to check back with that (especially as the Pt2 #1 Video assignment seems really important).

My suggestion: is whether you would consider adding a kind of quick summary in readable form - it could just be online- for each video, especially listing the Tasks for each part. You do do a great job of recapping at the start of each video, and the Task are not hard to find if one watches the last few minutes - but it would be a useful resource and a support reference for your video audience.

I did have the thought that actually having to make even cursory notes myself does make the watching more interactive, so that would be an argument against making a summary readily available. Just brainstorming with that idea, I thought you could actually make the viewer work by creating a quick multiple choice quiz for each video, e.g, "which is a more serious concern: an 80% Relationship which is dropping, or a 20% one which is showing improvement"....etc.

As though you don't have enough to do already....

leoslayer

I for one rarely click banners. I will also rarely tell people I bought from how I heard about them.

I bought the primer off site thru amazon but the forum is what made me go there.

Just FYI.

I also send people here that are having issues all the time. I don't think to refer them to the blog or atholkay.com

I think forums are bigger with people than you think. 

HildaCorners

Leo, sometimes those banners and links are often set up so the site owner gets a little bit of affiliate income from the sale. Many site owners use this income to maintain the site or to make it better. It's paid by Amazon (or whoever), and does not change the price you pay for the item.

It's entirely up to you whether you want to support the site or not, but it's worth knowing.

Jen_Kay

leoslayer said:

I for one rarely click banners. I will also rarely tell people I bought from how I heard about them.

I bought the primer off site thru amazon but the forum is what made me go there.

Just FYI.

I also send people here that are having issues all the time. I don't think to refer them to the blog or atholkay.com

I think forums are bigger with people than you think. 

Any banner on the forum or our websites are just links to Amazon, through which we get a small affiliate fee. (not enough to cover the thousands of dollars it costs to host this forum every year, but every little bit helps.)  It doesn't change the price. The Vimeo links you find in the sidebar are just a convenient way to direct you to our videos on Vimeo. 

leoslayer

Jen_Kay said:

leoslayer said:

I for one rarely click banners. I will also rarely tell people I bought from how I heard about them.

I bought the primer off site thru amazon but the forum is what made me go there.

Just FYI.

I also send people here that are having issues all the time. I don't think to refer them to the blog or atholkay.com

I think forums are bigger with people than you think. 

Any banner on the forum or our websites are just links to Amazon, through which we get a small affiliate fee. (not enough to cover the thousands of dollars it costs to host this forum every year, but every little bit helps.)  It doesn't change the price. The Vimeo links you find in the sidebar are just a convenient way to direct you to our videos on Vimeo. 

I'll remember this next book I buy. Also I want to concur about the forum giving more credibility than anything else out there.

The reason people listen to a particular financial expert is because he has a radio show where people from all backgrounds tell us he has changed their life. That's hard to fake.

The leading female in that field comes off as fake. Spouts nothing but theoretical BS and rarely gets feedback or updates from the people she's advised.

It's very easy to fake a written recommendation it'd be a whole lot of work to fake a whole forum.

ch102081

I'm excited for all the future material as well.   I share your work with everyone i know that I think would be helped by it.  If only they would all check it out with an open mind!

I'm 100% certain I would be divorced right now if it wasn't for the forum/coaching/videos/books so thank you.  

Not out of the woods, but there's a lot of hope.   

Pen_and_Sword

I don't remember what search string I used, but I, too, found the forum first, then the blog and books. Perhaps because I wasn't actually looking for advice... just poking around the topic. 

The plural of anecdote is not data, mind, but that was my experience.

codename_duchess

I agree, that I was very skeptical until I saw the comments from the women on the forum saying that all the blue-pill stuff I'd learned was a turnoff. I'm aware of confirmation bias and other reasons not to just hop on the bandwagon, but what I had been doing hadn't been working and what did I have to lose.