DDWT

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In today's podcast Neil shares with you his second golden rule to ensure you run a happy and successful tutoring business. DDWT stands for “Don’t Deal With Tossers’  a powerful statement that can rid you of any negative people in your life. Today, Neil discusses the benefits of this approach to life such as the ability to pre-frame all of your client interactions, not having people steal your valuable time and how this approach could actually earn you more clients, and more money.     KEY TAKEAWAYS   DDWT stands for ‘Don’t Deal With Tossers’. This statement is so powerful as it allows you to pre-frame all your client interactions and remove makeweights. Living this way also eliminated your need to spend time with those people who do not make you happy.   Share this thought with your students. It is a great ice breaker should you need one. It also sets up and frames the beginning of your student-teacher relationship. It shows them that you are going to work to your best ability, and indirectly asks the question back to them, ‘how about you?’.   DDWT is the sanest approach to business you could ever take. Without DDWT you risk working with people who mess you around, and steal your valuable time. These people may even ruin your plans, and drain your energy and enthusiasm. With DWWT you’ll work with people you like, respect and admire and it will be effortless.   Whilst this is your business, it is important to not let money overshadow DDWT. For your hourly fee, you could have your whole working life ruined, by just one person, it is just not worth it. Their attitude could potentially ruin the rest of your day, having an impact on your hardworking students. For the sake of an extra hours fee, you can save yourself the hassle if dealing with this person.   BEST MOMENTS “It’s a great ice-breaker” “It tends to select out the tossers. if they quit, they’re a tosser” “I started doing it and I got busier because I wasn’t being messed around by tossers.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Listen to The Tutor Podcast on the Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tutor-podcast/id1369191372)! Build Your Online Course Week 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-online-course/id1369191372?i=1000477109724 Course Planning Week 2: Who Am I?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-online-course/id1369191372?i=1000477109724 Who are They? (Know Your Punters): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/who-are-they-know-your-punters/id1369191372?i=1000478984529 Read the Weird Things Guitarists Do book by Neil Cowmeadow, which is available now on Amazon. Link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weird-Things-Guitarists-Do-Misconceptions/dp/1519026579/ Contact Neil via this website - com! 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! CONTACT METHOD [email protected]

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