#1459 - Steady Grind Leads to Sustainable Side Income
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2020
⏱️ 8 minutes
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After initially delving into web design out of sheer curiosity, this engineer now uses these skills to bring in $40,000 a year on the side.
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by SAP Concurs. |
| 0:04.0 | In this economic climate, every business spending moment matters. |
| 0:08.0 | There's no room for risks, overspending and inefficiency. |
| 0:12.0 | SAP Concurs solutions take you beyond basic automation to help you increase your cash flow, |
| 0:17.0 | not your concerns, allowing you to settle employee expenses and invoices efficiently and effectively, |
| 0:23.0 | reduce financial risk and save time. |
| 0:26.0 | Visit Concurs.co.uk to learn more. |
| 0:56.0 | It's important to say that the skills you cultivate, even for your job or for your side-usual, |
| 1:05.0 | should be something you like to do, especially for your side-usual. |
| 1:09.0 | There are all kinds of things you have to do for your job. |
| 1:13.0 | If you're a side-usual, you really want to lean into something you are passionate about. |
| 1:16.0 | It's not about following just any given passion, but it is about aligning something you're passionate about |
| 1:21.0 | with something that brings value to the marketplace and so on. |
| 1:24.0 | Today's story is a reflection of this. |
| 1:26.0 | After initially delving into web design out of sheer curiosity, no profit motive whatsoever, |
| 1:32.0 | this transportation engineer now uses these skills to bring in $40,000 a year on the side. |
| 1:38.0 | $40,000 a year on the side. |
| 1:40.0 | Pretty cool, huh? |
| 1:41.0 | The story is all about improving your skills, putting in the time, and then putting those skills to work for that significant side income. |
| 1:48.0 | Slow and steady grind. That's what it's about. I'm going to tell you that story in just a moment after this quick message from our sponsor. |
| 1:55.0 | John McAdam is a self-described nerd at heart. |
| 2:07.0 | That's why he's been making websites for more than a decade, initially just for fun. |
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