THE INSTRUCTOR’S CODE
The Standard You Either Live By . Or You Don’t.
Rule No. 1
Being an Instructor is not an obligation.
It is a choice.
And like every true choice, it must be renewed every single day.
It must be honored in the way you prepare yourself, in how you study, in how you enter the classroom, in how you treat the subject, in how you look your students in the eyes.
Because you are not teaching just any discipline, but a field that moves within needs, conditions, and threats that constantly change.
The world changes, society changes, reality changes.
Either you keep yourself updated or you will be left behind.
Anyone who refuses continuous improvement betrays their own choice and, together with it, betrays every single student who entrusted themselves to them.
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Rule No. 2
Remember that you are paid to share technical information that is updated, verified, and functional to the real needs of your students.
Not to display your ego.
Every time you place your ego before this duty, you are already failing your primary responsibility.
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Rule No. 3
Do not hide what you teach behind a background, a career, or a personal story.
This field has only three judges:
Logic.
Science.
Objective result.
If you are not able to prove or disprove a technical concept using these three tools, and you need to rely on pedigree, titles, medals, or war stories, you are neither strengthening your teaching nor proving that you are right.
You are only admitting that you do not truly know the subject.
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Rule No. 4
Your pedigree does not matter.
What you did yesterday does not matter.
What matters is what you can do today.
And above all, how you are able to transfer it.
Teaching is an independent art, different from being competent.
The world is full of champions who became mediocre coaches, and of mediocre athletes and students who became legendary coaches and scientists.
The true skill of a Trainer, of an Instructor, is making sure that their students become better and greater than themselves.
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Rule No. 5
Your task is not to create imitators, but conscious individuals.
Your students must understand the technical why behind every action you ask them to perform.
As an Instructor you have the duty to explain.
As students they have the right to ask, and to ask again, until they truly understand.
If they imitate you without understanding, they will never be able to apply what you taught them, because they will not recognize the needs when they arise.
And if this happens, the responsibility is yours and, as an Instructor, you have failed.
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Rule No. 6
Be honest with your students, even when it is uncomfortable, even at the cost of not being liked.
Do not give pats on the back just because they paid you or because you think you will never see them again.
Every mistake you do not correct, every detail you overlook, every compliment you do not truly mean, could one day cost them their life.
Honesty in this profession is not a moral quality.
It is a safety measure.
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Rule No. 7
Do not be jealous of your students.
Encourage them to compare themselves with other instructors, other methods, other perspectives.
If you have done your job well, if you have given your best, you have nothing to fear from comparison.
Being jealous of your students means you have already betrayed Rule No. 2.
And when money becomes more important than what is right for them, you have already broken every fundamental rule of this profession.
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Rule No. 8
There is no absolute truth and there is no single owner of it.
So neither are you.
There are, however, objective technical truths, and they do not arise from opinion.
They arise from science and from the evidence it provides.
Everything that cannot be measured, verified, or replicated remains nothing but background noise.
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Rule No. 9
If you want to be considered a professional, then behave like one.
No gossip.
No “tactical” small talk.
No slander, especially during courses.
Never speak poorly of other instructors in front of your students.
It will not make you better in their eyes.
It will only make you appear smaller, more insecure, more superficial, and deeply unprofessional.
Easy approval lasts the time of a laugh.
Then each of them, inside themselves, will think that one day you will do the same with them.
Courses last a few hours, a few days.
Credibility, respect, and professionalism last an entire career.
⸻
Rule No. 10
Be a model for your students.
Be a reference.
Someone worth following.
Honor the deepest meaning of words such as:
knowledge, seriousness, respect, passion, kindness.
Because in the end, what will remain of your work will not be the drills on the range.
It will be your words.
It will be what each of them keeps inside themselves.
It will be the way you helped shape their technical thinking.
It will be the mark you leave in every one of your students.
⸻
GOLDEN RULE
Teach as if one day your students’ lives will depend on what you chose to say, to remain silent about, to correct, or to ignore.
