Two Students, Five Decades, One Problem

What this episode covers

Neil’s favourite acronym, False Evidence Appearing Real, fear is the focus of this episode. With two very different students fifty years apart in age suffering the same problem, Neil focuses on this very common and familiar block to progress with two different strategies to overcome the problem.  KEY TAKEAWAYS You may need differing strategies for different students.  By using the student’s personal interests and philosophies to communicate you can overcome their doubts more effectively.  Be ready when you overcome fear for others to be envious. The nature of fear changes from person to person.  BEST MOMENTS‘It’s fear of getting it wrong, fear of making a mistake and, ultimately, fear of even trying.’‘Figuring out who she is, I'm going to try to use her world view. The crystal pendant that she wears suggests to me very strongly that she’s what I call ‘spiritually interested.’‘The masses are invariably too afraid to take a shot at it. All they want to do is stay in their little comfort zones and as you and I both know, that’s where dreams go to die.’ ‘All we did was take what was there, the feeling in his stomach that he assumed was fear, gave him a different suggestion that worked a little bit better.’ VALUABLE RESOURCESThe Tutor Podcastwww.Neilcowmeadow.com ABOUT THE HOSTNeil 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 [email protected]

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