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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3430 - Q&A: “How many income streams is best?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today’s caller is diving into the world of side hustling, already earning money from one or two sources with plans to add more. Is there an optimal number to aim for?


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0:00.0

Today's caller is diving into the world of side hustling.

0:11.1

They're already making some money from a couple of different sources, and that's great,

0:15.0

multiple streams of income and all that.

0:17.1

They've got some plans to add more.

0:19.1

But because there's only so many things they can do in an average day or week or month,

0:23.4

they're now wondering if there's an optimal number, especially considering the day job as well,

0:28.2

in addition to their other limited time.

0:30.0

So is there an optimal number?

0:31.6

How many income streams is best?

0:33.5

I thought this is an interesting question.

0:35.2

On the one hand, you could be like unlimited, right? But again, we deal in a world of constraints and limitations. So because you don't have unlimited time and energy and so on, is there an optimal number? Is there a way to think, okay, is it best to have two or three or four? And of course, the answer is going to be different for each person and so on and so on. But I also think there could be an overall recommendation to guide your decision as you're thinking about how to

0:57.7

start different projects and such. So I'll do my best to give you that clear opinion right after

1:02.1

the break and our listeners question. Hi Chris, this is Dylan from St. Paul, and I've been selling on eBay, and I'd like to do more of that.

1:19.6

I'm also trying to build a website and learn about coding, and then, of course, I have several other

1:23.7

ideas on the back burner, mostly from listening to the show and hearing cool stories.

1:28.0

I know that I can't stretch myself too thin, and I also have a day job, but I like doing different

1:32.5

things, and I want to make sure my income is truly diversified. Therefore, I'm wondering,

1:37.1

how many income streams is best for the average person? Is there an optimal number? Thanks for any

1:42.1

advice you can give me.

1:49.7

All right.

1:53.0

So I'm going to base my answer on all the different people I've worked with over the years,

1:56.5

everybody I've heard from through the community, through my books, etc.

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