March 10, 2025 • 32 mins
Ready to escape the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle? Dreaming of turning that spark of an idea into a thriving side business? This game-changing episode breaks down exactly how to launch a successful side hustle without overwhelming yourself or sacrificing your day job.
We dive into the story of Sarah Blakely, who transformed from selling fax machines door-to-door to becoming the billionaire founder of Spanx – all by working on her passion project during off-hours. Her journey proves you don't need special credentials, just determination and a solution to a common problem.
Discover how to find your perfect side hustle at the intersection of three crucial questions: What are you good at? What do you enjoy? What do people need? We explore practical examples from blogging and social media management to crafting and virtual fitness coaching that can generate extra income while aligning with your natural talents.
The episode tackles common roadblocks head-on, from imposter syndrome ("Who am I to start a business?") to time management challenges. You'll learn why "test before you invest" should be your mantra and how becoming "neighborhood famous" before trying to go global creates sustainable growth. As Mel Robbins wisely notes, "The biggest killer of side hustles isn't failure – it's never starting."
Whether you're seeking financial freedom, creative fulfillment, or an escape from a soul-crushing 9-to-5, this episode provides the blueprint and motivation to take that crucial first step today. What passion could you transform into profit? Let's build this movement together.
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Hey, it's Jen the Builder and Corey, and welcome
everyone to another episode ofTake the Elevator, where we
elevate everyday topics to bringyou new perspectives and
motivation.
And before we jump into why aside hustle can change your life
, corey, we need to pause andjust talk to our friends about
(00:37):
what's going on, what they canlook forward to, where they can
go for all the things regardingus, where they can go for all
the things regarding us, nice,so we can just jump in there.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
It's all kind of places to go to see us to find
what we're doing and someexciting things happening as
well.
So I just wanted to start offby saying, if you haven't looked
at our websites thegencocom,that's Genevieve, and my website
Then we have the fuzzy furryforestcom, where you can see all
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things fuzzy furry forest, andthere's a lot coming, there's a
lot happening.
We also have an Instagram andFacebooks as well.
So if you get a chance, checkthat stuff out and we'll be glad
to see you and show you what'sgoing on.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Yeah, and I definitely have to say that a
lot of people spell Corey with aC.
So, just FYI, it's Jenkospelled G-E-N-K-O.
Yes, right, it's yeah.
So, anyhow, we'd love to seeyou there, but we want to go
forward in our episode because,cory, I think this one's going
(01:45):
to be rich with substance, andso I want to give a shout out to
ben, who wanted more um fromepisode.
I think it was 346.
Yes, it was right.
So, ben, here we are, and I hopethis speaks to everyone else,
and if you know someone who'sbeen thinking about creating a
side hustle, um, we encourageyou to share this episode with
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them, because today we'retalking about something that
could change your life startinga side hustle for the side
hustle oh yeah.
So whether you want extraincome, more freedom or creative
outlet, a side hustle isdefinitely the way to go.
But people always ask us, corey, how do you actually get
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started?
And that's what we're divinginto today.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Absolutely so.
I just want to start this bysaying, if you have a lack the
lack of money, lack of time todo the other things in life that
you want to do, if you findyourself looking at things
saying, man, I wish I could dosomething different or something
better.
I have too much free time on myhands.
It's making me watch too muchTV.
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Maybe you're spending too muchtime in the restaurant, I don't
know.
People have different reasonsfor different things that they
do, and side hustles is a goodway to fill up some of that time
and make a little extra money.
But you got to know what you'redoing to get this side hustle
started.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Right.
So we're going to walk everyonethrough some steps, dive a
little bit deeper, give somemotivation, for sure.
I'm going to start with a storyabout a woman named Sarah
(03:30):
Blakely.
Okay, okay now.
I am so thankful for this girlbecause, guess what?
She didn't have everythingfigured out, but she knew that
she just needed to start.
So what she was actually doingis her nine to five was selling
fax machines door to door by day, and then at night she was
working on her sphinx.
