#2253 - Failure Friday: ‘Helicopter Parent’ Disrupts Online Tutoring Session
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from a self-described “former online tutor.” His business started well, but was soon challenged by a difficult parent.
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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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| 0:00.0 | Alright, Bobo, what's the story with Nick? |
| 0:02.8 | A sense of adventure and he's into cafe hop in, say no more. |
| 0:07.0 | You know when you just know, from interest badges to profile prompts, |
| 0:11.6 | Bumble helps you find out more about your matches. |
| 0:14.4 | Hey, Nick. I know the perfect spot for coffee in the morning. |
| 0:18.6 | So whether you find you have things in common or uncommon, |
| 0:22.8 | you can feel confident making the first move. |
| 0:25.6 | Are you ready for that feeling? |
| 0:27.8 | Find that feeling on Bumble. |
| 0:40.8 | Welcome, welcome, welcome. |
| 0:42.6 | Hey, this is Sidosyl School, Chris Gill about your host. |
| 0:45.8 | And today I want to welcome you to our weekly segment known as Failure Friday. |
| 0:50.0 | Failure Friday is a collection of short stories about mistakes, |
| 0:53.0 | missteps, disasters, and of course failure. |
| 0:55.6 | Now of course you come to Sidosyl School to hear all kinds of Sidosyl ideas, |
| 0:59.8 | ways to make extra money without quitting your job, case studies, tips, |
| 1:03.6 | questions and answers, and ongoing daily conversation dialogue, |
| 1:08.0 | if you prefer, that we've been doing for more than 2000 days in a row. |
| 1:12.2 | So of course you're interested in those success stories, |
| 1:14.0 | but the point of this segment is to highlight the things that don't go well. |
| 1:18.2 | You know, a short story of something in fact that went very wrong. |
| 1:21.6 | And that's because we can learn as much from failure as we can from success. |
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