Terry: We're now joined by… let me get this right, stunt driver, precision driver, motorsport social media mogul, motorsport photographer, globe trotter, driving instructor, and now Ford Cup championship racer Sarah Hall. How are we doing, Sarah?
Terry: So welcome to the instructor Podcast Green Room Edition. This is the podcast where we look at all the latest news in the industry and look at some industry related topics. And we do have some news, not massive, but there's a little bit to dig into and we're also going to be digging into the topic of CPD, what it is, should we be doing it, and all that kind of malarkey.
Terry: So, welcome to the Instructor podcast, Green Room edition. This is the show where we talk about Adi and PDI specific topics and look at the latest news going on within our industry. As always, I am your splendid horse, Terry Cook. And thankfully for you guys, at least it isn't just me. We're joined by someone of equal to greater stature in Chris Spencer. How are we doing Chris. all is good?
Intro: Welcome to the Instructor Podcast, where we speak to leaders, experts, innovators and game changers, looking at ways that we can help you improve your driving school business and potentially even become an even more awesome driving instructor.
I never really fully understood what safeguarding was.
And we're back!
As I write this I’m currently in the middle of sharing 28 reasons to listen to The Instructor Podcast. Those reasons are coming surprisingly easily. It’s a great podcast, with excellent content and tremendous guests. But are podcasts a resource that we’re using enough as an industry?
Negative news is a lot more fun to talk about than positive news.
What laws will you choose to break?
Whenever a sportsperson wins a personal award, they almost always talk about how they would swap it for their ultimate goal, whether that be a gold medal, Premier league success or whatever the pinnacle of their chosen field is.
It’s ok to be ordinary, in fact it’s pretty awesome
When the sc was changed a few years back it came at exactly the wrong time for me, my mother was deep into Alzheimer’s and caring for with my family was - let’s say challenging - I was slipping into a kind of depression. Anxiety had got the best of me and although I wouldn’t say I have anxiety issues everyone who knows me says I worry too much - and they are right.
The great thing about running your own business is that you get to decide the rules!
During my recent podcast with Emma Morgan (Check it out here!) she said something that really resonated. “Being a coachee is hard work.” It didn’t click straight away, but it kept creeping back into my brain. Being a coachee is hard work.