Yes, yes, I said it Spanx.
Thank God for a good Spanx.
She worked on the prototype atnight.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You want to tell the men that are listening where the
Spanx is.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So it is the most amazing tummy control.
Suck it in undergarment.
I think most women wear.
So it's a tool, it's abeautiful tool, awesome, yes, um
, yeah, the before shots and theafter shots of wearing this
brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
So she had no fashionbackground, she's selling fax
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machines, she had no businessdegree and she just had an idea
and persistence.
And and today, corey, she's abillionaire.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
And I'd like to say that most people that say they
didn't have a business degree orany kind of degree in that
particular field would say youdidn't have any business doing
this, but this just goes to showyou.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
So rude yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
It goes to show you that you don't have to have a
degree to become a millionaire,billionaire, trillionaire.
You don't have to have somehigh credential to start your
side hustle and make very goodmoney.
And look, let's be honest, mostof us won't be millionaires.
I will, I'm just telling you.
But what I will say is that wecan be thousandaires, we can be
hundredaires and make sure thatwe're making good money
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throughout the week andthroughout the month and
throughout the year.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Yeah for sure.
So that's why we're saying sidehustle, because we understand
that people need their nine tofive as that source of income.
So if you've ever felt like youneed permission to start, guess
what, this is it.
So let's break it down step bystep, sure.
So the first one is why start aside hustle?
So why do people normally startthem, like we said, extra
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income or they want to escape ajob they hate?
That's real talk.
You might have a nine to five.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That isn't your love, isn't your passion, isn't
creative, that's not your vibeRight, or your vibe Right or
your era Right, exactly.
So I was about nine or 10.
And as a child I was 10 timesmore hyperactive, as I am now,
and if you know me, then youknow I'm always into something,
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I'm doing something, I'm goingsomewhere, I got something going
on.
And I was 10 times more activeas a child because I just had
the energy through the roof.
And mom was like I need to givethis kid something to do, and
playing football wasn't enough,because I'm waking up at the
butt crack of dawn and I'm justrunning through the house and
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tackling laundry baskets.
And she was like no, we got tofigure this out.
So what happened was go outsideand help your father with the
lawn.
Cool, did that?
Came back in and I still havethe same energy.
So she was like go ask yourgrandparents if you can mow
their lawn.
So I asked them if I could mowtheir lawn and they said yeah.
And so my grandfather informedme that hey, grandson, you don't
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mow someone's lawn for free.
You know you got to charge themsomething.
And I said but you're mygrandparents, why would I do
that?
And so obviously they wereteaching me how to be business
savvy.
So I started with mygrandparents' house and they
gave me five bucks.
And then went to my aunt'shouse and she gave me five bucks
.
Before I knew it, I had a sidehustle.
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Now, mind you, my main hustlewas school, and that came first.
I had to go to school, I had toget decent grades, and so that
was the birth of my side hustle.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, and the know-how and the experience to
say I want to keep doing thisExactly Well, that those checks
kept coming in.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
So this is nice, those Abraham Lincolns were
lining up.
So I was like, look, as long asthat's still happening, I'm
good.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, so you know we always encourage on, take the
Elevator.
As you're listening, theremight be some gems that we share
here that you want to writedown or you want to come back to
, and so we totally advise youto do that.
But I wanted to say here it'simportant to know why you want
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to start a side hustle.
So, as Corey said, it wasincome.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
right, he was able to buy the cooler clothes, other
pair of shoes that he wanted,versus what his mom or dad was
gonna buy him yeah, the prowings from payless weren't
working in middle school, so Ineeded to find a way to break
through that fashion gap thateveryone else had and I was at
the bottom of mine, so yeah, sojust being real, for some people
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, side hustles extra income forfinancial security or savings
goal.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Other people love to get into side hustle because it
builds skills and experiences ina new area, and I love that
because here we encourage you tolearn something new almost
every day.
Right, that's a way to do it.
