#893 - Millennial Invests Side Income For Passive Profits
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
A man on a mission goes from unemployed to day job, then from side hustler to millionaire in five years. Putting 80% of his income into investments for an early retirement made total cents.
Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's story, Millennial Unimission goes from unemployed to day job, then from side |
| 0:14.0 | hustler to millionaire in just five years. |
| 0:16.9 | Putting 80% of his income into investments for an early retirement made total sense. |
| 0:22.6 | Welcome to Side Hustle School. |
| 0:23.6 | My name is Chris Gillibot. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:25.6 | I've been on the road going to be in my hometown of Portland, Oregon tomorrow night live at |
| 0:29.9 | Powell's for those listening in real time. |
| 0:31.8 | If you're listening later, I am still probably on the road because I got a lot of cities |
| 0:35.1 | to go to. |
| 0:36.1 | Now listen, if you want to achieve financial independence, no amount of cutting back on |
| 0:40.1 | lattes is going to help you do that. |
| 0:42.5 | Rather than pity pinching, ultimately you need to make more money. |
| 0:46.0 | You need a significant increase in your income. |
| 0:48.6 | That's why in the world of personal finance, blogging and other online commentary, I tend |
| 0:52.8 | to pay attention to the voices that promote that approach. |
| 0:55.9 | As opposed to people who are into extreme budgeting or cutting coupons two hours a day, or whatever |
| 1:00.9 | it is, being able to make more money through a source apart from your paycheck is very |
| 1:05.0 | much a value of side hustle school. |
| 1:06.8 | That's what we're all about. |
| 1:07.8 | That's why I like this story. |
| 1:08.8 | I also like this guy. |
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