You’ve just spent a relaxing and fulfilling weekend with your family and friends. You even capped it off with a Sunday-evening movie. You are feeling pretty good. Life is great. Then Monday comes… If you are a self-employed teacher or…

Since I haven’t updated the SET blog since February, I thought this would be a good way to get started again. There comes a time in every entrepreneur’s life when everything that was once exciting, invigorating, and motivating becomes repetitive,…

Last week was bad. Really bad. I caught a really nasty bug that took me out for almost 7 days. That’s a long time for a self-employed teacher. If teaching and tutoring is your full-time job, 7 days is almost…

My wife and I just finished assembling a 1500 piece, black-and-white puzzle. Simultaneously frustrating and rewarding, the parallels to business are remarkable. Here is what I discovered: 1. Some pieces take a few seconds; other pieces can take a really,…

All self-employed teachers like to get paid. So, what can you do to make sure that your students pay on time and how do you handle a student who has not paid his bill? We have found that the easiest…

Have you heard this joke? Jesus walks into a bar. Bartender asks, “What can I get ya?” Jesus says, “Just water,” then winks and walks away. If only we, the self-employed teachers of the world, had the ability to turn…

Preserve one day a week when you do not work. No email. No business-related social media. No planning. No accounting. Nothing. Get out of the house and do something else. Anything else. Or stay in and watch a few movies.…

I hate making decisions.  I once spent 10 minutes choosing the color of my undershirt, even though I wasn’t planning to leave the house. Sometimes it takes me a week to re-make a decision that I have already made. For me,…

Don’t be your worst enemy.  Don’t let your feelings get in the way of real progress on your business. Like many things in life, our business reality and the way we “feel” about our business are often not the same…