You can afford anything but not everything. Every choice that you make is a trade-off

against something else and that doesn't just apply to your money, that applies to your

time, your energy, your focus, your attention. It applies to anything in your life that's

a resource that you need to manage. And that opens up two questions. First, what matters

most to you? What impacts you the most and what do you want to impact you the most? Second,

how do you align your decisions? Both granular like your daily decisions as well as your big

picture life decisions in a way that reflects those priorities. Answering these two questions

is a lifetime practice and that is what this podcast is here to explore. My name is Paula

Pant. I am the host of the Affordable Care Foundation and today, Alan Donigan, the founder

of pop-up business school, joins us to talk about how entrepreneurship can be accessible

to anyone. If you're looking to start a side hustle during the pandemic, he explains

how to do it right, how to test your ideas, how to not waste too much time or money pursuing

the wrong idea, how to fail fast and how to find your niche and crowded market. Alan is

well known within the fire community, the financial independence retire early community.

He has spoken at many Shatakwa events which are weak long financial independence retreats

which are held overseas. He has taught pop-up business school at the Mr. Money Mustache

headquarters many times and he has launched a podcast called Rebel Entrepreneur that is

part of the ChooseFI network, so very well known inside of the fire community. As well

as outside of it, he estimates that he has helped over 7,000 people start their own businesses.

Before we get into today's interview, I just quickly want to say I am sorry that this

podcast has not aired for the last week and a half, almost two weeks. I know many of

you have reached out wondering what is going on. I am dealing with a few things right now,

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