EPISODE · Aug 28, 2022 · 11 MIN
Total Self-Honesty
from The Tutor Podcast · host Neil Cowmeadow
The easiest person to lie to is you. We tell ourselves reassuring stories of how great we are and how we are productive and doing our best while binge watching the latest Netflix drama. Neil gives his tips on how to avoid long bouts of indolence and denial and keep asking the right questions of yourself. KEY TAKEAWAYS We can all distort reality to reassure ourselves we are progressing. It is not easy to be real about how things are, constantly. Ask yourself some serious questions. How am I doing in my business? Really? REALLY? Where am I going with things as they currently are? What’s your trajectory? Is it profitable? Is it sustainable? What are the opportunities I have not noticed? What are my risks and pitfalls? And what is the cost of action and inaction? BEST MOMENTS ‘Where we can happily delude ourselves that everything’s peachy or everything is crap. That we’re right or that we’re wrong, that things are going up or down, or any other point on the continuum.’ ‘As I’m writing this and then recording it I’m also running these questions back and forth in my own mind.’ ‘I’ll try new things. If they work better than what I was currently doing then I’ll implement that as a policy. Test. Test.Test.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Tutor Podcast www.Neilcowmeadow.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]
What this episode covers
The easiest person to lie to is you. We tell ourselves reassuring stories of how great we are and how we are productive and doing our best while binge watching the latest Netflix drama. Neil gives his tips on how to avoid long bouts of indolence and denial and keep asking the right questions of yourself. KEY TAKEAWAYS We can all distort reality to reassure ourselves we are progressing. It is not easy to be real about how things are, constantly. Ask yourself some serious questions. How am I doing in my business? Really? REALLY? Where am I going with things as they currently are? What’s your trajectory? Is it profitable? Is it sustainable? What are the opportunities I have not noticed? What are my risks and pitfalls? And what is the cost of action and inaction? BEST MOMENTS ‘Where we can happily delude ourselves that everything’s peachy or everything is crap. That we’re right or that we’re wrong, that things are going up or down, or any other point on the continuum.’ ‘As I’m writing this and then recording it I’m also running these questions back and forth in my own mind.’ ‘I’ll try new things. If they work better than what I was currently doing then I’ll implement that as a policy. Test. Test.Test.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Tutor Podcast www.Neilcowmeadow.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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