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25-Feb-2009

Stuff Worldbuilding classes... I'm going into the Happiness business

According to an article on news.com.au, the Australian Federal Government just spent $1 million on "positive psychology" workshops.

American psychologist Martin Seligman, from the Positive Psychology Centre at the University of Pennsylvania, ran the residential workshops during January where Prof Seligman, the author of numerous self-help books including Authentic Happiness, had up to 15 support staff.

The Governemnt spent $642,000 of our taxpayer's money sending 100 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations staff to a five-day course. 

Bear with me here friends...

That's one hundred people at $6420 a head.

That's roughly $6200 more than we charge for a Worldbuilding Master Classes, although to be fair, ours is a 4 hour session and the Happiness course goes for 5 days.

That makes it worth $1200 or day, or thereabouts.

Now, for argument's sake, let say they trained for 6 hours a day...

That's roughly $200 per hour.

So, if you come to my Worldbuilding Master Class in Melbourne or Brisbane - which I'm thinking of renaming Finding Personal Fulfillment Through the Creation and Destruction of Entire Civilisations) and find any joy from it (or so much as crack a smile, I'm thinking), that means you're getting $600 worth of happiness for free.

So... what are you waiting for, you poor depressed worldbuilders! At the Early Bird price of $150, you're getting a real bargain! Hahahaha...


Comments

You know, the more you charge, the more likely it becomes that people will pay just to say they paid so much - and expensive means quality.

And truthfully, anyone attending your class gets quality. I often think the notes I took two years ago are gold.


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