#1 Keeping dogs (not the fluffy kind) Photo of the author by the author Money. Everyone knows it’s important. I won’t insult your intelligence by pretending I don’t care about it. Yet if I only measured success in monetary terms, I wouldn’t have quit my day job. I’d have kept dancing on the edge of
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Don’t sell yourself short Photo of the author by the author I utterly failed to prepare for what happened if I was successful online. I started my side hustles believing they’d never go anywhere. I held off investing money as long as I could and when I caved in, I’d buy the cheaper option every
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Don’t let people put you off Created by the author — original image from pexels It’s easy for creators to develop narcissistic traits when they begin to see success online. It’s a truth not said often enough but I can see it in myself. The rational side of our brain can’t accept we might have
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All over 1/8th of a dollar per share Created by the author — Original image from Wikimedia Commons It’s hard to believe Warren Buffett was once young and emotional. We’re so used to seeing him at the top of Forbe’s rich list that we forget he’s not perfect. In 1964, he was already a millionaire
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#2 Take the T-Shaped path Created by the author — original photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash It’s easy to forget where you began but luckily every week I write down 10 things I’m grateful for. A year and a half ago, I wrote down: “$0.98 first-ever article!!!” I’d have laughed in your face if
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Have a little fun Created by the author — original image from Unsplash Flying front kick. Parry. Dummy jab in front of the eyes. Hook kick to the side of the head. Front leg sweep on the way down. Victory. The crowd was stunned but my instructor shot me a glare. This wasn’t the defense-first
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I don’t wake up at 5 am A photo of the author, created and edited by the author. I keep reading about how everyone needs a side hustle. It’s always made out to be something easy and manageable. People lie. When I started, I had no intention of becoming a side-hustler. I was meant to
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Lessons from an undercover nerd Created by the author — Image from Wikimedia commons I’ve accidentally lied in every writing interview I’ve ever given. “Did you write from a young age? Was it something you’ve always enjoyed?” “No, I tried a WordPress blog a few years ago but no one read it!” The truth is
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David Baszucki’s Roblox is changing the online world Created by the author — original from Flickr (creative commons) David “The Builderman” Baszucki might have been considered delusional in college in the 1980s. Back then the thought of a platform where average people could build and run their own experiments online was unthinkable. Yet David wasn’t
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Meet the Pod Father, John Lee Dumas Created by the author — original image Wikitia Everyone and their grandma want to start a podcast these days and there are few better role models than John Lee Dumas. He quit his job in 2012 to create Entrepreneurs On Fire when the podcast audience was a tiny fraction of
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