The Advantages of Disadvantages



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Leo, Mike, and Andrew talk about burnout in education, Learn YOUR English beginnings, their journey, and how teachers can overcome obstacles. Drawing parallels from stories presented in Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath - the beginning of French impressionism, why going to Harvard isn't necessarily an advantage, Ikea's controversial founding and more - they tackle how successful teaching businesses emerge from seeing advantages in disadvantages. 

Specifically, they discuss:

  • creating non-obvious solutions to obvious problems

  • how to follow the path of most resistance

  • why French impressionists decided to be big fish in a small pond

  • Ikea as an example of the five-factor psychological model of successful enterprises

  • delaying gratification as one of the most important tools for a teacherpreneur

  • how to exercise the idea muscle

  • why becoming the person you want to be means challenging the person you currently are


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Andrew Woodbury

Communications and PD Director, Learn YOUR English. Enjoying books, coffee, and travel (mostly) since ‘87. 

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