I'm taking a look at this video and find myself feeling bad about recently losing a client because I did not know him well enough, and pushed him a little too hard and he panicked and ended the lessons. This was absolutely not a linguistic issue; it had to do with the anxiety provoked when trying to speak English in conversation. The first half of our lessons were always me talking him down from the anxiety that I think was largely provoked by his perfectionism, and I had to continually emphasize that there is no perfect communication so he needed to accept that he could make mistakes but still communicate what he needed to communicate. Unfortunalely I misjudged this on one occasion and his anxiety was provoked in a way that he found unbearable, and so I lost a client and my guess is that he has abandoned English altogether :(x2 I'm currerntly floundering a bit with another client, but now am getting down on paper exactly what I know about his needs (probably still not enough) after about 10 hours of lessons together, and am going to try to apply the info in this video to our situation and see if I can be as precise as possible about it. Both of these guys are my "target audience" if that's the right phrase, though I also need to be more precise about what that means.

Have you also waited for the perfect moment? Do you resonate with what we experienced? Are you trapped in the consumption wheel?

Hey peeps, I've just started the 3rd video and I'm curious to see what people pick when given the option between a course that's hard to sell and one that's easy to sell. What was your choice?

Hi. When people ask me the question "where are you from?" l'm never quite sure how to answer, as I was born in South Africa, grew up in Ireland and now live in the UK in Northern Ireland. I'm a qualified primary teacher, currently employed as a classroom assistant and occasionally do substitute teaching in schools but also teach English online through a well-known, underpaying platform, which I enjoy but which also frustrates me. Recently I have got a private student also but lack confidence to grow this. I would love to teach online full time but some things are holding me back. Hoping that through some of the courses on here, I'll gain knowledge and courage to take steps to get where I'd like to be. Thank you for this community!

...the one perceived as the path of least resistance.