And then it creates a backupplan or a potential for and this
is my goal, our goal afull-time business, indeed, so
we can be about it not 24-7, butjust doing the things that we
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love and adore all day.
And last but not least, for usat least, it was personal
fulfillment and creativeexpression, and I love, corey,
when you said and it was achance to build relationships.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Built the most meaningful relationship in my
life, so, uh, that was anecessity for me.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Yeah, beautiful.
So how many of you are familiarwith Shark Tank?
So there's a woman on there,barbara, and I can't think of
her last name, someone likeCorcoran or something like that.
But she says the bestbusinesses come from solving an
everyday problem.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Yeah, there's a need.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah, so that's something to think about as we
go into.
The next part of this isfinding the right side hustle
for you, because what might workfor other people doesn't
necessarily work for you.
So I'm going to give you anexample.
I am not your typical contentcreator.
You know the influencers onYouTube and things like that, so
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you've got to pick the righthustle, and the best way to
start is to ask yourself threethings.
So, corey, I'm going to ask youmaybe you can role play with me
.
I'm going to ask you thequestion.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I'm in.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Okay, so here's number one of three.
What are you good at?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
A whole bunch of things you want me to.
Of three, what are you good at?
A whole bunch of things.
You want me to tell you whatI'm good at.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Yeah, oh well, typically, and remember, it's
only like a 30 minute episodecommunication.
Okay, so what do you enjoyabout communication?
I love to get into people'sminds and build relationships
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based.
Do people need that you offerin your gift of communication?
Speaker 2 (11:05):
A lot of times and I'm glad you asked this question
, I was actually thinking aboutsaying this earlier.
Okay, a lot of times peopledon't know what they need and
you have the knowledge or thewherewithal to figure it out
that this is something thatpeople need.
Here's the catch 22.
When people don't know whatthey need, they're going to
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automatically say no.
Getting a no does not mean youdon't move forward with your
side hustle.
Sometimes getting a no is thebest goal for you to ever hear,
right?
So people don't usually knowwhat they need.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Yeah.
So I love that you brought upcommunication, because here's
the deal People will tell you,on purpose or inadvertently,
what they do need.
They will so for example, I workwith leaders or aspiring
leaders and they always say whydidn't we get taught on
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emotional intelligence and whatwe call soft skills?
By the way, I don't like softskills.
I think they're essentialskills.
There you go.
So they wonder why this wasn'ttaught to them.
And I listen to them like thisis a mantra.
This is a thing.
Listen to that, mike.
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This is a mantra, this is athing.
And so part of our side hustleis working with kiddos on things
like eq and just the wonderfullessons that come out in our
fuzzy furry forest series right.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
so did you hear what you just said?
First and foremost, they didn'tknow that what they wanted to
know.
Why they weren't taught that?
So people don't typically knowwhat they need until they're
being handed it or given it'sbeing given to them.
And so Jan and I thought, hey,let's start a little bit sooner
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than these adults and startgiving people what they need at
a younger age.
And so now it's the way wethink it's, the way we process
is to begin the essential skillsearlier in life, so you don't
get to the workforce and you'redeficient in all these different
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areas.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
That's right, man, and that's powerful.
And so you said something rightnow, corey, which is why I got
into coaching.
People sometimes don't knowwhat they want or need until
they've talked it out, and justhaving that space creates so
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many different possibilities forpeople, and that's what I love
about the coaching part of ourside hustle Absolutely.
See how that our side hustleAbsolutely.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
See how that works yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Amazing.
So there's another example of aperson who used her passions
for making lesson plans.
She's a teacher, and so shestarted selling them on Teachers
, pay Teachers, and now shemakes six figures a year just
from the resources she wasalready using.
Yeah, brilliant.
(14:02):
So here's some suggestions,corey, that we came up with
based on people's interests.
If someone loves writing, whatwould be a recommendation for a
side?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
hustle.
Well, I like the one you threwout first, because it's the
easiest, and that's to be ablogger and write a blog, and
there's plenty of places thatyou can write your thoughts,
your ideas, your concerns, andpeople love to read about this
stuff, believe it or not.
