"I have worked in corporate America with a Fortune 300 Company for over 30 years, providing me a wide range of experiences in accounting, finance, economics, and marketing.

I have learned the best way to learn is to teach. In my approach, I provide an environment where the student turns into the teacher by the end of the sessions.

My first love is to help in the area of personal finance. I have learned that with all the Corporate Accounting and Finance teaching/learning I have had, it is easy to turn the concepts into helping students (or really anyone, as most learned from family, cousins, friends, their money management skills which may be part of the problem). Why not use the concepts of corporate finance and accounting and apply to personal finance, as they are "proven" techniques, and required for Public companies.

To highlight this, I am an adjunct instructor at the University of Phoenix teaching Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance and Personal Finance.

As a manager in the work force, and as an instructor, I have learned each employee/student is different and you have to find what turns the button on to motivate the student/employee. Each person learns differently; therefore, I try as many different ways to see what connects. There are 4 learning styles (Visual-Verbal, Visual-non verbal, Tactile-Kinesthetic, Auditory-Verbal). Which of your 5 senses do you use to learn?

This is why I like the tutoring arrangement. It offers the opportunity for 1:1 focused learning. There are times when a group is good, but this allows your student to get the added lift he/she needs to enable his/her success.

My approach is to be persistent and find the learning style, and make learning fun. A student, like an employee, learns best when self-motivated. If all I am doing is getting them to check the box, there is little long term value in that for the instructor and student.

As a father of 4, I have seen the road each of my own children have gone in their learning process. Each of them is different. I don't h" less...