The Tutor Podcast

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 valu...

Are you stuck in a rut, not enjoying what you do? Join Neil today as he encourages the mantra ‘If it ain’t fun, don’t do it!’. Today, Neil discusses one of life's golden rules “Don’t do stuff that makes you miserable”, how no amount of money can solve your misery and how your joy in what you do will infect your students and get better results.   KEY TAKEAWAYS One of life's golden rules is “Don’t d...

If Lockdown has taught us anything it is that you need to diversify your life. Join Neil today as he discusses the importance of polymathy and why learning new skills and jobs can make us become more interesting. Neil discusses famous polymaths and their impact on the world, how learning new skills can be fun and how to split your time to meet all of your drivers. KEY TAKEAWAYS   Polymathy means “...

If there was ever a time in life where you could spend time discovering, growing and learning new skills and talents, it is now.  Join Neil today as he explains the importance of continually growing and learning, no matter how qualified you already are. Learn why investing in yourself is the best investment there is, how the past year has proven that nothing ever stays the same and why learning ne...

The only constant in life is change and all that you can do to embrace it is by saying “yes, and...” Listen in to another insightful episode of The Tutor Podcast as Neil discusses the principle of how “yes, and...” can adapt to any given situation, why you must accept change and continue to grow and develop and when “yes, and...”  can be utilised as a gift and a presupposed positive.   KEY TAKEAWA...

Learn today how to create your own Mastermind Alliance. Discover the simple process of assembling a group of experts around you that can help solve some of your toughest problems. Neil discusses how to choose your alliances, the insights you can learn and how a difference of perspective can help solve your dilemmas.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The Mastermind Alliance is a simple process of assembling a group...

Lockdown 3.0 has brought with it many challenges. The restrictions on our freedom can and have caused many people mental health problems. Join Neil today as he gives his top tips on staying sane during Lockdown 3.0. Neil discusses the value of recognising things you are grateful for, the fearful affect the mainstream media has on us and why daily reflections can help boost your morale.   KEY TAKEA...

Today marks Neil’s 150th episode of The Tutor Podcast. Join Neil as he reflects on what he can be grateful for and what he can improve on in his tutoring business. He discusses why it is important to aim to create a change amongst your students, why it is your duty as a tutor to help your students reach their desired success and how to infect them with your enthusiasm.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Create chang...

These days the majority of our lives are stored on our personal devices containing everything from our financial records to our clients’ details. Can you imagine losing all of that because of a software glitch or virus? Join Neil today as he discusses what to do to avoid a complete loss of personal data should your computer fail you. Learn the importance of having a rescue USB, a separate partitio...

Being locked down for the majority of the year has taken its toll on many people. In today’s episode, Neil discusses how lockdown helped him to create his Big Ticklist. The tick list enables him to perform a series of tasks throughout the day which can help improve his health, relationships and skills. Find out today how you too can create your tick list to reach both your short and long term goal...

Nobody could have predicted what would happen to the world in 2020 and nobody can predict what is yet to come. Join Neil today as he discusses why it is vital to have goals which can guide you on the path to your future self, why you should plan across multiple scenarios in the next year and why having any plan is better than having no plan at all.   KEY TAKEAWAYS As always at this time of year, i...

Join your host Neil as he reflects on the year and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Neil discusses how we no longer live in a free society, why it is vital to ensure that you have more than one revenue stream and how this year should serve as a reminder that nobody is coming to your rescue. KEY TAKEAWAYS These are not unprecedented times. Totalitarian states have created chaos like this time...

Do you wake up with a smile on your face and count the hours until your Vortex opens? Do you, like host Neil, also have a love affair with your job? In today’s episode, Neil describes his love for tutoring, why spending your days doing what you love fills you with drive and energy and why getting paid is just a by-product of what your job really means to you.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Christmas is approachi...

Whilst England may officially be out of Lockdown 2.0, it doesn’t mean that all can return to normal as England is still operating on a 3 Tier system depending on the R rate in your local area. To avoid breaking the rules in your local area, and to allow you to return to face-to-face tutoring in a safe manner Neil discusses the different tier systems and what this means for you and your tutoring bu...

Do you want to gain clarity on your past, present and future, understand exactly how you’re going to achieve your goals and have the ability to walk through your very own business timeline? In today’s episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil shares with you an NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) mind exercise that will help you visualise your future, make better and more informed decisions and gift you w...

Are you using the art of leverage in your mentoring, coaching or tutoring business to get more done in less time? In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil shares with you benefits of leverage in your business to do more of what you most love to do and earn more money. Listen in to discover how to systemise your business, optimise your time, build up a network of contacts and use other peoples kn...

How will the new lockdown restrictions affect your tutoring business? In today’s episode, Neil shares his advice on how you can adapt and scale your business, continue to serve your tribe online and how you can set and achieve new goals both for your personal development and your business during the lockdown. Listen in and learn and why it’s important to stay positive, why you need to remain a lea...

How are you perceived by your students and in your marketplace? Listen in as Neil shares his tips on how to figure out how you are positioned and how you can align your view with your students. Discover why consistency is key to success, how to position yourself as an authority in your field and how to identify your lane and stay in it.   Contact Neil (info@neilcowmeadow.com)   KEY TAKEAWAYS   Be...

Is the amount of free video content online a problem or an opportunity for your coaching, tutoring or teaching business? Today, Neil shares his thoughts on the opportunity YouTube presents and how you can use it to created structured and sequenced lessons online but also validate your own one to one tutoring with feedback, accountability and tailored content. Listen in to find out more!   Contact...

‘What’s good about this?’ By asking this question you can turn anything into something good and when you’re facing a situation at first glance, looking for the good is all that really matters. Tune in to hear Neil’s all-time favourite question and how you too, can benefit from a change in mindset, perception and fortunes when simply looking for the good and turning a negative into a positive.   Co...

Habits define who we are and who we believe ourselves to be but can also lead to our depression and our happiness and overtime habits will determine who we become. In today’s episode, Neil discusses the power of habits and routines and why they really matter to the success of your business, your tutoring and your wider life. Listen in to hear how to battle your inner moron and build better habits....

Communication is vitally important as a teacher because it is through communication skills that a teacher can utilise a students belief system and life experience to better tailor teachings to the student. In today’s episode, discover the art of utilisation and how you can use it as a successful teaching method to better educate and evolve your tutoring, teaching and coaching business.   KEY TAKEA...

Have you ever been taken aback by an unexpected question from one of your students during a tutoring lesson? Join Neil today as he discusses how to answer your student’s troubling questions and why you are a great source to answer them. Discover why it is important to immediately deal with your students’ query, how answering their anxieties can increase your value to them and why your own personal...

Discover today the benefits of perfecting the art of vanishing. Join Neil as he discusses the importance of going off the grid for the day to take yourself away from working in the business so you can focus on working on the business. Neil talks through how to eliminate your everyday distractions, how to prepare for your isolation day and why it is beneficial to take time away from your everyday l...

Have you ever had a student confess to you that they are just not creative? That they have never been able to create something unique themselves? Today Neil provides you with an exercise to exhort that creativity from each of your students. Encourage your students’ imagination by asking them to imagine what is in the fictitious box, and encourage their creativity to evolve.   KEY TAKEAWAYS It is n...