Welcome back to another edition of The Tutor Podcast. Today, Neil discusses wider learning and why it’s vital to go outside of the wider confines of your field and continuously learn, grow and develop your tutoring skills. We need to always update our skill set and stay open to new ideas because if you’re not learning you’re going backwards.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We need to be aware of the things that are happening outside of our field. We can learn from, borrow or just steal useful ideas, so why would we stay within the confines of our own tutoring field?
• Wider learning gives a better background and context for what we do. Remember nothing that you teach and nothing that you do exists in isolation, it needs to be plugged into other areas. By wider learning, we can synthesise, blend and merge ideas into hybrids and new ideas and as a result, improve our teaching.
• If you have ideas that others don’t have, you will have a competitive advantage and also have a plethora of comparisons that you can draw on to approach teaching in your business. By wider learning, you will understand the variety of teaching techniques and approaches you can use to become a better tutor.
• It’s our duty as teachers to not only use the best practices but to continuously challenges them. To refine, improve and innovate on what we do.

1. Always be learning
2. Work harder on yourself than you do on anything else
3. Stay playful

BEST MOMENTS

• You can challenge conventional wisdom if you have a wider knowledge because conventional wisdom is nothing by accepted aggregated prejudices by people with the loudest voices.
• The best thing about wider learning is that it keeps you interested in what you’re doing.
• One of the main reasons to keep on learning is because the answers have changed.
• When you have a narrower view you have fewer options.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Neil Cowmeadow - Weird Things Guitarists Do

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ABOUT THE HOST

Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS!

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