"Well, what do I mean by 'care excessively'?"

In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil gets to the point of why we as tutors should not only care, but argues that we should care excessively. Join Neil as he touches on the psychology of the Presenting Problem and why it is important for your tutoring business!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I think it’s a great by-product of being a tutor that we are held in very high regard and are trusted by our students. So, what should we, as tutors, do when a student asks questions or raises issues which are outside of what we were hired to teach?
  Should we simply ask the student to focus on the task at hand, or allow them to be curious and do our best to help them?

• In medicine, therapy and hypnosis there’s something called The Presenting Problem – it’s the reason the client or patient booked the session.

  But here’s the thing – the presenting problem is usually just the surface level of what they really want. On a deeper level, there’s something else entirely. Now, if I confine myself to only discussing and dogmatically insisting that ALL we ever speak about is the Problem – two bad things will happen:

  Bad Thing #1 – lessons will be really boring and client turnover will be high. That’s bad for business and for my mental health! It also breaks my first Secret Golden Rule – “Don’t do anything that isn’t fun”

  Bad Thing #2 – I might never get beyond the Presenting Problem of their guitar playing and understand the person sitting across the room from me.

Listen in and make sure you get in touch with Neil and let him know your thoughts.

ABOUT THE HOST 

Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years of 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! 

CONTACT METHOD 

Neil Cowmeadow 

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