hey I never got round to seeing this reply until @focus.folks just added to the thread.
Hows things going with raising the marketing knowledge?
I think its great that you enjoy teaching, and I fully encourage you to keep doing what you love and what you feel is right, even against the odds! hehe. I actually love to see people so passionate, sometimes I just get worried when I see so much enthusiasm coupled with too much expectation or emotional attachment, because I know how much I have suffered because of this combo in my own life, and how it can sometimes compromise the actual good work that we are doing. It sounds like from your reply that you already understand what I was concerned about and you're already aware of your role (rather than hopelessly consumed by it!). Teaching is tough work.... it requires superhuman patience and compassion, and levels of consistency that I can only dream about! I forget the quote from The Art of War but its something like 'lead from behind, and when you guide the people to victory, they will believe they have done it themselves'. Holy crap, thats a powerful, humble sacrifice for the ego to have to make! And yet, when you come to know it is truly right, there is no better feeling.
Big love x x
Basil