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Side Hustle School

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Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Entrepreneurship,, Side Hustle, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Small Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A corporate publicist begins to do freelance work on the side—and after getting laid off, she grows her hustle into a full-time career.

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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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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Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's jump right in today.

0:10.7

Here is a quote from today's featured story.

0:13.6

This person tells us, I was let go from my corporate role in June 2017 due to restructuring.

0:19.2

It was the exact push I needed to start my business.

0:21.7

I'm still not sure if I would have had the guts to launch it without that much needed

0:25.0

push.

0:26.0

It allowed myself to feel all the emotions being let go for one day, angry, confused,

0:30.4

upset.

0:31.4

But then by day two, I was ready to roll and got right to work.

0:34.6

I couldn't be more thankful that everything happened the way it did because I am now

0:38.6

in control of my own destiny.

0:41.8

Welcome to Sadistle School.

0:42.8

My name is Chris Guilapo.

0:43.8

That quote reminds me of something I heard many years ago about a similar story.

0:48.6

The quote was, if they hadn't been pushed, they never would have made the leap.

0:51.6

I've actually heard a lot of stories over the years about people who have been laid off

0:55.6

in this kind of restructuring.

0:57.4

At first, it feels really scary.

0:58.8

They do experience all those emotions.

1:01.1

But then over time, it leads them to something that's much better than their previous situation.

1:06.4

It leads them to something that they wouldn't have come to otherwise.

1:08.4

If they hadn't been pushed, they wouldn't have made that leap.

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