These posts explain the philosophy behind the side hustle brand of entrepreneurship, and provide a great starting point for anyone looking to begin earning job-free income.
As I reached my front door, too tired and uninspired to honour my previous arrangement to meet my friend for dinner, I decided that something had to change.
Sound familiar?
Fast forward six months and I had a service business running profitably, I was getting to the office at 7:30am to have client calls (for the side hustle) and then working at home until 11pm on marketing campaigns.
What separates the 5% of fulfilled, successful people from the 95% rest of the population? Author Jeff Olson argues it’s The Slight Edge.
Successful people have harnessed the power of relentless incrementalism, the daily practice of making progress toward their goals — even if imperceptible at the beginning.
Today is a brief solo show to discuss how you can find your slight edge in 2016 and beyond.
This week I’m excited to welcome Rob Stephenson to The Side Hustle Show.
Rob is the “Flea Market Flipper” and he’s got an interesting take on the age-old Buy Low, Sell High business model.
In fact, it earned him $30,000 last year working just 10-15 hours a week. This is on top of his day job as a real estate inspector.
A few years ago, I debated getting an MBA.
A lot of my friends were doing it, we have some world-class schools nearby (assuming they’d even let me in), and it seemed to be a solid investment in education.
For the most part, I’ve always been comfortable in school. I was a good student, and the structure of education made inherent sense: you show up, learn what you’re supposed to, and then pass a test.
As a kid, I wasn’t much into Star Trek, but I was fascinated by the idea of teleportation.
Beam me up!
It’s so elegantly efficient; I mean who wouldn’t want to skip all the transit time and instead just instantly arrive where you need to go?
I was all about the destination, and would have been happy skipping the journey entirely.
Are we there yet?
It’s taken me a long time to realize this, but there is no “there.”
It’s a special Friday-before-Halloween edition of The Side Hustle Show!
Today we’re diving into some of the scary moments in my business and some frightening tales from Side Hustle Show listeners.
Even though we’re told to “punch fear in the face,” I think it’s something that will be a constant in our lives. There’s always something to be afraid of.
Ready to get nerdy with me?
I’m all scienced-up after reading The Martian, so consider that the inspiration for this post.
As you go about your week, think about the physics of your side hustle: Inertia and momentum, Force and impact, Action and reaction.
Last week I shared one of my favorite productivity hacks: tracking your time. This simple act helps keep me on task during the day, plus gives me some cool insight on where my hours actually go. It all goes back to Peter Drucker: “What gets measured gets managed”, right? My Results – How I Spent … Read more
To make the most of your side hustle hours, try this super-simple productivity hack: tracking your time. There are a bunch of fancy apps that will do this for you (Toggl is one I’ve used in the past), but for my latest trial I just logged tasks and hours in an Excel sheet. Each day … Read more
There’s a seldom-discussed truth about online business:
No one really knows what they’re doing.
It’s a practice, a process, a call-and-response experiment. Sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes blog posts get a great reaction and sometimes they’re met with crickets. Sure, there are systems and formulas and “best practices” to follow, but no one can guarantee success.
