Work Life balance for Maths Educators

I promise I'll reveal the hack literally in the first two minutes. But it turned out it was worth talking about it a bit longer, so stick around for the whole episode to make the most of it.

And if you're digging around your processes and actions you're taking, finding ways "how to"... I mentioned, that one of the ways that can help is networking. Join my networking circles if networking is what you want to explore on your way to your business success: https://veronikaskyemaths.com/educators

Having any naysayers around you just because you happen to advertise tuition after you finished your high school? This episode is for you, coming from someone who started tutoring at the age of 17; I'm cheering you on, guys!

Worried about your students' exam performace? Bothered by not being told their exam results? Chasing clients for testimonials to hoard top grades results in order to show off how brilliant of an educator you are? You may find this episode a bit controversial, but if you stay open minded, it can actually help you down the line with the educator's exam results anxiety, which is (suprisingly?) very common.

While I can't tell you how you should deal with procrastination (I'm not trained for that), I can tell you how I dealt with it myself. Get inspired!

Oh, and if you're curious about the accountability group thing I mentioned, let me know. The more feedback I get, the more likely I'll do something about it (the same idea fuels my free online networking meetings — as long as you want them, I run them).

The best way to get in touch and share your thoughts with me is to hop on my mailing list. I won't flood your inbox, I promise — it's not a newsletter, it's my preferred way to keep in touch, on a very occasional basis. See more here: https://veronikaskyemaths.com/educators

I shared two key secrets to keeping your sanity while running lessons over the summer holidays. And all is underpinned by a very powerful concept (which I shared at the end). If you follow that, you'll be more likely to have a less bumpy holiday tuition experience. Unless you decide not to tutor over the summer at all, like I did, but that's a story for another time. In today's episode, I talked about — besides other things — the importance of good Terms of Service. If you're curious to learn about mine, you can see them here: https://www.veronikaskyemaths.com/terms-of-service

Disclaimer: While you can get freely inspired by my ToS, I do not provide any legal advice on the matter, and I do not guarantee that your ToS, even if you copy them word for word from my website, will give you legal protection.

If your only question is whether you should invest in your business and your persoal growth, I'll spare you 40 ins of listening to me today, the answer is "definitely yes". But I'm diving deep beyond that question in today's episode, and answering more important one — how to choose the right coach, mentor, advisor, program, course,... And the answer is not as easy as "I'll just ask for recommendations". In this episode, I've mentioned that I have a list of my recommendations (funny enough, as I just said you shouldn't only rely on people's recommendations — those are just the first step on your way to choose the right help for you).

So, if you are curious about who I learnt from to be where I am now (which is a nice place to be, that's for sure), so then you can investigate whether you want to learn from these people too, hop on my email list, https://veronikaskyemaths.com/educators to get access to my free miniseries where I'll tell you more (my recommendations are in one of the miniseries' bonuses).

Coming back from a holiday fully refreshed and not stressed about the mountain of tasks waiting to be resolved is definitely a crucial part of (every)one's work-life balance. One way is to have a team, or at least one VA, to deal with this; another way is to have a good tech stack with capable customer support, or ideally a combination of both.

In this episode, I'm reflecting on last year's Hebridean holiday compared to this year — and how investing in your business and yourself can move the needle. And I'm also talking a bit about how you can get more into my world if you want to learn from me further. The best way to keep in touch is via my email list, which I mentioned, so here's where you can sign up: https://veronikaskyemaths.com/educators

Enjoy this shortest episode ever, and let me know what you want to hear about — the best way to reach out to me is via email. You can join my email list to access my mini-series (think of it as a gated bonus for my subscribers that goes hand in hand with this podcast) and see if there's anything else you want to know about that I can share with you. If yes, just reply to my intro email (you won't get too many too often, it's not a newsletter) and let me know: https://veronikaskyemaths.com/educators

The big question everyone should ask themselves. And honestly reflect on it. Enjoying free time may not come naturally to everyone. To some (perhaps to many), it's a skill to be learnt. Let's reflect on this and find ways to enjoy our free time when we're off the clock.

I do litle with AI but when I use it, I'm trying to make it really work for me. This time, I've discovered something really cool (And likely, others are already using AI for this - I'm sure it's not some kind of secret breakthrough what I'm about to share...)

Basically, I learnt how to use AI to help me structure better content for my subscribers, so they benefit much more from what I write (because in the end, AI suggests things thanks to my prompts but I write the end results myself) and I benefit from freed up time because I don't have to agonsie over what to write next week. Win-win!