Pay-on-results personal growth: first success

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A few months ago I made the claim “Radically effective and rapid growth [motivationally / emotionally / socially] is possible with the right combination of facilitator and method”. Eg: for anxiety, agency, insecurity, need for validation. To test my hypothesis, I began a pay-on-results coaching experiment: Pay your bounty if I unblocked your issue. Bob (pseudonymous) and I met at Manifest 2024, where I had set up a table at the night market for hunting “emotional security” bounties. Bob had lifelong anxiety, and it was crushing his agency and relationships. He offered a $3,000 bounty for resolving it, and I decided to pursue it. We spoke and tried my method. It was only necessary for us to talk once, apparently, because a month later he said our one conversation helped him achieve what 8 years of talk therapy could not: I’m choosing to work on problems beyond my capabilities, and get excited about situations where my weaknesses are repeatedly on display. I actually feel excited about e

I began a bounty-based unlearning experiment. Payment forbidden until lasting satisfaction with results. I met a man I’ll call “Bob” at Manifest, a prediction market conference. Said lifelong anxiety was bottlenecking his agency and relationships. Put a $3k bounty on its head. Within a month, he was: Choosing more difficult projects at work Expressing romantic feelings frankly Embracing social interactions that used to be triggering Dancing weekly (we never spoke about this) I’m choosing to work on problems beyond my capabilities, and get excited about situations where my weaknesses…

Pay-on-results personal growth: first success

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