What is the course in miracles?
In his book author and New York Times best-selling author David Hoffmeister provides a well-thought-out, practical approach to getting the most out of your day. We’ve taken that as our bible and turned it into a course: The Course in Miracles: un curso de milagros Success Training. It’s not an overnight success, but you should be able to gain up to about 2 days of productivity with this course.
The course will help you get through the basics by teaching you how to set goals, plan your day and take action.
In addition, there is a bonus section where we share our personal experiences along with insights from other people.
How can the course in miracles help you?
Being in the miracle business is not easy. The universe of miracles has very few and they are not cheap to buy: in fact, they are very expensive.
The aim of this post is to help you understand how to find what it takes to be successful with miracles: a piece of knowledge that you can use as a springboard into your own journey towards miracles.
Most people start by trying to figure out what it takes to be the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, but that kind of “for fun” learning never really gets you anywhere. Real learning happens when you have something you really believe in, and then decide to do something about it. And for all those who say that there is no way I can do X without knowing Y, it is just as true that there is no way I can do Y without knowing X.
What are some of the key benefits of taking the course?
In a previous posting, I discussed the power of a change you make to your mind in the right direction. This is usually expressed in the words “the course in miracles”. When you are studying something (e.g., writing a novel), you are often trying to learn how to write a novel as well as how to be a novelist. But if you do both, it isn’t clear how much of what you’re learning about being a novelist is also relevant to being a novelist.
I would like to suggest that it may not be – at least not at first. Maybe this is because writing itself is so much more than just one thing – and may involve aspects of many other things: plot, character, language and story structure, etc…
I think we need to think about how we can help children get started with logic puzzles (perhaps by introducing them early) and then help them, later on, develop their own writing skills (perhaps with some experience). Once they have become writers they will have greater success with their novels because they will have learned how to approach problem-solving in more ways than one.
The same holds true for books: everything written needs to be done again somewhere else soon after cracking it open – which means that we can’t ignore the progress made on books while reading them – we need to encourage students and teachers alike not just to read but also write, revise and revise again…
How can you get started with the course?
The course offers a good starting point for anyone who is wondering how to get started with the app world. The course teaches you the basics and gives you a framework for thinking about your app’s value proposition, which is fundamental to launching your product.
After you start building, it's important to keep in mind that what works now will only work as long as you're building and iterating on it. This means that if you don't already have an official launch date, try not to worry or plan too much ahead. Instead, focus on keeping a regular schedule of development iterations — no matter how small — and making sure that your users are engaged with the product every time they use it.
If you're still not there after a couple of weeks or months of weekly iterations, then consider taking a break from development and taking time off to get some rest or have some fun with your loved ones; both will serve as great distractions during this (and every) phase of development.
Why is the course so popular?
I recently gave a TEDx talk on the topic of “Why is the course so popular?”. In it I outlined my research, which showed that there were several reasons why people enjoyed taking courses, and in particular, why they enjoyed taking courses with me:
The reason I liked talking to students was that my goal was to help them become better users. They didn’t just want to learn; they wanted to be better in the ways that affected their lives. When I talked about my work and ran slides of projects like Evernote for Business or for Education, people who had never heard about me before would stop and say “oh yeah…that sounds interesting…” They didn’t just want to learn about what I did; they wanted to be inspired by it.
The reason I loved talking to students was that I was interested in them as human beings. You might not understand me when you see something from a technical perspective, and you might even come away feeling frustrated when you do understand what I’m talking about and don’t get it (perhaps because my slides are really bad). But the more time you spend with me, the more time you spend with me in small groups, sitting around a table and talking about things like how useful Google Docs are, or how great coding is for learning new things. It helps to create this kind of community around your learning journey — we aren’t just here as myself-and-my-work trying to sell you something!
We are really here as people helping each other improve their lives. In fact, one theme running through all the talks at our conference this year was how much we have been inspired by our students' stories of self-improvement — from an entrepreneur who had struggled through law school (from an early age) but decided he wanted his life path to be one where he could make a difference in others' lives through technology; from someone who started out as a graphic designer but has since become an entrepreneur; from someone who moved back home after graduating college because he couldn't afford graduate school (true story!). And when we hear those stories we can't help but feel motivated ourselves!
