The Tutor Podcast

In today's episode, Neil discusses how to create a treasure basket of teaching treasure to help your students learn in the best way possible. Discover how accumulating your thoughts on paper can lead to creating some of your best teaching material, how new ideas often come from non-typical students and why they love it when you try out new techniques tailored specifically for them.   KEY TAKEAWAYS...

Have you ever wondered what separates a ‘pro’ from an ‘amateur’? Join Neil today as he outlines his 12 ways to identify if you or your tutor is a professional or not. Neil discusses the importance of punctuality, how pros are constantly evolving and bettering themselves along with why to be considered a pro, you have to be in it for the long haul.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Pro’s are always on time. Punctual...

Ever wondered how to deal with customers who try to reject your pricing strategy?  Are you sick of people trying to haggle down your rates? Well, join us today as Neil discusses how to handle price objections. In this episode, Neil looks at how your premium pricing should be used as a selling point, offering alternative options to those who haggle and why if you are a good tutor, you should be get...

Discover today how altering your relationship with money, can allow you to attract more wealth and will enable you to amplify the person you already are. Listen in today as Neil discusses the strange ideas surrounding money that we have become accustomed to, how to stop attaching your emotions to money and how money is just feedback on how much value you are providing to the world.   KEY TAKEAWAYS...

Are you fed up with working your current job, but too comfortable to take a leap into something different? Join Neil today as he explains how working absurdly hard on yourself and your business will allow you to create your own normal and live a life most people can’t. Today Neil outlines why being comfortable in life can make you weak, why taking each challenge thrown at you will allow you to gro...

Win the first battle of the day and you won’t end up chasing the rest of the day. Every day is a battle and the morning is the first fight of the day. If you can master morning routine and develop an organised plan your chances of a successful day/week will drastically improve. Listen in today to hear Neil share his thoughts on winning the morning battle and how you too can create a plan and see b...

How do you see your students? Are they just your customers and cash cows or are they something more, something of greater significance? Today, learn how to start, grow and love your tutoring, teaching and coaching business by going beyond your remit to help your students and undergo the process of not just being a tutor but becoming a mentor. KEY TAKEAWAYS Make your students your tribe, your exten...

The lockdown has affected us all and the change in daily routine and stresses of what’s to come,  may have impacted your health and wellbeing. Today, Neil shares his personal experience with how the pandemic has affected his physical health and shares tips on how to overcome this, from being completely honest with yourself and admitting your bad habits, to looking back at when you were at your pea...

Learn today how to structure your course module or lesson pitch which will outline to your students why they are learning and what they are there for. Learn why it is important to tell your participants the relevance of the content they are learning, the consequences of not completing the course to the best of their ability along with the benefits they will reap when completing the material. Key T...

about how to structure your course. The structure is as important as the content. No matter how rich the knowledge you offer, if the structure itself that will take them from A to B is not solid, then you have nothing. The transformation that you (and the student) want can happen if you set a formidable structure for learning. You don’t need to be a licensed teacher or educator to be able to do th...

How’s your tutoring business doing during this time? We are now in the fourth week of our Building Online Course Special, and Neil hopes that you’ve been jotting down everything since the beginning because he has more to share. Today, he wants you to focus on the WHY of things rather than the HOW. Why start this course? It’s easy to plan and deliver when we know the reason and the purpose. If we w...

In the third week of our mini-series on building online courses, we focus on knowing who your customers are. This is another important matter if you want to really make sales. Neil gives the low-down on how to scrutinise the demographic aspects. Who comprises your target audience? What do they really want? There are a few questions that you can use as a the backbone when building your online cours...

Welcome back to the second part of our discussion on building your online course! This special focuses on how to construct your course design templates. But first, Neil discusses the most important thing before making any drafts—self-identity. Neil wants you to look inwards, and ask yourself: Who am I? This may seem useless for some, but it isn’t! You don’t want to be offering an online course tha...

Sow the seeds today, then harvest the fruits of your labour tomorrow! In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil gives a step-by-step process on how you can build your online courses. People right now are looking for ways to cope amid the coronavirus pandemic. Why don’t you offer them your knowledge and expertise on guitar playing (or whatever you want!) instead? Start laying out your courses now....

Which of your definitive goals have you not yet achieved? It’s difficult to keep track of deadlines or give your high performance for every single task when there’s a lot on your plate. Sometimes, you’ll need to sound the alarm and just ask for help. In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil talks about the benefits of having accountability partners and invisible friends. Yes, that’s right. Even...

Well, not literally! What we mean by ‘steal from everyone’ is get ideas and learn from EVERYONE. (Emphasis on the word everyone!) In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, we learn about the importance of learning in and out of a classroom. Sometimes, when we set our goals and lay down our paths we’ll walk on, we refuse to see the benefits of having to explore other paths. The truth is, there are many...

Live your life YOUR way. It is only you who holds the wheel, and not anyone else. If you are controlled by others, then most likely, you’ll be confused where you should go. In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil gives some useful survival tips for aspiring entrepreneurs, not just applicable for those in the tutoring business but also for those in different industries. It’s always the same prob...

Are you having a tough time managing your schedule lately? If some of you are having a eureka moment about money-making ideas, and not knowing when to do it and where to fit it in your schedule, then you need to know about the 70:20:10 model. In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil shares how he uses this model to his advantage as a teacher, a property investor, and a music creator. It’s a matt...

We all know how stressful life has become during this coronavirus pandemic, so in this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil lets you have a peek on his own list of surviving lockdown tips! The top priority is to keep your (physical and mental) health always in check. For Neil, having a routine helps. But since movement is very limited, Neil suggests ways on how you can tweak it. If you think there i...

In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil explores how you can redefine your ‘normal’ and set your trajectory in a positive direction during this unprecedented time. Neil talks about his experiences setting up new online coaching so that he can coach his students over the internet using streaming and video calling technology. Neil focuses on adding or changing 1% of your lifestyle or business eve...

In this episode of The Tutor Podcast, Neil discussed Warrant Buffet’s Two List Model. The first list is the top 5 things that YOU can DO that will change your life. The second list is for everything else that you want to do. You should then discard the second list and primarily focus on the first 5 and most important ways that you can improve your life. This will give you CLARITY and give your lif...

The UK government is giving out financial aid to small businesses, but do tutors who manage their businesses from their own homes get some? It depends. If you pay business rates, then you can receive from the Small Business Relief Fund. In this episode, Neil discusses more on what sole proprietors like him are facing amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The government has forgotten about  hardworking educa...

“It’s a catalyst to action. That’s what we have now.” More than half of the world right now are feeling the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak. The pandemic has caused delay in our businesses, our daily routines, and most definitely, the help we give to other people. There are a thousand ways you can help. (And they really weren’t kidding when they said that.) Surely, we can find alternatives, even a...

This time on The Property Tutor Podcast, Neil gives his take on Covid-19. He discusses how it has affected businesses, with some already going into administration and others hanging on by the skin of their teeth. Neil gives sound advice on how to deal with your mental health and business problems, as well as giving ideas on how your business can survive Covid-19 through digital distribution. Above...

There are four types of people: Larks, Owls, Cows and Vampires.  By working out which one you are, you can manage your life in order to fit your natural tendencies. But which one are you?  In this week’s show, Neil takes you through each type in his own unique way, and tells you all about how you can achieve a far happier existence by applying a simple rule: To know and understand yourself is to m...