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🗓️ 6 October 2025
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In this week’s First $1,000 segment, hear how a certified interpreter turned empty hotel conference rooms into a training ground for quick, practical American Sign Language (ASL).
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| 0:50.7 | Today's story starts in the lobby of a downtown hotel. |
| 0:57.6 | Our protagonist is a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter who spent years |
| 1:03.6 | bouncing between medical and courtroom assignments. |
| 1:07.0 | This skill led to an all-new side hustle turning empty hotel conference rooms into a training |
| 1:12.0 | round for quick practical ASL. ASL, of course, American Sign Language. This is part of our first |
| 1:18.3 | $1,000 series, how somebody makes their first $1,000 with a new idea. How do they go from |
| 1:24.3 | idea to income? How do they get to that point? And of course, once you begin to |
| 1:28.1 | earn real money, the steps required to go to the next level are often much easier than that first |
| 1:32.8 | real paycheck. So let's consider that as we hear this story. And thanks for being out there, |
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| 1:46.7 | something you do. There's an action you take. This is very common. I do this. I bet you do it too. |
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