How does someone take a 30-year career in social work and use it as a foundation for a successful business teaching guitar? Well, David Feldstein, my guest for this episode of Paradoxical, has done just that. Listen in for the story of his journey and how he's leveraged his social work experience to create a safe, positive, and engaging learning environment for his young guitar students.
David's values about teaching are a fundamental component of his success, and we explore how he makes learning fun for his students. Many of David's students are 'kiddos with superpowers', as he says, and David also shares about his journey of navigating the world as someone with Tourette's syndrome and how that's helped him connect with and serve his neurodiverse students.
Running a one-to-one service business like Kids Guitar Atlanta isn't without its challenges, of course, and we discuss some of the logistical issues around scheduling in-home lessons in Atlanta and the limits he's encountered around wanting to serve as many kids as possible while still ensuring top-notch service.
Connect with David at kidsguitaratlanta.com.
Listen to David's album on Spotify or Apple Music.