And so here's a need that youcan fill if you just love to
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write.
And the beauty about sidehustles is that just because one
person is doing it doesn't meanyou can't do it.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
You can have a thousand bloggers, because now
you got a thousand differentpoints of views and enjoy them
all or hate them all but one,but you get to determine that
yeah, yeah, so people um havetheir own websites or write
their blogs right there onlinkedin medium medium's another
one, and I think it's 5 499 amonth to be able to have
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unlimited access to the articlesand be able to write your own.
Yeah, so if you're great atsocial media, you might want to
look into managing accounts forsmall businesses, right, getting
them started if you enjoycrafting.
What do people do, cory?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
oh my goodness, they make all kind of stuff and,
trust me, I have employed quitea few crafters in my lifetime,
so, uh, that's something that'sdefinitely going to make money
on a regular basis.
If you go to any pop-up or farmstand, you're going to see
someone there crafting orputting together plushies or
little doodads and trinketsearrings, necklaces for both men
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and women and what happens isthey turn that side hustle into
a mainstream income, and it'samazing to watch people go from
zero to hero, from doing theirside hustle.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Yeah, and I love that because it gives them a chance
to meet people, getadvertisement out there and test
their product out, and thenthey grow into Etsy or, you know
, get their own website.
So, if you like fitness, here'sanother big one Cause a lot of
people.
That's the thing abouttechnology and where we're at
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now you can do almost everythingvirtual.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
There are people who set up themselves as virtual
trainers, and people pay.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
So let me see.
A quote I want to share.
Here is by Tim Ferriss, and hewrote a book called the 4-Hour
Workweek and it says don't startwith what makes the most money.
Start with what excites you andhas potential.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
And, if you haven't noticed, jen and I are pretty
excited about this side hustlething, not just because it makes
money, but because it teachesothers how to make money.
It teaches individuals who arelistening and it also does
something even more impactfulyou begin to pass that on to the
younger generation so theydon't go into the workforce with
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this mindset that they got topunch a clock every single day
for the next 20 years andhopefully have enough money to
retire when they get old enoughto to actually retire.
That that's the traditional way, but can we be honest, that's
not working very well.
So you got to have some otherstreams of income so you can do
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this thing the right way,because you don't want to get to
be 70 years old and still haveto do the nine to five.
Punch a clock, because ageismis a real thing it is.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
We have friends who are looking for work elsewhere
and they're just like I feellike I'm being discriminated
against because of my age orbecause of my years of
experience.
They think I can't learnsomething new, you know.
And so, yeah, ageism is a veryreal thing and I have to say
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this because of things that wedon't know may change.
Now is a good time to reallythink about the side hustle.
I'm not going to say any names,but we have someone who's very,
very close to Corey and I, anda nine to five just seemed to
kill this person's vibe.
It sucked the life out of them.
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They're constantly, constantlyjust complaining, you know, and
this person started their ownside hustle and is looking at
other things.
Cause I know for me I'll say Idon't have time to put this
furniture together, or I wishsomeone could help me um, do
this like put the shed together.
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Remember we got the he shed in,the she shed outside.
You just never know.
Or people need to move stuffsame day, and if you've got a
little pickup truck and you putyourself out there, um, they can
do that.
And I know, corey, you're veryfamiliar with some of the
websites that promote differentum side hustles for people like
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absolutely.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Fiverr is a really big one that we uh tapped into
when we were recording our firstep.
The shameless band, by the way,shameless band is playing on
the 14th at september's inrialto.
If you get a chance, come onout and enjoy that.
But yeah, fiverr um hasmusicians, they have uh computer
tech people, they have haveillustrators, writers, for just
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about any line of work you canthink of, and so it's one of
those side hustles that you'realways going to be able to make
some money or be able to hiresomeone so that you can get that
thing that you need done, done,get that thing that you need,
done, done.
