👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 I've spent the last week reading The New Psychology of Success by Dr. Carol Dweck, PhD. It's a wonderful book about educators and students mindset. The difference between success and failure is perspective. 

Dr. Dweck spent her career studying attitude and performance, and her book shows that your attitude is a better forecast your success than your IQ. She also found that people’s core attitudes fall into one of two categories: a fixed mindset or a growth mindset.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 People with a FIXED MINDSET, believe they are exactly who they are and won't change. This problem creates a challenge because anything that appears to be more than they can handle is bound to make them despair, thus overburden their own minds and those of others.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 People with a GROWTH MINDSET believe efforts can improve their lives. They outdo fix minded individuals, even if they are of a lower IQ, because they see new opportunities as a way to learn something new.  

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. - Jonas Salk 

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 Last year, at the end of the zombie pandemic 2020 year, PBS .org Newshour Extra reported the twenty-one teachers from across the country who dared share their response to the question: 

Have you considered leaving teaching due to COVID-19? 

Many asked for their names to be anonymous out of fear of retaliation while others asked if we could also leave out their city and state.

I’m not sure I could name a teacher who ISN’T considering leaving teaching.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 I also came to recognize — with great sadness — that there is only so much I can do about things I’d desperately like to help, including the mental health of my students.

Now, as we enter a new 2021 zombie pandemic year, I have renewed concerns which may keep most up at night. However, you have options which are greater than you know or are not being given an opportunity to explore. 

I will read some of the brave anonymous educators who want to share their concerns and deserve a new opportunity to educate and value themselves 10x the cost of their degrees.

When people believe their basic qualities can be developed, failures may still hurt, but failures don’t define them. - Dr. Carol S. Dweck, PhD

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 I’ve created 3 blogs since coming to Ecuador in 2017. Out of desperation to keep my sanity after falling for a life scam I created a Latin Jazz blog using Wordpress called 593 Latin Jazz. After all I've been an avid Latin jazz enthusiast for the past 35 years. I also created, soon after, Confia593 apartment rentals and postings blog for the neighborhood I lived in. Here in Ecuador you see hundreds of FOR RENT signs and I figured I can post those rentals for free n exchange for the rental fee as a commission. That helped me monetize a lil bit during my journey North of the country.

Since I was also teaching ESL English online I created, Ecua-Ingles, a expat English teacher blog and this kept me busy with the hopes of monetizing my experience as an online teacher and also to provide tips for those transitioning online. All this before I even had a clue that I was a network marketer with no direction in my life.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 Thank GOD I kept my day job as an ESL English teacher because fast forward to zombie pandemic 1.0 in 2020, I abandoned my 3 blogs feeling disappointed in myself. However, I've been a hard head all my life and felt I have to make this work as a Plan B for my uncertain future in Ecuador. While doing research on the net I came to realize I had a mindset problem. Hence, I didn't truly know what the hell I was doing or even WHY I was doing it. 

I started to pay attention to the need of investing in myself to polish both my knowledge and skills sets to monetize my experience as a blogger, mentor, coach, even as an English teacher. Thanks to these multiple ventures, I was able to hit an ace in the hole by following and learning with a mentor the HOW TO MONETIZE my experience and find my WHY.

When people believe their basic qualities can be developed, failures may still hurt, but failures don’t define them. - Dr. Carol S. Dweck, PhD

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 What is a teacherpreneur?

An educator who relentlessly uses their skillful experience, creativity, passionate knowledge and has a high degree of understanding what is their "why" is crowned “teacherpreneur”. This educator has had enough of the 9 to whenever grind in order to follow their dreams to develop educational niche services and solve problems the masses are having. They also earn additional income and no one can frown on that.

For example, a classroom-based Social Sciences teacher the thought of working for yourself becomes the awesome option during this pandemic zombie era. This teacher decides to start a side hustle as an online educator and niching down to a specific area of expertise, such as teaching Critical Thinking. A teacherpreneur is born and the obstacles needed are the use of his educational skills, additionally his entrepreneurial skills like marketing to your dream audience on Facebook, creating a high value sexy offer, and creating a mass movement in your niche as you find your voice.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 I was already a native ESL English teacher when I decided to become a teacherpreneur in July 2020. After 3 iterations of branding myself, doing a ClickFunnels 30 Day digital marketing challenge and hiring a mentor with a proven track record and a community of over 6,000+ members, I felt confident that I too can do this and provide solutions to the 68.8 million educators needed over the next 10 years.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 In the previous 80 LIVES and 17 podcasts I've published since January 2021, I've talked about growth mindset, creating educational mini courses, attraction marketing, teacher mental health, positive affirmations and making 6 figures with your experience and academic achievements. There are many other tips, Facebook organic modeling and of course my favorite educational affiliate SaaS program, ClickFunnels to keep me talking throughout this zombie pandemic 2021 year. 

Last year, 2020 was known as the most depressing year for many globally. Couple that with lockdown 2.0 and it’s obvious why most, if not all, feel a bit 'on edge'. However, know this, what you eat and drink does  have a massive impact on how you think and feel. There is strong evidence to support that superfoods play a key role in mental wellbeing by helping to reduce stress, ease anxiety and even fight depression. 

