(Day 109/122 of the experiment)
Interview day. Today, I woke up half an hour earlier than usual. I took a walk with Tristan through the morning city, I prepared breakfast, and started planning my day.
Nina predicts that 80-100 women will sign up for the course. We set the price quite high specifically for this reason. I don’t think I am ready to conduct a large-scale course for more than 50 participants. Because once a week we will have a live broadcast on Instagram, where I will answer all questions.
As for the course coordinators – we are looking for women with a psychological education who are familiar with my courses. I want participants to receive useful information not only from me but from every team member. We set the salary much higher than the market rate (Nina, as a specialist in courses and marketing, knows the salary levels of many leading trainers).
I arrived at the office at 9:30. The first of 20 interviews is scheduled for 10:00. I made a list of questions, agreed on it with Nina, she voiced the questions she would ask from herself, and we started working.
When I finished at 20:45, I thought my brain and computer would just explode. Twenty people, twenty online interviews. Twenty different women who want to work for me.
And although trainer Max would hardly praise my diet today, the candies and cookies I bought for my clients saved me from starving to death. I didn’t have time to even run out to buy a bun, so I just had coffee during the break between calls, and that was it.
Tristan understood how exhausted I was, so he not only picked me up from the office but also made a delicious soup and pasta. My body, consisting of cookies, water, and coffee, reacted very positively to the fragrant homemade dinner.
Shortly before bed, I reread the notes I had made during the interviews. Tomorrow Nina and I will meet and discuss each candidate again. And we will offer jobs to ten of them. Of course, I will hardly make any money from the first course – everything will go to salaries, but I am not doing this just for the money. My main goal is to help the girls change their lives.
(Day 110/122 of the experiment)
Knowing how challenging the day would be after a ten-hour marathon of calls, I planned to get a good night's sleep today, go to Pilates, and get a massage. But, of course, after work, specifically – a meeting with Nina.
The mini-planning session turned into a real team meeting. Liliya and Susan joined us – the girls recorded one short lesson each. Liliya – an introductory yoga session, and Sveta – a training task for the participants.
From her professional perspective, Nina advised us to limit the number of participants I and Sveta would personally consult, as we would simply burn out and wouldn’t be able to cover everyone. Even if 80 women come, Sveta and I would be working for eight days without lunch or weekends for 10 hours a day. Moreover, this would allow us to lower the tariff prices without our support.
After all, one head is good, but three are even better. We finally selected the girls we would offer work to, agreed on the prices for the course, and outlined several options to allow everyone interested to join, regardless of income levels.
Now I feel at ease. I know that even a student girl living on just a scholarship (like all of us once did) can come to the course and change her life.
In a very great mood, I went for a massage and relaxed for two hours – something I had been missing so much.