Don't take it personally, but look just a little!!

Isn’t it great when things are going the way you want them, but when thing don’t do you as an ADI’s take the time to make sure that the pupil who has just failed was unlucky and had a “moment” during the test, or it was something you should have taught them.

Now I am going to be brave here and admit, that I have just had a couple of pupils fail, and true to form I analysed how I taught them and asked if I could of done anything different.  In fact I do this every time, as I like to tweek things as needed, but looking back in all honesty I did all I could to make them test standard.

There are many reasons to fail, nervs, other road users, or the one you do not wish it to be, is YOUR teaching or lack of knowledge.

Even if you have done everything you can try not to beat yourself up, but do take 5 mins to think about it, and then book them a cancelation.

The point is do not take it personally, sometimes people fail, you are not the one taking the test. And yes you will get a long run of pass’s too to redress the balance.

But do take a moment to analyse it, just make sure you are still in top form. What harm can it do?

Do you self-critique

Do we as Instructors coaches, self-critique, I certainly do, by taking feedback from other ADI’s, pupils, or even video footage from my in car cameras. I do for my driving lessons in Daventry and Banbury. 

I certainly believe that we can evolve as we go, plus taking courses to help us improve. This is not always the case, and I have witnessed comments like, I don’t need to do it different, it has worked for years, why change it now, or something similar, both on social media and in person at my local test centres.

My question is, how would they feel if Mother Nature didn't evolve them, and they we still in animal skins freezing, using flints to make a fire, while the rest of us enjoy the modern things we have learnt to do.

In short, why not give it a go, you never know you discover something that you’ll like.

To post about passes on social media or not to post....

There is allot to be said for great marketing. One that some people forget is posting congratulation about your latest test pass, not only will people who are friends with your pupil see it, you can boost it too.







But for me the most important reason is to publicly congratulate your pupil on all of their hard work over the past weeks. They have invested allot of time and money and it’s nice to say well done

For me it’s not that important to say I have had this many passes over the last months/year, but to acknowledge my pupils achievements. But the kick back is good marketing.

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