#2155 - Failure Friday: “I never should have borrowed money to invest…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from a listener who borrowed money from a friend for an investment in a cryptocurrency project. Need we say more?
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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
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Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Black Friday! |
| 0:09.6 | That's what I got nothing for sale for you. |
| 0:11.8 | True story, I do not have a Black Friday sale. |
| 0:14.2 | If you are shopping today, I hope you go and get some good deals. |
| 0:17.3 | If you are just trying to escape from all that, well, good news, as I said, nothing for sale. |
| 0:21.8 | But I do have a new episode for you. |
| 0:23.6 | My name is Chris Gillibot, this is SIDOSA school. |
| 0:25.9 | Today, our episode is within the segment known as Failure Friday. |
| 0:30.4 | It is a collection of short stories about mistakes, misstep disasters, and of course failure. |
| 0:35.4 | Just like our Throbac Thursday segment, you get here directly from a SIDOSLOR who has struggled to get something off the ground. |
| 0:41.2 | We've had a range of these stories. |
| 0:43.4 | All kinds of, as I said, mistakes, misstep disasters, some really epic stories. |
| 0:48.9 | Also, just some things that you're like, oh, I can totally see how that could happen, or I could make that mistake. |
| 0:54.6 | Or even if it wasn't a mistake, I would really not want to be in that situation. |
| 0:59.0 | But the whole point of the story is to go to that moment, and then also what did they learn? |
| 1:03.4 | How did they come out of it? |
| 1:05.4 | I enjoy working on these stories and bringing them to you every week. |
| 1:09.2 | Without further ado, today's short story features David from Phoenix, Arizona. |
| 1:13.5 | He's going to tell us the story of borrowing money for an investment. |
| 1:17.5 | Doesn't that sound like the lead off to a great success story? |
| 1:21.6 | Well, not really, and not just because it's failure Friday, but honestly, if I said, |
| 1:25.4 | how do you feel about borrowing money for an investment? |
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