by Simon Moran | May 20, 2019 | English Schools
As mentioned last time, it is essential to be able to step outside of your business. This is very difficult to do while still doing every single job in it. We’ve also previously discussed what business you are actually in. You may be running an English school. You may...
by Simon Moran | May 13, 2019 | English Schools
In recent posts while away on holiday or business, I hinted at having a business that worked for me while I’m not there. To do this, you need systems in place. At a recent school owners’ conference here in Japan, a small, self-employed, teacher-owner-operator recently...
by Simon Moran | May 6, 2019 | Personal
We’re enjoying an extended holiday here, until May 12th. This is very important. It’s best to spend your precious time doing what you want, not what other people want, making your own rules, your own plans and your own schedule. The trick is turning some time...
by Simon Moran | Apr 22, 2019 | English Schools
While English may be the world’s lingua franca, it’s a lingua franca more often spoken by non-native speaker to non-native speaker. There are more English language learners in China than there are native speakers of English in the whole world (400 million to 360...
by Simon Moran | Apr 15, 2019 | English Schools
I meet hundreds of school owners each year here in Japan. There seems to be an overwhelming concern with the teaching of English to children. I’ve been collecting data on my schools for over 20 years. As I showed at a recent conference, the highest performing students...
