Have you ever bought a course, and then left it for some or the other reason without completing it? Have you ever bought a course, completed it but it never really gave you results. Didn’t help much.Most of us have invested in courses in our creative lives and gone through the pain of certain courses not working out for us.We buy courses but don't always get the results we expect.What happens when a course doesn’t work out for us?It feels like a waste of money.It feels like a waste of time.We doubt whether we’re the only ones who didn’t quite get it.We judge the course instructor thinking they didn’t do a good job. It makes us hesitant to invest in another course again.While there are many mediocre courses out there and any of the above can be true about a course, we rarely invest in courses that are truly mediocre.We buy courses after careful thought & consideration.But still they don’t work out. WHY does that happen and WHEN does that happen? Spoiler alert - it has nothing to do with money.In this week’s podcast episode I share the #1 mistake when buying a course. The top reason why a course doesn’t help us, why we don’t feel motivated to complete it and how it impacts our faith in our skills. Quite often it is neither the content of the course nor the course instructor. The mistake has to do with us. I’ll tell you how I wasted 1000s of dollars just because of this one reason  & share how to save money, make the right choice when it comes to investing in a course and get the maximum results from that decision. The cost of a course has nothing to do with the results it will bring us.There’s no guarantee that a $1000 course will work better than a $100 course. It depends on us. If our selection is not based on that one solid criteria, whether it's $1000 or $100, both courses will be a waste of money and time.We have so much to learn as photographers, it is a time-consuming and energy demanding passion.  We need to make sure that if we spend time and energy on learning something new, it should inch us towards our photography goals. If it leaves us confused, frustrated or exactly where we were, that course was definitely not the right choice.There is a way to always know which course would be the best choice and where to make your investment. Don’t make the same mistake I made for years. Read more at https://myfoodlens.com Follow Dyutima on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dyutima_myfoodlens/ Show notes available at https://myfoodlens.com/72-the-1-mistake-to-avoid-when-investing-in-a-course/Download free guide and workbook The 10-step photoshoot https://myfoodlens.com/the-10-step-photoshoot-guide/Write that pitch https://myfoodlens.ck.page/writethatpitch