#2214 - First $1,000: “I earn £2,500 per month leading London walking tours…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from a walking tour guide in London. He leads tours only on weekends and brings in an extra £2,500 ($3,000) per month.
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.
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 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.8 | Side hustle school listeners, welcome to a new episode. |
| 0:13.9 | My name is Chris Gellavot, so glad you're tuning in from wherever you are in the world. |
| 0:17.7 | Hopefully I'll get a chance to meet. |
| 0:19.5 | Many of our listeners this year, as I will be touring again in August and September, more details on that as we get closer. |
| 0:25.2 | But for now, today's episode is part of a feature we've been doing called Your First $1,000. |
| 0:30.2 | As you might guess, or you might know if you've been around for a while, it's all about how someone makes their first $1,000. |
| 0:35.8 | How do they get to that point? |
| 0:37.0 | Not their first $100,000 or their first $1,000,000. |
| 0:39.4 | Their first $1,000. |
| 0:41.4 | In fact, today we're going to go to the UK, so I should say, pounds, first $1,000 pounds. |
| 0:46.8 | Wow, I have to relabel the whole segment. Let's not do that. Let's go with $1,000, okay? |
| 0:50.9 | But same difference. How do you make money for the first time? |
| 0:53.9 | And this feature comes to us from Ben. Ben is in London. He is a walking tour guide. |
| 0:58.9 | Well, he is a tour guide. Well, he's a guide leading walking tours. |
| 1:01.9 | I got to figure these things out before I tell you. |
| 1:03.9 | He's a tour guide leading walking tours in London. He leads these tours only on weekends, brings in an extra $2,500 pounds. |
| 1:10.9 | That's about $3,000. So I guess pounds are better in this way. |
| 1:14.9 | An extra $3,000 a month leading these tours only on weekends. |
| 1:17.9 | But of course, how did he get going? How do you make it happen? How did he start London walking tours? |
| 1:22.9 | Let's hear it from Ben. I'll have a quick wrap up at the end. |
| 1:38.9 | Hi there, this is Ben. |
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