{"id":375,"date":"2017-05-09T02:54:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/condolmas.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2017-07-29T17:42:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T07:42:45","slug":"how-to-clear-the-overwhelm-and-share-your-expertise-in-a-structured-way-that-helps-others-learn-to-do-it-like-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/condolmas.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-the-overwhelm-and-share-your-expertise-in-a-structured-way-that-helps-others-learn-to-do-it-like-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear the Overwhelm And Share Your Expertise In A Structured Way That Helps Others Learn &#8220;To Do It Like You&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bTell me if this situation sounds familiar?<\/p>\n<p>You know stuff.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you know lots of stuff.<\/p>\n<p>And by that I mean that you know how to do lots of useful things.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s cooking the perfect lasagne&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s setting up the perfect website&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s sharing the perfect social media update&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it is, the fact is that there&#8217;s something you know how to do, that makes other people (like your friends, colleagues and clients), think that you&#8217;re &#8220;a bit of an expert&#8221; when it comes to doing THAT thing.<\/p>\n<p>You know EXACTLY how to do THAT thing, and you do it rather well.<\/p>\n<p>But you do it well, not because of some mysterious superpower you developed as a result of being bitten by a radioactive spider (sorry Spider-Man!)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You do it well because you have a &#8220;method&#8221; that works.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you may not have developed the method by yourself&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>It may have been taught to you by someone else&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>The important thing here is that you know exactly how to execute that method.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to sharing &#8220;what you do&#8221; and &#8220;how you do it&#8221; with someone else&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re blood pressure rises and your mind turns to mush.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s so much you want to share that you don&#8217;t know where to start and it can be rather overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s a normal reaction.<\/p>\n<p>It can be tough knowing where to begin.<\/p>\n<p>After all, trying to get all that awesome information out of your head, and putting it all into an ordered, easy-to-follow sequence-of-steps that somebody else can replicate&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That can be quite a daunting task.<\/p>\n<p>So how do you clear the overwhelm and share your expertise in a structured way that helps the other person learn &#8220;to do it like you&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let the following story answer that question.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A few years ago, a boutique business consulting firm in Australia, needed to create a series of &#8220;How-To&#8221; style training videos for a big client in the technology &amp; communications industry.<\/p>\n<p>This was a significant piece of work.<\/p>\n<p>And it was the final step in a huge system implementation project that the consulting firm had been working on with the client for the better part of a year.<\/p>\n<p>It was important for the consultants to get the training videos right, because their reputation was on the line.<\/p>\n<p>So they looked through their talent roster and found the person for the job.<\/p>\n<p>The consultant tasked with developing the training videos was a smart guy.<\/p>\n<p>He understood the subject matter that needed to be covered&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Which meant he knew what had to be taught.<\/p>\n<p>He instinctively understood how to navigate his way around the systems and processes that he needed to teach&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Which meant he knew the individual steps that needed to be included in the videos.<\/p>\n<p>And he was a video editing whiz&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Which meant he had all the skills and software needed to create and publish high quality online training videos.<\/p>\n<p>So in the minds of his leadership team, he was the perfect candidate for the job.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s where this story gets interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having the right subject matter expertise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And the right technical skills to create awesome tutorial videos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t quite sure where to start.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, he knew what the end result had to be. And he also knew roughly what he needed to do.<\/p>\n<p>But he wasn&#8217;t quite sure the exact order everything had to go in, for the videos to be perceived as being well structured and easy to follow.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t quite sure what his VERY FIRST STEP needed to be.<\/p>\n<p>And he was equally unsure of the next step after that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And the next step after that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And the next step after that<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;ok, I don&#8217;t want to labour the point too much, but I&#8217;m sure you get the picture by now.<\/p>\n<p>He had all the tools he needed to do a professional job&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But one thing was missing.<\/p>\n<p>A roadmap for pulling it all together.<\/p>\n<p>What he was missing was a structure for creating the perfect &#8220;How To&#8221; style training video.<\/p>\n<p>Something to help him take all the incredible knowledge that was in his head, and structure it in a way that would help him deliver on the super-high expectations everyone had.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Let me stop here for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>The surprising thing about this story isn&#8217;t that a smart guy didn&#8217;t quite know where to start&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>No, the surprising thing about this story is that it&#8217;s not a unique situation.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that highly capable, intelligent and very knowledgeable people across the globe struggle with this very same problem.<\/p>\n<p>Who knew, right?!<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not their fault.<\/p>\n<p>You see, structured, step-by-step analytical thinking is not so common a trait.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I&#8217;ve heard it said that only a small percentage of the population innately possess this skill.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s the solution?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I recommend&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Use a methodology developed by one of these innate analytical thinkers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And every time you need to get it right, just apply the template that comes with the methodology.<\/p>\n<p>Simple.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Oh, and in case you&#8217;re wondering what the consultant ended up doing, and how the story ends&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The consultant was a friend of mine, and I shared with him my blueprint for building effective, no-nonsense &#8220;How To&#8221; style training videos, which he applied to his project.<\/p>\n<p>In the end&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The client was happy.<\/p>\n<p>The training videos were successful.<\/p>\n<p>And the consultant received kudos and recognition from his leadership team.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So as you can see, this story has a happy ending.<\/p>\n<p>But tell me, how does YOUR story end?<\/p>\n<p>Does it end with kudos and recognition?<\/p>\n<p>Or ineffective training videos and unhappy clients?<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the difference it would make to your productivity and results&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you had a proven roadmap to help you pull it all together, fast.<\/p>\n<p>Something simple and effective to help you create the perfect &#8220;How To&#8221; style, training video.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This roadmap exists, and it&#8217;s called&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Tutorial Video Blueprint<\/p>\n<p>A super-simple and highly effective 5-step method that has been called &#8220;The Essential Framework&#8221; for Transforming &#8220;How To\u201d Style Training Videos In To Learning Experiences Your Audience Will Adore<\/p>\n<p>I just call it my go-to method for creating tutorial videos.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to get started?<\/p>\n<p>Just leave a comment down below saying &#8220;I want the Quick Start Guide&#8221; and I&#8217;ll send you a link to download\u00a0The Tutorial Video Blueprint Quick Start Guide&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, it&#8217;s a super quick read and you&#8217;ll be done and dusted in under a minute.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Oh, and just in case you&#8217;re wondering&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s totally free, so leave that credit card in your wallet where it belongs and download it as soon as you get the link.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Once again, to grab a copy of The Tutorial Video Blueprint Quick Start Guide, leave a comment below.<\/p>\n<p>Speak Up. 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