The Standard You Either Live By . Or You Don’t.
Rule No. 1
Being an Instructor is not an obligation.
It is a choice.
And like every true choice, it must be renewed every single day.
It must be honored in the way you prepare yourself, in how you study, in how you enter the classroom, in how you treat the subject, in how you look your students in the eyes.
Because you are not teaching just any discipline, but a field that moves within needs, conditions, and threats that constantly change.
The world changes, society changes, reality changes.
Either you keep yourself updated or you will be left behind.
Anyone who refuses continuous improvement betrays their own choice and, together with it, betrays every single student who entrusted themselves to them.
_____
Rule No. 2
Remember that you are paid to share technical information that is updated, verified, and functional to the real needs of your students.
Not to display your ego.
Every time you place your ego before this duty, you are already failing your primary responsibility.
⸻
Rule No. 3
Do not hide what you teach behind a background, a career, or a personal story.
This field has only three judges:
Logic.
Science.
Objective result.
If you are not able to prove or disprove a technical concept using these three tools, and you need to rely on pedigree, titles, medals, or war stories, you are neither strengthening your teaching nor proving that you are right.
You are only admitting that you do not truly know the subject.
⸻
Rule No. 4
Your pedigree does not matter.
What you did yesterday does not matter.
What matters is what you can do today.
And above all, how you are able to transfer it.
Teaching is an independent art, different from being competent.
The world is full of champions who became mediocre coaches, and of mediocre athletes and students who became legendary coaches and scientists.
The true skill of a Trainer, of an Instructor, is making sure that their students become better and greater than themselves.
⸻
Rule No. 5
Your task is not to create imitators, but conscious individuals.
Your students must understand the technical why behind every action you ask them to perform.
As an Instructor you have the duty to explain.
As students they have the right to ask, and to ask again, until they truly understand.
If they imitate you without understanding, they will never be able to apply what you taught them, because they will not recognize the needs when they arise.
And if this happens, the responsibility is yours and, as an Instructor, you have failed.
⸻
Rule No. 6
Be honest with your students, even when it is uncomfortable, even at the cost of not being liked.
Do not give pats on the back just because they paid you or because you think you will never see them again.
Every mistake you do not correct, every detail you overlook, every compliment you do not truly mean, could one day cost them their life.
Honesty in this profession is not a moral quality.
It is a safety measure.
⸻
Rule No. 7
Do not be jealous of your students.
Encourage them to compare themselves with other instructors, other methods, other perspectives.
If you have done your job well, if you have given your best, you have nothing to fear from comparison.
Being jealous of your students means you have already betrayed Rule No. 2.
And when money becomes more important than what is right for them, you have already broken every fundamental rule of this profession.
⸻
Rule No. 8
There is no absolute truth and there is no single owner of it.
So neither are you.
There are, however, objective technical truths, and they do not arise from opinion.
They arise from science and from the evidence it provides.
Everything that cannot be measured, verified, or replicated remains nothing but background noise.
⸻
Rule No. 9
If you want to be considered a professional, then behave like one.
No gossip.
No “tactical” small talk.
No slander, especially during courses.
Never speak poorly of other instructors in front of your students.
It will not make you better in their eyes.
It will only make you appear smaller, more insecure, more superficial, and deeply unprofessional.
Easy approval lasts the time of a laugh.
Then each of them, inside themselves, will think that one day you will do the same with them.
Courses last a few hours, a few days.
Credibility, respect, and professionalism last an entire career.
⸻
Rule No. 10
Be a model for your students.
Be a reference.
Someone worth following.
Honor the deepest meaning of words such as:
knowledge, seriousness, respect, passion, kindness.
Because in the end, what will remain of your work will not be the drills on the range.
It will be your words.
It will be what each of them keeps inside themselves.
It will be the way you helped shape their technical thinking.
It will be the mark you leave in every one of your students.
⸻
GOLDEN RULE Teach as if one day your students’ lives will depend on what you chose to say, to remain silent about, to correct, or to ignore.
