Every successful course begins with a strong foundation: your knowledge, skills, and unique perspective. In this lesson, we focus on helping you uncover and define the area where your personal experience, professional expertise, and learner demand overlap. You’ll reflect on your own journey, listing out skills you’ve mastered, challenges you’ve overcome, or topics you’re passionate about teaching. We’ll introduce tools like the “Ikigai” framework and market validation checklists to guide your self-assessment.

Next, you’ll learn how to evaluate your niche’s potential by examining existing online courses, forums, job market trends, and keyword research. We’ll walk you through identifying target learners, pinpointing specific needs within your domain, and selecting a niche with both personal relevance and real-world demand. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have a clearly defined course topic and a deeper understanding of why you’re the right person to teach it.