Jan. 30, 2024

83: Why NOT To Turn Your Passion Into A Side Hustle, with Stephen Shortt

83: Why NOT To Turn Your Passion Into A Side Hustle, with Stephen Shortt

Turn your passion into your career or side hustle! We’ve all heard that, right?   Today’s guest takes issue with that opinion.   And he’ll be telling us what instead, should be the primary driver.   Stephen Shortt has been...

Turn your passion into your career or side hustle! We’ve all heard that, right?

 

Today’s guest takes issue with that opinion.

 

And he’ll be telling us what instead, should be the primary driver.

 

Stephen Shortt has been involved in the business of matching people with their "best work" for pretty much all of his adult life. He's part of a family owned and operated business that helps match the right people to their right careers.

 

I wanted to draw on his expertise in this field to help you in your search of finding the "right match" for your side hustle.

 

Be sure to catch the end of episode wrap up where I share some examples of how you can use the assets and resources of someone else's company to help launch and assist your side hustle.

 

What You'll Hear:

03:37 Stephen has a database of over 1,269 careers that exist

05:17 some factors to take into account when deciding on a side hustle

08:01 Why turning your passion into a side hustle, might not be the wisest choice

09:12 “Find something you hate” and focus on fixing that problem

10:55 the “inside” hustle

13:48 they can become lucrative side businesses

14:26 learning through “inside” hustles

15:28 Using the assets of an existing business to launch your side hustle

17:06 Most entrepreneurs are open to doing a deal that makes sense to them

18:06 the future of work and the rise of AI

19:28 Example of AI and the creation of jobs: Troop Travel

21:50 With 1,000’s of side hustles out there, which problem are you going to solve?

22:36 Stephen’s best tip to start a side hustle

24:31 Making time for your side hustle

Wrap-up

26:06 Another option to buying or leasing the resources/assets you need to launch

27:03 example: Ep 12: Cooking Up 6 Bestsellers, with Shelley Adams

 

Buy Joan a coffee? She'd really appreciate it!

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sidehustlehero

 

Online Masterclass to help you achieve your side hustle goals: Turn Your Thoughts Into Wanted Thingshttps://courses.joanposivy.com/p/turn-your-thoughts-into-wanted-things

 

Connect with Stephen:

https://careerfit.com/stephen/

https://etcc.co/your-next-career/

 

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