Pay-on-results personal growth: first success

A few months ago I made the claim “Radically effective and rapid growth [motivationally / emotionally / socially] is possible with the right combination of facilitator and method”. Eg: for anxiety, agency, insecurity, need for validation. To test my hypothesis, I began a pay-on-results coaching experiment: Pay your bounty if I unblocked your issue. Bob (pseudonymous) and I met at Manifest 2024, where I had set up a table at the night market for hunting “emotional security” bounties. Bob had lifelong anxiety, and it was crushing his agency and relationships. He offered a $3,000 bounty for resolving it, and I decided to pursue it. We spoke and tried my method. It was only necessary for us to talk once, apparently, because a month later he said our one conversation helped him achieve what 8 years of talk therapy could not: I’m choosing to work on problems beyond my capabilities, and get excited about situations where my weaknesses are repeatedly on display. I actually feel excited about e

A few months ago I made the claim “Radically effective and rapid growth [motivationally / emotionally / socially] is possible with the right combination of facilitator and method”. Eg: for anxiety, agency, insecurity, need for validation. To test my hypothesis, I began a pay-on-results coaching experiment: Pay your bounty if I unblocked your issue. Bob (pseudonymous) and I met at Manifest 2024, where I had set up a table at the night market for hunting “emotional security” bounties. Bob had lifelong anxiety, and it was crushing his agency and relationships. He offered a $3,000 bounty for resol