When I see coaches selling courses on how to beat their fellow training partners, I wonder what kind of students actually buy them. I wonder what kind of environment these buyers are training in. I’m assuming they all get the same instruction from the same instructor. But apparently, it’s not enough for some.

I know students at my school are learning from other sources, as they should. I want them to learn from other sources, because then I can ask them to teach me.

For these others who want “secret techniques,” is the training objective to be the best in the room? Or the best of themselves? What’s the difference? Is one answer better than the other? How so?

If you’re relying on someone’s secret course (which isn’t supposed to be a secret because the course creator wants to sell as much as possible), then maybe you’re going about this whole thing the wrong way.

What if you bought the course and shared it with your teammates? Would that help you or hurt you?

I encourage everyone to share everything. Help your training partners. Build connections. That’s how you actually last.

By the way, if you’re a selfish person, you actually end up winning in the long run by being selfless. That won’t make sense if you’re a taker¹, but it’s true.

(I had a few questions last year too.)