Notes from Chris
Episode 946
THEMES & TAKEAWAYS: We’ve just finished week 31 of Season III! This week, we featured a Toronto powerlifter who bakes custom cakes, a Texas couple who turn test scores into treasure, and my favorite: a Reddit “Secret Santa” who delivers a sack full of adventure. It’s also a new month! Warren Buffet’s “Five Goals” Rule... This week I've been thinking a lot about an apocryphal story attributed to Warren Buffet. The short version is that he suggests you make a list of your top 25 goals, then select your top 5. From there, instead of merely "prioritizing" your top 5 and working on the others whenever you can—an approach that seems logical, and what many of us would do—you consider the 20 to be the enemy of the 5. In other words, according to this theory you should focus ONLY on your top 5 goals, ignoring all the others even if they seem like good ideas. The 5 Goals strategy is a reminder that it’s not what you do, it’s what’s you don’t do, that drives your productivity and performance. Listen to the Weekly Recap to learn more on this topic and to hear from a side hustler we featured in our second year!WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Today, we have an update from Reena Goodwin who was featured on the show in Ep. 313. Listen to the Weekly Recap to hear from Reena! You can also check out her website, FACTEUR PR!
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. 940 - A couple’s love for helping students succeed turns into a profitable consulting firm
- Ep. 941 - A science and technology consultant becomes a successful sports, motorsports, and luxury lifestyle artist
- Ep. 942 - When two identical twins start self-publishing ebooks, they build an $8,000/month income stream while traveling to twelve countries
- Ep. 943 - After creating an unforgettable scavenger hunt for an anonymous Redditor, an account manager stumbles across his own buried treasure
- Ep. 944 - A Toronto startup employee (and powerlifter!) ices her way into a sweet, profitable side hustle that bakes up an extra $600 per month
- Ep. 945 - Long before Upwork and Fiverr, this marketer knew that outsourcing was the way to go—and he went all the way to the Philippines to make it happen
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