The Side Hustle and Flow series profiles real people who started their career in large corporations, and worked a side hustle until they were able to quit their job and support themselves full-time as an entrepreneur. Chandoo started the series with his Excel business. Followed by IT consultant-turned web developer Willie Jackson. Today I bring [...]
The more time that goes by, the more convinced I am that Marcus Buckingham is absolutely right when he says: “people are dramatically more effective, fulfilled and successful when they are able to focus on the best of themselves.” He calls it the strengths revolution, and says that the corporate mentality of focusing employee development [...]
Entrepreneurs have big dreams. I want to quit my deadly job and create an online business that pays at twice my salary. I want to write a best-selling book and be on Oprah. I want to create a start-up in my garage that makes me a young millionaire. I want to speak at the TED [...]
Entrepreneurs have big dreams. I want to quit my deadly job and create an online business that pays at twice my salary. I want to write a best-selling book and be on Oprah. I want to create a start-up in my garage that makes me a young millionaire. I want to speak at the TED [...]
Mr. Fiori said “GO!” and four of us who were laying on our backs flipped over on our stomachs and dove for the two black training pads that were sitting in the center of the mat. “FIGHT FOR IT!” he yelled, as we wrestled each other for control. I twisted and clutched a corner of [...]
Last week, I kicked off a new series on the blog called Side Hustle and Flow, which profiles people who had full-time corporate jobs and worked on their side business until they were able to quit and do it full-time. Chandoo was the first person profiled, for parlaying his love for Excel into a full-time, [...]
It is normal to have trepidation about going down the entrepreneurial path from the perch of a corporate job. That’s why I was not surprised when my new client expressed concern about learning all the things required to go into business for herself. “I know how to work. I do great work,” she said. “But [...]
Get it? Weigh in? <Sorry to start with a fitness joke> I got a great email this morning from a long-time blog reader who was asking for suggestions to stay fit while working a full-time job, doing a side-hustle and taking care of his family. An excerpt: One of the big things I’m struggling with [...]
Last night about eight o’clock I was sitting at the kitchen table reading a magazine. Josh ran up to me and said “Mom! Let’s make a smoothie!” “No,” I said. “Why not?” pleaded Josh. “Because it is night time,” I said. “So what?” said Josh. “And we don’t make smoothies at night,” I said. And [...]
I have been doing a lot of writing and speaking about the side hustle these days, and I got a brainstorm to profile people who successfully transitioned from corporate employee to thriving entrepreneur by using this tactic while still employed. I am naming this series The Side Hustle and Flow Interview Series. I will run [...]
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