#019 - The 15 Commandments Pt.3

08/07/2018 16 min
#019 - The 15 Commandments Pt.3

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Episode Synopsis

Welcome to another episode of The Tutor Podcast, in this edition your host Neil Cowmeadow rounds off the final 5 Commandments to keep you happy, motivated and on track to success.
Learn how to start, grow and love your Tutor Business!
Neils explains how to fill your life with joy, happiness, optimism and pride, and reminds you to celebrate the small achievements along your journey in order to savour the moments that matter most. Learn how to get the help you need, before you need it and why not to undertake the tasks that are a waste of your time.
Understand how with outsourcing you can get all the help you need and why it’s important to hire people that are excellent at what they do. Neil explains how to grow your business sideways and drop what’s not working by making smart decisions along the way.
Finally, Neil discusses why not to spend your most vital resource and to remember to think rationally about the things you can control in business and in life.  
KEY TAKEAWAYS
 
1. Know who you are, and who you want to become.
 
2. Know where you want to go.
3. Let go of the need for a specific result.
4. Don't care what other people are doing.
5. Don't care what other people think.
6. Care intensely about those you serve. Business is all about who you are as a person, it’s an expression and will impact those that are around you.
7. Your work is your craft, it’s personal.Work hard on your craft, spend the money to get the skills and learn from others that are better than you. If you are the best teacher in the room, you’re in the wrong room, if you the poorest or the least informed person in the room, you’re in the right room. Invest in yourself.
8. Don’t ask for permission.Whose permission do you need to be happy? To be wealthy?
9. Learn through doing. You will always be waiting, there’s never going to be a perfect time, so start anyway.
10. Don’t take yourself too seriously.If you take yourself too seriously, you’re probably not going to have any fun.
11. Enjoy where you are on the path. Enjoy every day and take time appreciating what brings you great joy, happiness and pride. Celebrate achievements and remember each step on the journey.
12. Ask for help.and get the help you need, before you need it.
13. Drop what’s not working. Stop, pause and think what you’re doing day to day.
14. Think laterally, rather than vertically. Try to diversify, increase your footprint and get more reach, ensure you take the opportunities you are given.
15. Constantly prune your life.Do the things you love. Take away the stuff you don’t want to do and keep the things make you happy.
BEST MOMENTS
 
“Ask for helping for help is the entrepreneur's kryptonite.”
“Undertake the tasks that are not a waste of your time.”
“With outsourcing, you can get all the help you need.”
“Time is a finite resource, guard it with your life.”
“Prune your life back ruthlessness”.
“It’s raining money and all you have to do is put a bucket outside.”
 
 
VALUABLE RESOURCES
#0018 The Tutor Podcast - 15 Commandments to keep you happy, motivated and on track to success (Part 2)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-tutor-podcast/id1369191372?mt=2
Upwork
Fivver
People Per Hour
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
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/neil.cowmeadow
Website - https://www.neilcowmeadow.com/
Contact - [email protected]
Telephone - 01952 882 928