According to a recent Banrkate.com survey, 4 in 10 Americans have side hustles, or jobs that they work in addition to their primary source of income. Another survey of 1,000 Americans from CreditLoan.com found that 15% of side hustlers want to start a business of their own. If the legions of breathless articles about side hustling are any indication, we may be nearing a future in which everyone is living their entrepreneurial dreams and working 50 hour weeks. Today’s episode tackles the hows and whys of side jobs, including making friends with fear, adjusting to irregular income, ethical side hustling, and turning your side hustle into a full-time business.
Discussed in this episode:
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The origins of the term “side hustle” and the aestheticization of poverty
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The dark side of sidehustle mania, embodied in Fivver ads
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Why are millenials so obsessed with side hustles? This article argues that it’s (mostly) the economy, silly.
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4 questions to help you work a side job without getting fired
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Tips for building your side business while working full time
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How to know when it’s time to make the jump to full-time entrepreneurship
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You may have as many hours in the day as [insert super-accomplished public figure], but research suggests that you should spend some of them away from work.
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Fear is the mind killer, but it can also be an entrepreneur’s best friend
