Clarifying Your Mini Course Idea

When you’re creating a mini course, it’s easy to overthink your idea. You might feel the urge to come up with something big, bold, or entirely new. But here’s the truth: what feels simple or obvious to you might be exactly what your future clients need.

Sometimes the work we do as coaches revolves around things we’ve already internalized. Things that feel natural, logical, or even easy now. Yet for someone else, it can be a complete shift in perspective.

Take my Elements Mix Test for example. It’s a short and simple tool I use to help people reflect on their natural tendencies and working style. For me, this framework feels second nature. I’ve been working with it for years. But for my clients it’s often a huge eye-opener.

I can also relate to first time explorers. I still remember the first time I came across this idea myself. Learning that I’m a classic Air type, curious, quick-thinking, always jumping from idea to idea, helped me understand why certain things energize me and others drain me. It wasn’t just interesting. It was practical. It revealed blind spots I didn’t even know I had.

Another example. I once created a free mini course called 10 Key LinkedIn Tips. For people who know LinkedIn inside out, this might seem obvious or even basic. But for many professionals who feel stuck, invisible, or unsure how to start, these 10 tips offer clarity, structure, and immediate action they wouldn’t have found on their own. Again, small shifts, big impact.

That’s the power of clarity. Not reinventing the wheel. Not building something huge. Just offering one small, clear shift in perspective that helps people see themselves or their challenges in a new light.

Other Simple Mini Course Ideas:

Find Your Flow: A 5-Day Writing Habit for Creatives
Help people create a small daily writing practice to unlock creativity and consistency.

Intro to Career Agility: How to Navigate Change with Confidence
Teach the basics of career agility and how small shifts can lead to meaningful change.

From Idea to Offer: Clarify Your First Paid Service
For side-hustlers or new solopreneurs struggling to define what they sell.

Out of Your Head, Into the Field: Start Informational Networking in 7 Days
Help people get unstuck through short, purposeful conversations.

Design Your First Online Workshop
Simple steps to outline and promote a small, impactful workshop fast.

So if you’re stuck on your mini-course idea, ask yourself
What do people keep thanking me for?
What feels natural to me, but is a game-changer for them?

Start there. That’s where the real value lives.