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Superprof is one of the UK’s largest tutoring networks, dedicated to connecting tutors and students. Their knowledge-sharing platform allows tutors and students to find each other easily and in total confidence.
Superprof was born in Paris, France in August 2013 and has since expanded around the world to the 19 countries in 7 languages including the UK. Superprof have over 2 million registered tutors, teachers, mentors, and trainers teaching more than 1000 subjects. With Superprof you can learn anything, from traditional academic subjects to musical instruments, artistic disciplines, sporting activities, and recreational hobbies. The UK hosts over 40,000 tutors and had over a million users in 2017 alone.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how awesome is that human beings were blessed with brains that are capable of learning literally anything. Looking back at my own life, I wondered how much I’d taken advantage of this in my own life.
Here’s an example.
Throughout my whole life, I’ve wanted to play the guitar. One day, I just decided it was time and I bought my first acoustic guitar. I headed over to Superprof and found a tutor who was willing to help me learn. I was ready, I was motivated, and I wanted to fulfill this dream. But, I admit it, I was terrible. But I didn’t let that stop me. I knew I was going to have to put in a lot of time and effort. That I was going to have to practice a lot and work through my frustration that I wasn’t getting as good as I wanted to be fast enough. Will I ever be a rock star? Probably not. But I might be able to play at an open mic night without embarrassing myself Someday.
So, what does this have to do with my realization? It makes me think about all the other things in my life that I took on. I’m proud of myself that I’ve tried as many things as I have. It’s true; you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
Wondering what else I’ve done?
When I was much, much younger, I got really into salsa dancing. After a few classes and a lot of practice, I was actually pretty good. So good, in fact, that I eventually ended up traveling and teaching classes all over the country.
At one point in my life, I decided I wanted to be a runner. And I don’t mean I wanted to go on an occasional run, I wanted to do marathons. But I’d never run before. I started slow and kept at it. Eventually, I was comfortable doing some 5Ks then progressed to half-marathons. I did my first full marathon last month. I didn’t finish first or even in the top half, but that’s not the point. The point is, I decided I wanted to do something and worked hard to make it happen.
This even applies to work. I once had to do a project about building better websites that led me to a lot of specialists and experts. I’m still in touch with a lot of them today and they have become invaluable to me in my career.
The one thing that all these examples have in common is curiosity. It’s obviously a great motivator for me and usually enough to push me to take the first step in my new endeavors.
Here’s the takeaway: believing that you can do anything you put your mind to is essential. But you also need to know that things aren’t always going to go smoothly. As long as you’re willing to keep at it, you will achieve some level of success.
With Superprof you can find the perfect tutor for whatever you want to learn. You can even sign up as a tutor yourself and start teaching your passions and newly found knowledge.
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