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Business Unusual with Barbara Corcoran

91: Keep Your Day Job?

Business Unusual with Barbara Corcoran

Barbara Corcoran

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today I’m talking about the question I’m asked most - and my answer might surprise you. Plus, I take some of your great questions about finding positivity and starting a business. Listen in. Got a question? I’m here to help. Call me at 888-Barbara and I might just answer on a future episode. Subscribe to Business Unusual with Barbara Corcoran on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. This episode is presented by Klaviyo. Visit www.klaviyo.com/barbara for a free trial.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Barbara Corker, and you are now tuned in to business unusual.

0:06.4

And everything you ever learned about business, throw it out the window.

0:09.5

I'm going to tell you the real deal, listening.

0:11.8

Today I'm going to answer all your burning questions about work, life,

0:16.2

starting a company, getting on track and much, much more. Be sure to call into the business

0:21.6

unusual hotline with your question at 888 Barbara.

0:25.9

That's 888 B-A-R-B-A-R-A.

0:30.6

Today's episode is presented by Clavio. That's K-L-A-B-I-Y-O.

0:39.6

One of the most common questions I'm asked all the time is should I quit my day job and focus entirely on my new business.

0:47.0

And I think the answer to that depends entirely on your appetite for risk.

0:51.9

Most successful business owners I know started their business as a

0:55.0

side hustle and didn't leave it until the business was able to pick up their

0:59.1

expenses so that they could live. And that makes great logical sense and it's the right formula for

1:05.3

the great majority of people out there. But for others it's smart to throw

1:11.0

logic right out the window and jump in with both feet. When your feet are

1:15.2

in there and your back is against the wall you'll almost always figure a way to make

1:19.1

your business work. So ask yourself how comfortable am I with risk.

1:25.0

Let's take a short break to talk about a company I love. Now let's get back to the show.

1:37.0

Now let's get back to the show. Hey Barbara this is Sam calling from Chicago Illinois. I had two questions. Number one is right now I'm 24 years old and I don't

1:57.4

know what to do with my life. I just dropped out of law school and my first

2:02.2

question to you is what do you do in the situation where you don't know

2:06.5

what you want to do career wise or what your passions are because I have no idea what my passion

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