I didn't actually go to Fiverrto get my illustrator, but I
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would highly recommendinterviewing a few people, and
Fiverr has this program to wherethey got it down pat.
You can't get scammed in theway that you pay money and then
you don't get your productbecause Fiverr won't release
their money to the artist or theworker until the work is turned
in.
So that's always a really goodthing.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Hey y'all, I'm so sorry for the coughing in the
background.
I'm trying to get over thiscough.
I hope it's not too distracting.
Okay, so we went over.
Why start a side hustle?
We just talked about findingthe right side hustle for you.
So to end this part, here'ssomething that I'm going to ask
you to write on what excites you.
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Think about that as we moveinto how to actually get started
.
So let's talk Corey, planningand execution.
So now you've got your idea andthe question is is how do you
make it real?
Speaker 2 (20:50):
So the best way that I can think of to make it real
is to start the planning process.
What's the planning process?
What are you going to do, howare you going to go about doing
it, and how long is it going totake you to launch this business
?
And it may take a week,depending on what it is you're
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doing, or it may take a year.
And how long is it going totake you to launch this business
?
And it may take a week,depending on what it is you're
doing, or it may take a year.
You might need to get someresources.
You might need to get somematerials.
You may even need to consultwith a few people to make sure
that you're on the right path orgoing in the right direction.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
The important thing is just to start right, and if
you say I don't have a lot ofmoney right now, that's okay.
There, look for the low costways to start, and I love what
you said, cory, because this ispart of relationship building
and networking is finding outhow did you do this?
I mean, we know otherpodcasters that literally set up
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their laptop in their closetbecause they didn't have any
other equipment and it soundsperfectly fine.
So I think another big piece ofplanning and execution is time
management, because most of ourfriends that are listening
balance a nine to five.
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We've got personal lives andthen you've got your hustle
right.
So just being real carefulabout that, because it can
easily get to burnout.
So you've got to plan that,look at your boundaries and all
that um, some tools andplatforms to use.
I'm a big fan of Canva and Ihave started to explore AI.
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I actually have a subscriptionin cursive C-O-U-R-S-I-V and it
just shows you what each AIplatform can do.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
So I was one of those people who did not like AI.
I was so against it and Idecided you know what?
I'm never going to use thisbecause it's replacing people
and it's just making life moredifficult than it has to be.
And then what I realized from agood friend of mine told me he
said you have to look at it fromthis point of view.
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You're the master, it's theslave.
If you allow it to master you,then now you're using that to
make the money.
It's, you know.
So that was the first key, andif you're not using some form of
AI, you're missing out, you'renot reaching all the points and
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levels that you can reach.
I want to just go back just alittle bit, just a little bit of
rewind, because Jen had a sidehustle as a, as a younger person
, maybe even as a kid.
Um, that brought in some reallygood money, and it just shows
you that every side hustle isnot the same.
So mine was mowing lawns and itwas very strenuous and
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fatiguing as I got older.
But all side hustles aren'tlike that.
Jen, please tell us about thatside hustle that you did for mom
or with mom.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Oh, yes.
So I think I'm okay to say thecompany.
It's for princess housecrystals.
So my mom became single mom ata very young age, sorry about
that.
So my mom became a single momat a very young age and she
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wanted her crystals and, being aperson who could sell them, you
could earn extra points.
It was a whole thing.
So I did it at 13 gory oh mygod, my little self, what I was
carrying two big old suitcases,because this is where you sold
house to, or not house to house,but your friends, right, they
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would have parties, and so youwould set up and I was pretty
successful and I don't know,maybe it's because I was 13 and
women felt sorry for me, but Ijust had a great time.
I got super creative with it.
So here's what it did for me.
This is where you use yourexperiences.
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My calling was not to sellcrystal.
My calling was to sell, though.
My calling was to meet people,take something so simple and
have four or five differentcreative ways you could use the
thing, and so it brought forwardpeople's imagination, their
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creativity, and I would just getso excited whenever someone
came up with something new.
So I sold other things toolater on in life, like candles.
What else have I sold?
