#2611 - Q&A: “How long do you stick with a losing project?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Join us as we help a caller with her online store dilemma. Should she keep pushing her line of fashion badges, patches, and stickers, or is it time to consider something new?
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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 | All the big names are here. |
| 0:02.0 | Oh, who is that? |
| 0:03.2 | I think she was in the movie about that really big shark. |
| 0:06.0 | No, not her, the florist. |
| 0:08.0 | She's automating invoices on the go so she can spend more time on that flower wall. Quickbooks to save you up to eight hours a week, |
| 0:15.0 | so you could bring your vision to life. |
| 0:17.0 | That's how you business differently. |
| 0:19.0 | Into it's Quickbooks. Today on the podcast we're talking with Nina from Fresno, California. She has spent the past year pouring her energy |
| 0:34.4 | into an online store that sells fashion badges, patches, and stickers. Now, despite her |
| 0:39.9 | dedication to marketing and engagement, the business is not gaining the momentum she expected and it's kind of starting to weigh on her. |
| 0:45.5 | She's thinking maybe I'll do something different. But what if success is right around the corner? |
| 0:49.7 | You know, what do I do? How do I handle this situation when you've been excited about something for a while |
| 0:55.0 | You've actually put a lot of work into it and now you realize maybe it's not the right thing |
| 0:59.4 | But how do you know right? Do you push through do you move on? There's definitely some tips we can give her. |
| 1:05.2 | Should she keep pushing this line of fashion badges, patches, and stickers, |
| 1:08.8 | or is it time to consider something new? How long do you stick with a losing project? Let's talk about it and |
| 1:13.9 | perhaps give her some guidance. Maybe somebody else out there as well. I always |
| 1:17.1 | want to encourage you listeners to take action to move forward on projects, |
| 1:21.1 | but sometimes moving forward |
| 1:22.8 | means moving forward with something different, right? |
| 1:25.0 | So I want you to take positive action. |
| 1:26.3 | So let's talk about it. |
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