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In this episode of the Start Teaching Guitar podcast, I’ll explain how to plan for success in your teaching business for the New Year. It starts with setting aside some time to plan, then reviewing the previous year, and finally setting some goals for the coming year.
I go into MUCH greater detail about each item in the podcast, but here’s a rough outline for you:
How To Plan For the New Year In Your Teaching Business
1) Schedule an annual planning day
- Make it a yearly appointment with yourself
2) Out with the old
- Review the previous year
- High points
- Low points
- Acknowledge all your successes and the milestones you reached
- Write down the areas where you could have done better
- Write down the areas where you exceeded your expectations
- Write down the top 5 things you LEARNED in the previous year
3) In with the new
- Write down the top 3 or 4 things you want to improve in the various areas of your life next year
- As a guitar teacher
- As a guitar player
- As a business owner
- Make a list of EVERYTHING you want to accomplish in the new year
- Organize your goals into Quarters
- Schedule your goals on your calendar
- Set aside some time every week…every month…and every quarter to review this list and make sure you’re still on track
Items Mentioned In This Episode:
- Guitar Moose Contest
- Winter NAMM Show 2012
- STG 011 : The Secret To Getting Results and Staying Motivated (Part 1)
- ProactiveChange.com – statistics about New Year’s resolutions
- Google Calendar
- Google Docs
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- Free eBook: Teaching Guitar the SMART Way
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Hi Donnie,
Top of the high points list from last year has got to be finding startteachingguitar.com which I picked up from a blog post by Don Parkhurst. And also ‘Book Yourself solid’ which has allowed me to tackle the business side of teaching which had always been my downside so thanks for the recommendation.
Next month I am starting a group theory course and currently enrolling for beginner guitar groups so 2012 is looking good. Thanks man for all your help I’m really looking forward to what you’ve got planned for 2012.
Paul
Thanks, Paul!
Great work, man…keep it up!