Oh, my gosh jewelry duringCOVID.
If you are my friend onFacebook and you've stayed my
friend, thank you Because.
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I know I did a lot of selling onthere, but I had such a great
time Like I straight got amannequin and would dress it up
with a scarf and the accessories.
I lay it all out and I did wellthere too.
So I think that's important.
When you have an idea, it maynot be what's going to bring you
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to that next level of income,but the skills you learn from it
you take with you for youractual side hustle.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Yeah, these are always stepping stones for you
to be able to do better and domore and go further.
A lot of people want to startwith an LLC or a bank account,
and that's necessary in the longrun, because there's tax issues
that you got to work out, butuntil you're at that point, you
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can just start, yes.
What I encourage, though, isthat you begin to work within
the network that you have.
I hear people talking aboutgoing global before they even
went um to their next doorneighbor, and and this is one of
my famous sayings that I'vealways tell my band members and
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and people that I'm working withis that I want to become a
neighborhood famous before Ibecome globally famous.
Uh, you know, rich or whatevertitle you want to put in there.
You want to.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
You want to be known throughout the community that
you operate in before you try togo and sell to the world
absolutely another thing that Iwant to say here, before we move
on, is that it's so important,I feel, to test before you
invest, so start small validateyour idea, then go bigger right.
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Um, let's see, I want to makesure we cover all the points
because, ben man, we're thinkingabout you, we want to make sure
to give you what you're lookingfor.
We are thinking about him, butwe're thinking about you.
We want to make sure to giveyou what you're looking for.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
We are thinking about him, but we're thinking
everybody else the entrepreneur.
If you know us, you know thatthat's our passion.
We, we love for people to havethe nine to five.
We love for people to uh, youknow, do their school thing and
and then pour into what it isthat they're doing.
But that that next step, thatnext level, is always important,
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because what you're going to dois you're going to open up
doors that you never thought youcould open before, and then
that's when you see the magichappen.
That's when you see the realmeaning of what some of these
people have been doing all theirlife, and it makes sense and
you're going oh, I get it now.
That that's how you maneuver tothat next level, without
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straining yourself, trying toget over time and trying to work
50 and 60 hours a week for thisone.
Nine to five right, right.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
So your first step, everyone just put it out there
offer your product or service toone person, and the rest will
follow yeah so the next part ofit is overcoming common
challenges.
So let's be real startingsomething new is scary.
We would not be cool if wedidn't say that, because it's a
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very real thing.
So you're thinking who am I tostart a business like everyone
else is so great about a greatwith it, but I don't think I can
do this.
So imposter syndrome is real.
But here's the truth.
You don't have to be an expert,right?
Cory, you don't you just haveto be one step ahead of someone
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else.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
And fortunately we've been really good at that.
And I'm not tooting our horn.
What I'm saying is that,instead of just wishing and
thinking about it, we just tooka step in the direction to do it
, and that has given us theadvantage that a lot of people
don't have, that a lot of peopledon't have.
Writing a book is not as hardas you think it is, but if you
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plan it out, it becomes so mucheasier, yeah, and you have
people giving you feedback.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Right, I am a big fan of Mel Robbins.
She's one of the people Ilisten to for podcasts.
I love her quote and her expertinsight on this is that the
biggest killer of side hustlesisn't failure.
It's never starting.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Period.
So we talked about impostersyndrome, some other common
challenges and solutions forthis is expecting mistakes,
because it's a part of theprocess, like today.
I'm going to be honest today'sepisode.
You can hear my voice.
I'm like kind of messy rightnow and that's okay, it's part
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of the process yeah, we're gonnasay we did this on purpose so
that we could test out theoutcome of this side hustle
right right and right.
And so time management.
I mentioned Pomodoro technique.
Spend some time on your side,hustle every day, move that
needle.
We mentioned burning out andpreventing that.
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So scheduling somenon-negotiable breaks, breaks,
hello, take a break.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Breaking is healthy and unplugged.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yes, absolutely so.
