#1607 - Q&A: How to best use a time of unemployment?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2021
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A listener who experiences a layoff has a severance package that lasts two months. In addition to looking for full-time work, how can he build another form of financial security during this time?
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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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| 0:27.0 | I have recently had a number of questions about employment transitions and what to do when you're looking for work. |
| 0:34.0 | Especially if you have a gap in between employment. |
| 0:37.0 | You've got some time, how can you spend that time? |
| 0:39.0 | And in my book Born for This, which goes back a few years, |
| 0:42.0 | I wrote about the concept of perfect versus imperfect information, |
| 0:47.0 | or it could also be visible versus hidden information. |
| 0:51.0 | And if you think about games like Tick-Tack-toe and Chess and Poker, |
| 0:58.0 | a game like Tick-Tack-toe has perfect information. |
| 1:02.0 | You play Tick-Tack-toe with somebody like there's nothing hidden. |
| 1:05.0 | You can see their move, there's nothing they can see that you can't, |
| 1:08.0 | and Chess is like that too. |
| 1:10.0 | Both players have access to all the information in the game. |
| 1:13.0 | It's just a question of who can think through the best strategies, |
| 1:17.0 | whose mental faculties and experience with the game of chess turns out to be stronger, |
| 1:22.0 | or more advantageous in that situation. |
| 1:24.0 | However, Poker is not like that. |
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