Nicaila Matthews Okome on building your side hustle

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

These days a lot of people seem to be pursuing a second career right alongside the first. They’re side hustling. To learn more about how successful side hustlers are making it work, this week, we hear from Nicaila Matthews Okome. Nicaila is a social media strategist and the host of the popular entrepreneurship podcast, Side Hustle Pro. Her show features tips, advice and interviews with Black women entrepreneurs who’ve transformed their own side hustles into impressive gigs. In this conversation with host Jessi Hempel, Nicaila traces her career journey, shares what learned while building up her side hustle into a full-time endeavor, and offers tips and advice for anyone looking to test the waters of a potential new business or venture by side hustling. Follow Nicaila Matthews Okome on LinkedIn, and check out her podcast Side Hustle Pro. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. Join our new LinkedIn group for Hello Monday listeners and continue this week’s conversation here: https://lnkd.in/hellomondaygroup

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Michael Covnet, host of The Next Big Idea Daily.
0:04.1	The show is a masterclass in better living from some of the smartest writers around.
0:08.9	Every morning, Monday through Friday, we'll serve up a quick 10-minute lesson on how to
0:13.2	strengthen your relationships, supercharge your creativity, boost your productivity, and
0:18.2	more.
0:19.2	Follow The Next Big Idea Daily wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.3	From the New Steemit LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel and this is Hello Monday.
0:34.8	It's our show about the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us.
0:41.4	I've always had a side hustle.
0:44.0	I think it's pretty common, a lot of you do too.
0:47.5	For me, it's usually involved writing.
0:50.3	I get up early in the morning to work on writing projects, or when I was at
0:54.2	wire, I used to take vacation days to moderate leadership retreats.
0:58.8	Now, there are two big reasons for all this extra work.
1:01.4	For me, at least.
1:02.8	First, I kind of think of it as an insurance plan.
1:06.4	If I get laid off, I'll have a source of income.
1:08.8	And, you know, hopefully people to call up.
1:11.2	Now, keep in mind, I came up in media where layoffs, they happen just about every year.
1:16.9	But there's another reason that's equally as important to me that I do this work on this side.
1:22.7	It's critical for me that my work has meaning.
1:26.3	Like, I don't think I could motivate myself to get up in the morning and do it without that.
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