Hey there, I bought one of those "create your digital product" courses last year. It was helpful, but there was a disconnect. Day 1: "Define your avatar - soccer mom who loves morning routines"
Day 2: "Create content pillars around lifestyle transformation"
Day 3: "Build your email list with a productivity freebie"
I kept thinking: "I'm a data professional. I help executives understand what their numbers actually mean. I have frameworks for managing stakeholder communications and expectations. I don't do morning routines." The whole thing felt disconnected. It's like using a generic retail dataset in Tableau when you work in healthcare. It doesn't click, and you get tired of forcing the fit. These courses work great for their intended audience. But when you're explaining to executives why their "simple request" will take two weeks while they tap their fingers impatiently, the advice feels... off. As data professionals, we think differently. We build trust differently. You don't build credibility by posting inspirational quotes. You build it by turning confusing data into clear business decisions. By creating dashboards that executives actually use. By explaining variance analysis without putting people to sleep. The challenge is that most courses approach technical expertise the same way they approach lifestyle content. Your knowledge isn't "just another content." It's problem-solving expertise that prevents disasters and drives decisions. Your trick for explaining why the numbers are off without the CFO thinking someone screwed up? Your knack for turning data findings into executive action instead of "interesting, we'll think about it" responses? I've been doing this a while - 20+ years creating courses for colleges, companies, and online. I've been fortunate that students regularly tell me these courses made a real difference in their careers. But even with all that experience, I still found myself struggling to apply their framework to my reality. Not impossible, but just a lot of friction. So I decided to build what we actually need - using what I've learned about effective teaching, but designed specifically for how data professionals think and work. Using relatable frameworks and examples to data professionals.
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Donabel
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