Weekly Recap: What Kind of Side Business Is Best FOR YOU?

Notes from Chris

Episode 477

THEMES & TAKEAWAYS: In today's recap, I talk about "what kind of side business is best for you"—a question that comes up pretty much every day, in so many different ways. To illustrate this, we'll use three episodes from this week. Each of these stories is highly successful, but they're all very different from one another—both in topics and models. While it may not be obvious to everyone, the model you choose is just as important when making side hustle decisions as the topic. Listen to the Weekly Recap to learn more! LISTENER UPDATES + QUESTIONS: This week, we received a listener email from a side hustler whose name I've retracted since the topic of his question is rather personal:

Anonymous: "Your work has been very inspirational and motivational. I am currently in a dilemma, and in the absence of a mentor who can give me advice, I am writing to you with the hope that you can help me.I do not want to waste your time with my life story; the situation is that I left my full-time job to pursue a passion project, which failed. I've almost run out of my savings and my old job is no longer available. It's been tough getting a new job too. While I'm thinking of continuing my job hunt to pay the bills, I also keep thinking if I should give my passion project a few more tries before calling it quits altogether. Your advice on having a side hustle is of course, on the back of my mind, but in my situation, would you recommend having a regular job and a side hustle or is it better to pursue my passion full-time? Thanks for all the work you do to help people across the world."

I think that this is a relevant topic that a lot of Side Hustle School listeners struggle with. If you find yourself in this camp, listen to today's Weekly Recap to hear my thoughts on what to do when things don't quite go as planned. If you have something you'd like to ask me or an update you'd like to share, I'd love to hear from you. Leave me a voice message on the website or call into the Side Hustle Hotline (Dial 844-9-HUSTLE // 844-948-7853), and your question may be featured on the show!

EPISODES FROM THIS WEEK: Here's what we heard this week on Side Hustle School! Listen to this week's recap for a more comprehensive highlight reel.

Ep. 471 - A Pennsylvania couple turns a difference in home decorating taste into a bustling business, complete with mounted unicorn heads for your next remodel
Ep. 472 - A contest idea turns into a restaurant recommending algorithm, earning its creator an extra $50,000/year
Ep. 473 - A new resident of Charleston, South Carolina pursues a passion for watercolor print design. She ends up creating a stationery brand of prints, cards, mugs, and notebooks inspired by the coastal lifestyle
Ep. 474 - A construction engineer discovers how much energy is wasted by attics, creates a simple product that saves homeowners money, and builds a side hustle that earns more than two million dollars a year
Ep. 475 - A longtime side hustler develops a new tool that helps his clients optimize their business tasks
Ep. 476 - It started as a hobby when he was four years old. It’s now a profitable passion project for an Atlanta chess guru