Should you pay for courses and coaching?

Online courses, coaches, masterclasses, masterminds as investments.

Axis: pay to save time … learn everything free

Answers by date: 4 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. shift and revise mean the advice changed; tension — speakers disagree.

date	who	answer	source
2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied)	Ali	Live Zoom calls, an engaged community and high prices make these courses good, Ali says: content no longer holds people back, but accountability and community do.	How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber 00:41:11
2020-12-20	Ali	shift: Ali used to think he had to learn things by himself, which suited lots of time and no money; with less time and more money, hiring coaches for tennis, piano, guitar or singing lessons is now a no-brainer, mostly for the accountability.	20 Lessons that Improved My Life 00:09:21
2020-08-20	Ali	Ali says the Building a Second Brain course is not really for students who cannot afford it, but for creative professionals who make money from this and can treat its large price tag as an investment in their future.	The Second Brain - A Life-Changing Productivity System 00:15:06
2020-08-20	Ali	Ali calls the Building a Second Brain course super expensive: totally worth it for him, probably worth it for the right sort of person such as a knowledge worker, but definitely not for everyone.	The Second Brain - A Life-Changing Productivity System 00:00:59

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