#1987 - Failure Friday: “I acted like an inexperienced order-taker…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from a writer who now earns a six-figure income from her freelance work. In the beginning, however, she had to learn to communicate better with potential clients.
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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.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | I believe we can learn as much from failure as we can from success if not in fact more. |
| 0:13.7 | And that's what failure Friday is all about. |
| 0:15.7 | Our weekly collection of short stories on mistakes, missteps, disasters, and of course failure, |
| 0:20.9 | all the things that don't work out. |
| 0:22.4 | All those things that lead to the great lessons learned stories. |
| 0:26.4 | And I really like it when our side hustlers, our featured case studies, kind of lean into |
| 0:30.2 | that moment and you know explain to us, we kind of even not just explain but take us to |
| 0:34.8 | that place of wow, here's what I thought was going to happen and here's what actually |
| 0:39.0 | happened because that's what it's about. |
| 0:41.1 | You know, how do you navigate that time? |
| 0:43.4 | How do you transition from that to something else? |
| 0:46.1 | But sometimes you have to just remain in that space before you can actually make a transition. |
| 0:50.1 | So I've really enjoyed working on this series. |
| 0:52.0 | I hope you enjoyed as well. |
| 0:53.9 | And by the way, welcome to Side Usal School, my name is Chris Gillabo. |
| 0:57.0 | Today's short story features Ali Hill. |
| 0:59.6 | Ali is the owner of FreelanceSpeak.com. |
| 1:02.4 | It's a resource for aspiring copywriters and other freelancers as you're going to hear |
| 1:06.5 | from her. |
| 1:07.5 | It is now a six-figure business. |
| 1:09.1 | Congratulations. |
| 1:10.1 | But of course getting to that point has been a journey. |
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