#702 - Veteran Turns Sweet Compulsion Into Obsessive Candy Hustle
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
After completing 30 years of service in the Air Force, a veteran who struggles with OCD opens a special kind of candy shop.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh hey, what's up? Welcome. Welcome to a new week. Welcome to a new month here on |
| 0:13.7 | Side of the School. And welcome as well, perhaps to one of our most obscure stories yet. |
| 0:20.4 | My name is Chris Gullabo. Today I'm going to tell you about the OCD candy company, which |
| 0:25.1 | is not a joke. In fact, one of their challenges is convincing people. It's not a joke. Now this |
| 0:30.3 | OCD candy company is founded by an Air Force veteran of 30 years who struggles with OCD, |
| 0:35.7 | which is obsessive compulsive disorder. And I'll speak more about that in a moment. Now, |
| 0:39.5 | when she gets out of the service, she wants to make some money. And like I often encourage |
| 0:43.3 | our listeners, the way she does it is by focusing on something that's important to her, yet |
| 0:48.1 | also connected to a broader community. Now in this case, it is the convergence of candy |
| 0:53.2 | and OCD. So with her permission, we're calling it veteran turns sweet compulsion into obsessive |
| 0:59.2 | candy hustle. And listen, if you are worried that your focus is too narrow, if you think, |
| 1:03.8 | oh man, maybe I need to like widen it up and like serve more people, but compare it to |
| 1:08.1 | this story and see if you still feel that way. As I said, perhaps one of our most obscure |
| 1:12.4 | stories yet. So stay tuned. I'll tell you all about it. |
| 1:16.4 | The search is heating up for the people who make football better. People like Sally Butler. |
| 1:21.2 | She's really us about putting mums on the pitch where they belong. |
| 1:24.5 | Jimmy the Moa. It might only be a council feel next to the tip. We're around here, but it's |
| 1:28.6 | wimbley. |
| 1:29.6 | Rachel O'Sullivan and Sophie Downing. Bringing women's football to a wider audience. |
| 1:34.4 | Entries are rolling in. Who's your real football number one? Nominate them today, and they |
| 1:39.1 | could with a money car buy experience with Skybett prize drop. Skybett, the UK's number |
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