Consider the following scenario:<p>a) You tell me something you desperately want to be good at and make a commitment
b) I follow up with you on a regular basis (email/phone/video), track your progress and send you reports occasionally
Some aspects should be taken in to account.<p>1 People that desperately want to be good at something are delusional because thats is just a dream they see themselves already there but they do not have the key to unlock that door.<p>2 when people go and see someone to help them out in something they want someone to fix that for them otherwise they would be fixing that by themselves.<p>3 People like that are emotional strugglers they have mental blocks they do not follow up.<p>4. If a third part is going to make them to commit into something they will be blaming the third part for their failures.
So basically, coaching then?<p>Personally, I wouldn't pay you for that, simply because (as people have rightfully pointed out), I'd want a mentor to help me improve at things, not a human alarm clock. 90% of what you mention here could be automated with a free program, and the other 10% wouldn't be all that useful unless you had a decent amount of experience in the field I'm trying to learn.
No. If you're not good at this then you cannot provide any guidance or advice. At which point I can just use reminders, or build an app with random positive messages popping up as notifications every week or so.
I like this variation of this idea:
Put up X dollars and commit to tasks. If you don't show proof that you did it, you don't get the money back. Maybe send the money to a black hole if tasks aren't accomplished... like burning ether-- your company shouldn't keep the money because otherwise there's misaligned incentives, but donating the money to charity seems like it <i>might</i> motivate you to work less (maybe not?), which wasn't your original goal. It's a bit harsher but it means... it actually matters to commit.<p>In this scenario no one is selling you knowledge--instead, you're forcing yourself to be more motivated. And you make money by taking a small cut when a task gets accomplished, so you have a financial interest in your customers succeeding.
I think your idea could work. I did this last year. I helped my friends little brother transition from being a bartender to being front end developer (perfect timing with covid19) and a new friend transition from being lawyer to a QA engineer. We would chat and text message what we are working on, gotchas, hot topics etc. We then would meetup occasionally on Fridays for drinks and talk shop. It was a win/win situation, they got into a new lucrative career and I got a new friend to talk tech with. This all plays into my mantra I got from the movie Office Tigers on Netflix: On your way up, bring those around you with you.
I won't pay you, but I'm guessing somebody would.<p>I guess you would have to establish credibility.<p>e.g. If someone wants to be a great actor, but you have no acting experience.<p>I guess you could play the matchmaker role. I know there are coaching services out there, at least one that is 'startup-y', but prob plenty more room.
Revealed preference (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revealed_preference" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revealed_preference</a>) is often different from stated preference, particularly with “soft” purchases like this one. Put up a web page - or a few different pages - and find out.
Sounds like a great idea, partly because I don't know you and so I have less fear of failing in front of people/the world.<p>How much do you have in mind?