Adult Students, The Fun Bunch

Neil explains the importance of using humour and fun in your lessons so that your students enjoy coming. Neil emphasises this for adult students even more than younger clients.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Often when a I receive calls it’s from someone who’s looking to book lessons for someone else. Usually when it’s an adult who wants lessons it’s someone who wants to relive the days when they used to play in a band or understand more etc...
• Many other people do lessons after their kids have grown up that were on the back burner. However, it all boils down to one thing which is fun.
• As teachers you need to make it fun, figure our ways to make it fun so that your student enjoys their lessons. Also if you don’t find it fun then your student will often mirror that from you.
• Always praise progress and don’t be too harsh on them if they are going through a bad time in their lives and are struggling to play.
• Use humour and stories in your lessons to make them more interesting and fun. If it’s fun for you, it’ll be fun for them.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It all boils down to fun’

‘There’s no such thing as a stupid question’

‘Bypass their limits and get them higher than they ever expected they would get’.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Atomic Habits – James Clear | Amazon https://amzn.to/37pfC7Z
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change – Charles Duhigg | Amazon https://amzn.to/2O75SYN
• Do More Great Work – Michael Bungay Stanier | Amazon https://amzn.to/2qlirXm
• The Tutor Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tutorpodcast

ABOUT THE HOST

Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years of 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!

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