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Side Hustle School

#1006 - Layoff Leads Journalist to Build Kindle eBook Empire

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Side Hustle, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship,, Small Business, Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Cracking the code of Kindle self-publishing, this former journalist earns up to $7,000 month publishing niche eBooks. 

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0:00.0

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0:38.0

When people think about starting some kind of business,

0:41.0

one of the first concerns they often have is about risk.

0:44.0

Now a lot of my work, whether it's in my books or through Sadistle School,

0:47.0

is about helping you reframe and reduce that concern.

0:51.0

Very often what we imagine to be risky is actually quite safe,

0:54.0

and what we think might be safe could actually be risky,

0:57.0

such as depending on a company, depending on a corporation or a government or an organization,

1:01.0

for your economic well-being. That is risky.

1:04.0

You need more than one source of income, which is what Sadistle School is all about.

1:08.0

So today I want to introduce you to a concept called the Power of Reversible Decisions.

1:13.0

I'll dissect it a bit more at the end of the episode.

1:15.0

The short version is that if you choose a project that allows you to change course as you go along,

1:20.0

so you're not locked in, then you can reduce your risk even further.

1:24.0

Now in the story you'll hear, a layoff and lifestyle change leads a journalist to build a Kindle eBook empire.

1:30.0

Cracking the code of self-publishing, she now earns up to $7,000 a month publishing niche eBooks.

1:36.0

I have been an author myself for a decade, but since I don't publish books this way,

1:40.0

I even learned a couple of things about Kindle direct publishing that I didn't know previously.

1:44.0

There are always new things you can learn.

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