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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3195 - Q&A: “Which passive-income model fits a consultant best?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Want to escape the billable-hour treadmill? Today we map out three proven paths—courses, content, and compounding cashflows—that turn one-time effort into long-term income.

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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0:00.0

Lemonada. Let's talk today about passive income. Specifically, which passive income model might suit a consultant. If you want to escape a billable hour treadmill, if you are a consultant or a

0:22.5

freelancer, or if you have been exploring service businesses, service ideas where you're

0:27.5

getting paid, you're trading your time for money, well, that can be a fast way to cash,

0:31.8

but then, you know, you wake up every Monday or every first day of the month or whatever

0:36.0

it is and your revenue is once

0:37.8

again, and so you've got to start sprinting again. We've got a caller here. His name is Jonathan.

0:42.9

He's thinking about, well, his dream actually is to create a body of work that pays him even when

0:49.0

he's out hiking. I believe he's from Washington State or otherwise doing something else. And as I said,

0:55.6

that is the dream. But the good news is plenty of solo creators have replaced or at least been able to

1:01.1

buffer their freelancing slash consulting income with assets that earn on autopilot. Just a couple

1:07.0

days ago, in fact, we were talking about how can you create more of a steady paycheck with

1:10.3

freelance income.

1:11.7

This is a variation here.

1:13.1

Let's unpack what these assets might look like and try to pick a roadmap that suits this listener's strengths.

1:18.9

And of course, not just this listener, but hopefully somebody else out there as we come to the end of a month, episode 3195.

1:25.5

I'll do my best to give a helpful answer.

1:28.3

Stay tuned.

1:40.8

Hello, team. It's Jonathan here from Tacoma, Washington. I stumbled on to Side Hustle School after Spotify recommended one of your episodes, and I've been hooked since.

1:45.8

Right now, my income is pure time for money consulting, and I keep hearing about earning while you sleep.

1:53.3

What does it actually look like to build a portfolio, a body of work, that keeps generating revenue after the initial effort,

2:00.5

whether it's digital products,

2:02.4

evergreen content, or something else.

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