{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"UK Educators Community Podcast with Syd.","title":"S02E06 A day in the life of a Trader turned Tutor with Julia Brand","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2882,"description":"S02E06 A day in the life of a Trader turned Tutor with Julia BrandWelcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days.  On this episode, you'll meet Julia Brand.Julia came to teaching, after becoming disillusioned with a  high powered career in the city as a stocks trader.  She spend almost 10 years working in Primary schools, and doing some private tutoring on the side, before phasing out traditional schooling  and concentrating on her tutoring business full time.  It's a great chat, with many takeaway points, including:Your career needs to align with your personal values.  The more mature you become, the clearer this is and more important it becomes.The importance to adapt in business can't be underplayed.  For example, any tutoring businesses who didn't go online in 2020 would have had a hard time surviving. Whereas the ones who embraced the change get a chance to thrive.Once you've been tutoring for a long while, preparing for each session isn't always needed.  Often students will speak about their concerns and struggles, and the sessions will go in different directions anyway.  It's all about being flexible with your plans.As well as the above, there was MUCH EXCITEMENT about the upcoming Retreat for Educators in Marrakesh that the UK Educators Community has organised.   To find out more or to join us, head over to : https://ukeducators.com/retreat/For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators_________________________________________More about Syd.Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uEn1H9EQx_b36meuZkdchjtEqN33UyxQg1vADC9G3Cs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNjMx/NGEzYWM4M2UxNWE0/NjVhOWQ2Y2RjNjRm/Y2FjMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}