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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3052 - Q&A: “How can I push past hesitation and market my creative work?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, we help a listener overcome self-doubt and fear of judgment while launching a creative business. Learn how to build confidence and connect with the right audience.

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

Lemonada.

0:02.7

Turning a creative passion into a business can feel deeply personal.

0:14.9

It can also feel overwhelming.

0:16.7

It can be stressful, sometimes even paralyzing.

0:19.8

I think a lot of people just kind of hold back.

0:22.1

They have an idea or they want to do something different. Maybe they don't even have a specific

0:26.5

idea. They just have this nudge or this longing to do something different with their lives,

0:31.0

whether it's just a small project or something bigger than that. But they struggle with

0:35.7

hesitation and they struggle with taking some first steps

0:38.5

to move forward. A big part of what I hope to do with the podcast for 3,000 plus episodes now is

0:43.8

encourage people to move forward and to take action and to give them some examples of people

0:47.9

who've done that in different ways and to give them maybe some actionable ideas that they can,

0:52.9

in fact, take action on, actionable

0:54.7

ideas that you can action if we can say that. But of course, there's lots of different ways to

0:59.6

look at this and people have all sorts of challenges that we want to work to overcome. So how can

1:04.9

you build confidence and connect with the right audience? Today's question comes from Candice.

1:09.1

She transforms leftover fabric scraps into hair accessories, but feels stuck when it comes to marketing

1:15.4

her work.

1:16.7

It's an important topic.

1:17.8

Let's talk about it.

1:18.7

Overcoming doubt, pushing past hesitation.

1:21.4

Detailed question from Candice and my answer coming right up.

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