The excuses people have made in my 3 years of doing this have pissed me off to the point of me doing an extremely autistic statistical analysis into EVERY single conversation/conversion/client that I have ever have while reflectively comparing it to: -Expert-Guided (RFBB programs including CPS) -Expert-Guided (Delayed, excuses, came back later after spinning wheels) -Self Managed DIY -Analysis Paralysis (non action takers) -Budget Programs (chose Walmart coach) I saved EVERY conversation, have EVERY call I've ever taken logged in my CRM and call taking notebook and took an afternoon to cross reference all the non action takers vs my clients, including those that started/declined coaching in the same windows. I had to use some Claude market analysis to reflect my personal findings vs the budget program crowd and to organize the data from my autistic notes and my TEDI tracker into something more concise that would fit in this text box. Here's the cold hard data: Scroll to the bottom for the TL;DR if you need the summary Approach | Start Rate | Success Rate | Regret Rate | Time to Results | Avg ROI (24mo) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Expert-Guided (Immediate) | 100% | 87% | 0-3% | 11.4 weeks | 921% Expert-Guided (Delayed) | 34% | 71% | 89% | 14.1 weeks* | 460% Self-Managed DIY | 50% | 28% | 78% | 24+ weeks/Never | Negative Analysis Paralysis | 8-18% | 12% | 95% | Never | $0 Budget Programs ($99/mo) | 70% | 15% | 82% | Never | Negative *Does not include delay time (average 3-6 months before starting) KEY INSIGHTS: → Immediate expert-guided approach has 7.3X better success rate than DIY → Starting immediately vs. delayed has 2.5X better long-term engagement → Analysis paralysis has lowest success (12%) and highest regret (95%) → Budget programs have 70% start rate but only 15% success (85% fail) → Every approach except immediate expert-guided has 78-95% regret DETAILED SUCCESS BREAKDOWN