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Side Hustle School

#2520 - Q&A: “My enthusiasm fizzles out…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A listener finds himself losing interest in side hustling after an initial burst of enthusiasm. What should you do when your early ideas keep fizzling out? 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: [email protected] Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions Connect on Twitter: @chrisguillebeau Connect on Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey what's upside uslers? Thanks for turning in today. I hope you had a wonderful

0:14.4

Thanksgiving and Black Friday. You might not be celebrating Thanksgiving if you're

0:19.0

outside the US. In Canada, they get it a few weeks early. The rest of the world doesn't have an official Thanksgiving.

0:24.0

But one thing everybody knows about around the world is Black Friday,

0:28.0

because that is a US export.

0:30.0

You know, retailers all over the world are looking for some edge and how can we have

0:34.0

discounts and bring in customers get people in a buying mood so happy Thanksgiving

0:39.4

week happy Black Friday week and today we're gonna hear from a listener who has a challenge that I think many of us can relate to starting

0:47.2

side hustles with lots of initial enthusiasm only to see their momentum and interest fizzle out over time. So our listener today, they

0:56.2

have dabbled in various projects like woodworking, affiliate marketing, drop shipping,

1:00.7

maybe some other things, but they're looking for insights into this pattern and what

1:05.4

they can do to change it. So what should you do when your early ideas keep

1:09.1

fizzling out? Like I said I know it's not just this listener who has this challenge.

1:13.7

So let's see what we can do to help a lot of people out there.

1:16.6

When you are losing interest, what's the best next step or perhaps a couple of steps?

1:21.3

All coming up in this quick action-packed episode,

1:23.4

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