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 Along the way with the Ritual of Live Nourishment, eating LIVE foods, fresh off the tree or vine fruits/vegetables and grains. Superfoods is definitely something I have been consuming due to my living in the Ecuador. There's nothing but farm grown everything here which is a plus for me as I grew up in processed food USA heaven. Food does taste different when it is fresh and even better when one cultivates their own.

After all the "how we eat" paradigm has shifted and organics as well as my favorite, aquaponics micro vegetation with farmed fish, is what I choose to fill my belly up with. Of course I have not given up that DEAD MEAT SYNDROME - yet!

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 The struggle is real in all aspects of your life, both personally, professionally and fictitiously. Three lives to balance while trying to avoid unhealthy and negative behavior. Due to this, there are many teacherpreneurs who stay so focused on their day-to-day routines that they disregard the important stress signals that does affect their career and family. 

My childhood was no better than the masses. It was a lot worse than those who had it good and it was a lot better than those who had it totally worse than mine. Peoples lives are filled with abuse, financial difficulties, tragedies, and emotional dysfunctions we start to accept as normal. I found myself overwhelmed by the age of 13 with negatives in my life. It took years of dedication, hard work, and education to break the cycle and master my personal life. 

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 The first step in my journey was becoming aware of what I needed to change. However, at the tender age of 22 I decided to participate in a large psychology workshop, a 2 day event in Madison Square Garden, NYC, to find out what is wrong with me. Well I can tell you that after 2 days of listening to other peoples life tragedies I learned to empathize with other peoples pain and realized there is NOTHING wrong with me - I just need a mindset change.

I started to implement good habits like positive affirmations, gratitude and helping others. I learned different techniques to handle my own problems, techniques I now share with my teacherpreneur coaching clients to help them reach positive growth in their own lives. Through my journey, I became a successful person, however, I still fell short of my mark both professionally and personally. Until now,, in my 50's and totally committed to one thing, my life first as I help others do the same.

If you're casual about your dream, your dream will end up a casualty. Leave a legacy not a liability - Les Brown

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 The power of positivity and the strength of our own mindset is uncontested.

So how can teachers harness this inner strength to manifest a more positive and fulfilling reality? 

Answer: By positive affirmation practice. 

Mindsets are just beliefs. They’re powerful beliefs, but they’re just

something in your mind, and you can change your mind. As you read, think about where you’d like to go and which mindset will take you there. Positive affirmations are useful tools in your mental well-being toolbox, which help teacherpreneurs gravitate towards best outcomes. They also raise your confidence and energy levels in the process.

What is holding you back from reaching your teacherpreneur potential? Are you tired and frustrated with always struggling off/online?

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 ALL successful teacherpreneurs have many things in common, yet one sticks out for everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit: They all take care of their health and strive for a high-performance growth mindset.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 I help teachers understand, among many other things, the Facebook Algorithm 

There's a reason why some people get lot's of engagements and other's don't. You have to understand that the Facebook algorithm is mutual, a two way street. You can't be a machista and just take without giving back. Romance the algorithm daily for at least an hour, show love, not LIKES on your friends posts which appear on your fan page.

Educators make posts and wonder why it only gets a couple of reactions here and there. The reason for that it is based on a logical mindset and you may want to go with the flow. Engage your friends with purpose and meaningful commentary. Facebook will look at this act of romance as sincere and soon will show your posts to your friends as well. Like I said it's a two way street.

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 It’s obvious to say that things are tense in this pandemic 2021 year. Just about anyone globally has tried many things to destress, from meditation to a bottle of booze to screaming at your neighbors. 

Is it working? 

Many would say the issue is that we’ve become accepting of the high level of anxiety we’ve all been experiencing last years 2020 COVID-19 arrival. 

Is it starting to feel normal to you?

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓  I live in Ecuador and it's obvious here how everyone's anxiety not being taken as seriously as they should. In fact, many people act as if they feel fine, until a wrong look at someone in the streets creates a mass hysteria of sorts. The emotional exhaustion we all feel right now has a high degree of relevance.

You see complacency and many are becoming used to feeling like this, so they keep piling more things on top of the anxiety to shroud their pain. Even self-care can become just another thing we have to do. So many public health care individuals are prescribing this and that, offering blood pressure checks and the ever present wear your mask decree – it all feels like hard work. Slowing down is an option no one is talking about to help you get a grip.

Are you ready to get started ?

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓 So you want to be an teacherpreneur affiliate marketer or at least, you’re interested in learning more about educational affiliate marketing.

I'm going to attempt to explain what educational affiliate marketing is, why it’s awesome, and exactly how you can use it to build a profitable educational niche business. 

Are you ready to get started?

👨‍🎓 👩‍🎓  Affiliate marketing is a business model where you sell other business’ products and make a commission on sales.

Average commissions commonly hover around 10%-20%, but you can sometimes get paid up to 50% — it all depends on whose products you sell. 

Educational affiliate marketing works like this ... 

You promote another company’s HIGHLY ETHICAL products, usually with the use of a sales funnel, and those companies pay you a percentage of revenue on every product that you sell. To do this, you have to sign up for an  affiliate program that resonates with you and preferably one that you actually have used and can attest to it's integrity.