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Have I told you about how my family reacted when I told them about my plans to increase my prices by 85% at my school in 2018? 

Hehe, I didn't, as I purposefully didn't tell anyone... 

That year was the first time I understood how my happiness and peace of mind were key...

While you're probably running your teaching business by yourself, that doesn't mean you have to make all your decisions alone and figure out all the solutions on your own.

Figuring out your business takes time. And it takes tons of trial and error.

I don't have a magic wand that gives you all the...

Remember I have asked you a few days ago to start writing down your most burning questions?

I have done the activity and have identified 40 burning questions regarding the future of my academy.

Above is a wordcloud I created with all the questions included.

When you look at it, it's totally...

In times of uncertainty, we will automatically procrastinate on things we fear the most.

Also, many times we turn a blind eye to something we know is not going well.

These two gut reactions on their own can cost us years of hard work to rectify.

For years, I avoided looking at the...

My answer to your question: "How not to get mad, when competition copies me."

Do you really have time for that? Where do YOU get your ideas from? Don't you observe others? Doesn't it ever happen to you that you love the reception area of a school and want to do the same? Or you love how easy they...

Have you ever, even if for a few seconds felt being a school owner would all be so much easier if you were single?

If there wasn’t someone waiting for you to have dinner with them and nudging you to close and go home, or turn off the laptop or put down your phone.

It might sound insane, but...

I had to let go of one of my teachers right before Christmas.

It was a real tough decision. I had my internal debate about the limits of my school and my students, but finally, it hit me: I was risking too much.

I had hired her in August. She is hilarious and a hard worker. She is also very...

The last four months have been a crazy ride, but in the end, I pulled it off with success and couldn’t be happier! I recruited brand new staff and moved into a new building while increasing the number of our students by 40%.

Back in June, after having agreed with one of my teachers to make...

When I started out I gave classes as a private teacher, aiming at all the public, without restriction to age, interest, language level and objective.

Though always with a dream at the back of my mind to once have students that are all the same type, the age and type I like teaching, people that...