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Good Life Project

The Truth About Side Hustles | Chris Guillebeau

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Chris Guillebeau (https://chrisguillebeau.com/) is the founder and host of the daily podcast, Side Hustle School (https://sidehustleschool.com/), which is downloaded more than two million times a month. Along the way, he has shared the stories of more than 900 side hustles and distilled much of his learning into a new book, 100 Side Hustles (https://amzn.to/2XxKemD). In this beautifully-created, full-color "side hustle recipe book," he describes what a side hustle is and is not, reveals the common patterns, categories, questions, myths and facts, then walks you through specific examples of 100 different side hustles. We also about the role a side hustle can play in crafting a more fulfilling work life. For more about Chris' "origin story," and other New York Times bestselling books, check out our earlier conversations on the podcast here (https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/guillebeau-quest/) and here (https://www.goodlifeproject.com/video/why-the-possibility-of-failure-must-be-on-the-table/).

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0:00.0

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0:59.8

Hey there. So my guest today is longtime friend of the podcast. Chris Gill about Chris has been in the show a number of times where we explore his backstory, his long journey to visit every country in the world.

1:11.8

Today I invited him back because I wanted to talk about this word that keeps coming up over and over again and how it might play a meaningful role in the pursuit of a life well-lived.

1:22.8

What is that word or that phrase? It's side hustle.

1:26.8

What exactly is this thing that keeps coming up in conversation, that keep hearing about it? I figured I turned to Chris because he's not only lived a life of many side hustles.

1:35.8

He has for the last two and a half years produced a podcast where he has interviewed and told the stories of I think more than 900 different people who have pursued just a universe of different types of side hustles and really deconstructed what makes them work and how to approach doing it.

1:53.8

He also has a beautiful new book out which is kind of a cookbook of 100 side hustles. It's literally called 100 side hustles.

2:00.8

So I wanted to sit down with Chris and deconstruct exactly what this thing is right now. Maybe do a little bit of myth busting also and then explore a whole bunch of stories of how people have done this from all walks of life.

2:15.8

And that is exactly where we go in today's conversation. So excited to share it with you. I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project.

2:24.8

I'm so good to be hanging out with you again back in the studio. So they can maybe you have been my guest who's been here more than anybody else at this point.

2:42.8

Wow. I feel honored. No, I don't feel honored. It's kind of fun because every time we come back I'm kind of like exploring your new adventures like way back in the day and beginning and for everybody listening will link to some of the earlier episodes with Chris where you can really dive into the back story.

2:57.8

I traveled to hit every country in the world. This has written a series of amazing books. But the reason I asked you back this time is there's service interesting confluence between a couple different things.

3:08.8

One is for the last was it two, two and a half years now you've been doing side hustle school. Yeah, first of all. Right. So that's it's a phenomenal podcast where literally every day which blows my mind that you're doing this every day for so long.

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