Educational services, namely, selecting and assembling a select group of individuals from applicants who are receiving or who have received more basic educational services in the fields of self-improvement and job performance to thereby create a network of peers; organizing and conducting individual and group conferences and other events in which one or more individuals in the network of peers share their experiences with a coach and/or other members of the peer group in the fields of self-improvement and job performance; providing at such conferences and other events a coach or guest speaker to encourage individuals in the peer group to present and discuss their action plans and strategies that have been used successfully, and to lead discussions by members of the peer group, with the conferences being conducted primarily by remote means of communication such as by telephone, video conferencing, and e-mail, and with the other events being primarily periodic group meetings of peer group members at various locations; distributing course materials for use by participants in the conferences and other events