EPISODE · Apr 16, 2023 · 16 MIN
What's The Benefit ?
from The Tutor Podcast · host Neil Cowmeadow
Neil explains The Benefit Trap, the mistaken belief that you have to accept any idea that has any kind of benefit to it despite the amount it offers or its compatibility with your current methods. He urges you to raise the bar when you consider a method and think carefully if any idea is worth including in your tutoring tool kit. KEY TAKEAWAYS A technique that has some benefit may not have enough to justify using it. Consider what other tutors are doing and decide if what they are doing is helping them in their progress and if not, look for other methods that work for you. Challenge, enthral, disrupt and inspire your students by introducing them to all the ideas, methods, tricks, styles and shortcuts you have access to as a tutor. BEST MOMENTS ‘The Thinking Book is a safe place where I let my pen ramble through and around, in and out of whatever it is I’m interested in at that time, a huge journal on steroids if you like.’ ‘I share every single hack, cheat, shortcut, under-handed mind-bending reimagining of music that I possibly can with them and I stretch them. I have them playing what they wouldn’t normally listen to.’ ‘It’s got to be fun for them. It’s got to make it the high point of their week. It’s got to be something they cherish and they look forward to every single week of their busy lives.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Tutor Podcast www.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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Neil explains The Benefit Trap, the mistaken belief that you have to accept any idea that has any kind of benefit to it despite the amount it offers or its compatibility with your current methods. He urges you to raise the bar when you consider a method and think carefully if any idea is worth including in your tutoring tool kit. KEY TAKEAWAYS A technique that has some benefit may not have enough to justify using it. Consider what other tutors are doing and decide if what they are doing is helping them in their progress and if not, look for other methods that work for you. Challenge, enthral, disrupt and inspire your students by introducing them to all the ideas, methods, tricks, styles and shortcuts you have access to as a tutor. BEST MOMENTS ‘The Thinking Book is a safe place where I let my pen ramble through and around, in and out of whatever it is I’m interested in at that time, a huge journal on steroids if you like.’ ‘I share every single hack, cheat, shortcut, under-handed mind-bending reimagining of music that I possibly can with them and I stretch them. I have them playing what they wouldn’t normally listen to.’ ‘It’s got to be fun for them. It’s got to make it the high point of their week. It’s got to be something they cherish and they look forward to every single week of their busy lives.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Tutor Podcast www.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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