Silent Mode

The Tutor Podcast

Mobile phones are divisive in that they offer us organisational convenience while simultaneously invading our private time and information. Neil gives his opinion on this constant helpful interloper into our existence and what we can do to fight its more unhelpful influences.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The dichotomy is that we run our lives via mobile phone tech but also suspect that it tracks your every move and that calls and messages are recorded and analysed by people that don’t have our best interests at heart.
• It is prudent to bear in mind when handling your sensitive data that mobile phones allow unscrupulous tech companies to track and data scrape your private information.
• Phones constantly interrupt you with demands for attention. They can be a corrupting influence on your time management, relationships and safety.
• Turn your phone off when tutoring. To do otherwise suggests a lack of care and respect for your student.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I’m by no means a Luddite, by no means a tech-fearing tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist. Like you, I use my mobile phone most days.’

‘Frankly, I think it’s a mistake and I think we’d be wise to manage our relationship with the phone very, very carefully.’

‘Turn the phone off. What a radical idea that is! That’s actually too hard for most people to do!’

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ABOUT THE HOST

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