267: Courses As We Know Them Are Over (Here's What Replaces Them) - Michelle Falzon

Michelle Falzon has been building courses and online programs since 1999, and she says the old model is finished: it's not changing, it's changed. In this episode she breaks down the shift from delivering information to delivering outcomes, the method she calls a guided journey, and why a client once cried when they finally got their result.

Michelle has worked behind the scenes on courses, memberships, and coaching programs for more than two decades. Her thesis: the job of a creator has moved from being an expert who shares information to being an architect of outcomes, and the way you deliver a personalized outcome at scale is a fusion of your expertise and AI.

In this conversation, Michelle reveals:

- Why the old "17 modules, 36 hours of content, 26 worksheets" model is gone

- The guided-journey method and how it delivers a result in minutes, not months

- "Running with scissors": the mistake almost everyone makes with AI right now

- The signature-story process that made clients cry (in a good way)

- The friction we actually need to keep (and the cognitive-debt research behind it)

- "Feed them with a spoon": pacing information to the moment of need

- How memberships become the perfect home for guided journeys

- Why your expertise is more valuable than ever, not less

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CONNECT WITH MICHELLE:

- Website: https://michellefalzon.com

- Instagram: https://instagram.com/michfalzon

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellefalzon

- Facebook: https://facebook.com/michellefalzonthegrowthfield

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