185: I Quit My Job 8 Years Ago! Here Are 8 Lessons I’ve Learned Since Then That You Can Apply Today
The Side Hustle Show
Nick Loper
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2016
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Eight years ago this month I pulled out of the parking lot of my corporate job for the last time. It was a weird moment, filled with hope and excitement, but also nervousness. Sure, I'd built my side hustle to the point I was comfortable taking the leap, but it was still a leap. The responsibility of cutting your own paycheck each month is stressful! In this episode I attempt to pull out 8 of the most important takeaways from the last 8 years.
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| 0:00.0 | Side Hustle Show 185. I quit my job eight years ago. Here are eight lessons I learned since then that you can apply today. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to the Side Hustle Show, where aspiring part-time entrepreneurs learn how to turn their side-housled dreams into reality. |
| 0:15.6 | Because your 9-to-5 may make you a living, but your 5-9 makes you alive. |
| 0:20.6 | And now your host, Nick Loper. |
| 0:24.0 | What's up, Nick Loper here? |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to the Side Hustle Show. |
| 0:30.0 | It's another special Friday edition of the program. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm flying solo again today to bring you |
| 0:35.0 | some of the biggest lessons I've learned in eight years as a full-time side hustler. |
| 0:40.0 | A couple weeks ago commemorated eight years since I said goodbye to the good old day job, hopefully for good. |
| 0:45.2 | I turned in the keys to my company car and I set out to build at that time my online shoe selling empire. |
| 0:52.0 | So stick around to hear what happened after that. What I've |
| 0:55.1 | come to realize is the most important skill of all. A couple books I think you should |
| 0:59.1 | read or reread and why the frequently told advice of Just Start actually has a lot of wisdom to it. |
| 1:06.0 | This one's going to be pretty short and sweet, but you can find the notes and links for it at |
| 1:09.4 | side hustle nation.com slash eight years. I want to thank |
| 1:13.4 | to thank DesignCrown.com for sponsoring today's episode. |
| 1:16.2 | Why hire just one graphic designer when you can tap into the creative power of |
| 1:19.6 | thousands? |
| 1:20.6 | Plus, side-of-social listeners get up to $100 off your next design project when you visit |
| 1:25.5 | DesignCrown.com slash hustle. Ready? Let's do it. |
| 1:29.6 | When I left the corporate world in 2008 to take my online side hustle full-time I really |
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