Frequently Asked Questions

New student orientation for the Spring ‘24 Semester is Monday, April 22nd at 8am PT. Small group classes begin the day after and run 8 consecutive weeks.

If you’d like to enroll in a live class, the enrollment deadline for the Spring ‘24 Semester is Friday, April 19th at 9pm Pacific.

If you’d like to enroll in either the INSIDER or PREMIUM self-guided options, you may subscribe at any time.

This semester we're offering a variety of brand new 8-week live classes (via Zoom) to help you:

👉 Optimize Your Career Path

• Leverage your most valuable skills & abilities, pursue your creative calling, and design a dream career in alignment with your values

👉 Optimize Your Network

• Strategically grow your professional network via cold outreach
• Strengthen existing relationships with past colleagues & connections via warm outreach (and in-person networking)

👉 Optimize Your Brand

• Set yourself apart from the competition with a compelling story
• Transform your résumé, portfolio website, and/or your 'About' page to convey why you are THE solution to the right person's problems

👉 Optimize Your Time (& Well-Being)

• Better manage your time, energy, attention, and build the habit of deep work to get your most important creative work done
• Become a project management & calendar ninja
• Build healthier lifestyle habits to fuel your creativity

👉 Optimize Your Finances

• Build automated workflows to better manage the feast or famine nature of freelance work and cover the leaner months
• Have a clear understanding of how much time (i.e. freedom) you have to pursue meaningful work and say "no" to paycheck jobs
• Diversify income streams and build a side-hustle based on your unique skills, abilities, and passions

→ Click here to learn more and apply

We understand how challenging the economy is right now and that jobs are in VERY short supply. If you cannot afford to work 1-on-1 with a coach privately or join a live class, we don't want to create additional financial anxiety in your life.

There are other options.

• If you're interested in self-guided coaching including access to the Optimizer community and live Office Hours, as well access to over $2000 of my best online courses, the PREMIUM subscription is now only $99/month and includes a 7-day free trial to ensure this is the right fit.
• If you're interested in becoming a Podcast "Insider" with access to interviews and Masterminds not available publicly, as well as unlimited access to my Office Hours recordings (past & present), the INSIDER subscription is only $19/month.

Small group is the best fit for you if you value accountability and you prefer getting the most out of the curriculum and being immersive. Small group (or private coaching) is also the best fit if you also have more personal & sensitive topics to discuss in a more intimate setting (e.g. burnout, depression, overwhelm, limiting beliefs, etc).

Small group is NOT a good fit for you if you want to learn at your own pace or ask questions or advice about topics outside the curriculum, e.g. you want to workshop your résumé even though the weekly topic is time management (or vice versa).

All small group classes and Office Hours coaching calls are held virtually via Zoom on weekday mornings (Pacific time).

If you are interested in either the private or small group options, you must be available for either 60 or 90 minutes once a week somewhere between 8-11:30am Pacific time. If you choose to apply for the private or small group options, we will discuss which day and time best fits your schedule and needs.

If you are interested in PREMIUM Coaching, I hold my Office Hours for 3+ hours per week on Zoom Tue & Thur mornings between 8-9:45am. Because attendance is not mandatory, you do not need to make yourself available during these times each week. But if you want to schedule a ‘Hot Seat’ with me, anticipate it will be a 20 minute block somewhere between 8-9:45am Pacific two mornings per week.

Unfortunately I currently do not offer coaching or small group classes on evenings & weekends.

I designed the Optimizer program specifically for busy, ambitious working professionals (who probably also have a family).

If you are enrolling in the SELF-GUIDED options, you choose how much effort you put into the program. But my recommendation is a minimum of 5 hours per week.

If you are enrolling in one of the SMALL GROUP options, anticipate an average of 3-5 hours per week of work in addition to your weekly Zoom calls for video lessons, worksheets, and assignments.

One-off 20-min Hot Seats during Office Hours are not available for individual purchase. You can only schedule them on a weekly basis if you have the Premium, Optimized, or Private coaching subscriptions.

Yes, we offer several private coaching options including single sessions, ongoing monthly sessions once per month, twice per month, or weekly. There are no commitments beyond the monthly subscriptions if you don’t choose the 12-session package above.

To inquire about private coaching prices, please reach out to [email protected]

Absolutely! Your schedule, your finances, and your needs will change. You are more than welcome to change subscription packages based on what you do (or do not) need at any given time.

Please note you cannot switch your subscription mid-period, (i.e. during the month or 6-month window of your subscription)  and receive a pro-rated refund for that specific package. But you may move between options after your specific subscription period has ended.

If you are currently in a small group class (or doing private coaching) you do NOT need an additional monthly subscription. You automatically have access to all of the community features outlined above, and you also have the ability to schedule Hot Seats as needed when available.

NOTE: Your subscription for any of the small group 8-week classes grants you 90 days (i.e. 3 months) of access to all of the community features.

In addition to the monthly & 6-month self-guided subscription options, we also offer a deeply discount 1-year PREMIUM subscription for $797.

No matter the coaching option you choose and the number of Hot Seats you are granted, Hot Seats expire when you leave the community. There are no exceptions.

Hot Seats also do not rollover month-to-month, meaning you cannot schedule all ‘Office Hours’ Hot Seats in the final weeks of the semester because you procrastinated and waited until the end of the program to dive into the course materials.

If you have unused Hot Seats at the end of the semester they do not carry any monetary value, and you cannot request a pro-rated refund for unused sessions.

It is your responsibility to prioritize your time and be intentional with it. Schedule accordingly.

Absolutely! You do not need to be local to Los Angeles, or California, or even the United States to get the most out of this program. You just need to be available for anywhere between 20 and 90 minutes per week between 8-11:30am Pacific time for coaching calls.

I have students all over the country and the globe from North Carolina, New York, Maryland, Ireland, Denmark, Columbia, Chile, Australia, Sweden, Russia, and more.

The only prerequisite to being a member of this community is a willingness to work hard, step outside your comfort zone, and be a positive member of this global community.

If for whatever reason this program isn’t the right fit, you have 30 days to request a no-questions-asked refund. You will also receive a pro-rated refund for any unused private sessions or small group classes in your first month.

Upon your 31st day after registration, if you haven’t requested a refund, you commit to the remainder of the semester and no further refunds will be granted.

I stand by the quality of this program and the results it gets for my students. I’m happy to grant you a no-questions-asked refund within 30 days because I’m confident you’ll never need to ask for one.

If you have additional questions not answered above, reach out to [email protected]