#1399 - Q&A: Should I keep politics out of my business?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2020
⏱️ 5 minutes
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A listener yearns for the days when he could express his support for a political candidate while still maintaining positive relationships with friends and neighbors who disagreed. Now that he has a side hustle in the midst of a divisive election, he’s wondering if he should just keep his mouth shut.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, here is a very timely question, because technically it connects with the 2020 US presidential |
| 0:09.6 | election, which you may have heard about. |
| 0:11.6 | In fact, I'm guessing it's kind of like coronavirus, like you were somewhat familiar with this, even |
| 0:15.4 | if you were not in the United States. |
| 0:17.2 | The whole world is watching, of course. |
| 0:18.7 | However, the caller mentions that we are living in a heightened divisive time in regards |
| 0:24.0 | to political communication and affiliation. |
| 0:26.4 | So even though this is a timely question, sadly, I don't think that's going to change any |
| 0:29.9 | time soon. |
| 0:30.9 | I think we're going to continue to have this divisive time. |
| 0:33.2 | I have no idea for the foreseeable future. |
| 0:35.4 | So in this question, like, why does this relate to side hustle school? |
| 0:38.2 | Well, here's a connection. |
| 0:39.9 | This listener yearns for the days when he could express his support for a political candidate |
| 0:43.5 | or platform while still maintaining positive relationships with friends and neighbors who |
| 0:48.0 | disagreed. |
| 0:49.4 | And now that he has a side hustle, he's trying to figure out, you know, should I just kind |
| 0:53.0 | of keep my mouth shut? |
| 0:55.1 | Am I trying to be completely a political neutral? |
| 0:58.6 | Or is there some room to express my opinions without necessarily alienating, you know, 50% |
| 1:03.2 | of my audience? |
| 1:04.4 | So really interesting question. |
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