Bottom line just start and giveyourself permission to learn as
you go there you go I love it,that right I love this so much.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
I can't tell you how much this is.
This gives me energy to thinkabout the fact that somebody is
saying, yeah, I can do, can dothis, I can do this.
I've been thinking about thisfor a while Now.
I just got to start.
Yeah, guys, we're going to beposting some pictures of how we
develop some of our side hustlesand how our side hustles have
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become a major part of our lives, and you can just get an inside
view of what we've been doingand how we did it.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
Yeah.
So our call to action for youall, and us in partnership with
you, is what's your side hustleidea?
We'd love to hear about it, tagus, send us a message, tell us
how you're getting started andlet's build this movement
together.
There we go.
I love it.
Well, you know us to take theelevator.
(32:09):
We say look up and let'selevate.
Every day, elevate, every day,elevate Every day, elevate Every
(32:30):
day.
Hey, it's Jen the Builder and Corey, and welcome
everyone to another episode ofTake the Elevator, where we
elevate everyday topics to bringyou new perspectives and
motivation.
And before we jump into why aside hustle can change your life
, corey, we need to pause andjust talk to our friends about
(00:37):
what's going on, what they canlook forward to, where they can
go for all the things regardingus, where they can go for all
the things regarding us, nice,so we can just jump in there.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
It's all kind of places to go to see us to find
what we're doing and someexciting things happening as
well.
So I just wanted to start offby saying, if you haven't looked
at our websites thegencocom,that's Genevieve, and my website
Then we have the fuzzy furryforestcom, where you can see all
(01:09):
things fuzzy furry forest, andthere's a lot coming, there's a
lot happening.
We also have an Instagram andFacebooks as well.
So if you get a chance, checkthat stuff out and we'll be glad
to see you and show you what'sgoing on.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Yeah, and I definitely have to say that a
lot of people spell Corey with aC.
So, just FYI, it's Jenkospelled G-E-N-K-O.
Yes, right, it's yeah.
So, anyhow, we'd love to seeyou there, but we want to go
forward in our episode because,cory, I think this one's going
(01:45):
to be rich with substance, andso I want to give a shout out to
ben, who wanted more um fromepisode.
I think it was 346.
Yes, it was right.
So, ben, here we are, and I hopethis speaks to everyone else,
and if you know someone who'sbeen thinking about creating a
side hustle, um, we encourageyou to share this episode with
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them, because today we'retalking about something that
could change your life startinga side hustle for the side
hustle oh yeah.
So whether you want extraincome, more freedom or creative
outlet, a side hustle isdefinitely the way to go.
But people always ask us, corey, how do you actually get
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started?
And that's what we're divinginto today.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Absolutely so.
I just want to start this bysaying, if you have a lack the
lack of money, lack of time todo the other things in life that
you want to do, if you findyourself looking at things
saying, man, I wish I could dosomething different or something
better.
I have too much free time on myhands.
It's making me watch too muchTV.
(02:52):
Maybe you're spending too muchtime in the restaurant, I don't
know.
People have different reasonsfor different things that they
do, and side hustles is a goodway to fill up some of that time
and make a little extra money.
But you got to know what you'redoing to get this side hustle
started.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Right.
So we're going to walk everyonethrough some steps, dive a
little bit deeper, give somemotivation, for sure.
I'm going to start with a storyabout a woman named Sarah
(03:30):
Blakely.
Okay, okay now.
I am so thankful for this girlbecause, guess what?
She didn't have everythingfigured out, but she knew that
she just needed to start.
So what she was actually doingis her nine to five was selling
fax machines door to door by day, and then at night she was
working on her sphinx.
Yes, yes, I said it Spanx.
Thank God for a good Spanx.
She worked on the prototype atnight.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
You want to tell the men that are listening where the
Spanx is.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So it is the most amazing tummy control.
Suck it in undergarment.
I think most women wear.
So it's a tool, it's abeautiful tool, awesome, yes, um
, yeah, the before shots and theafter shots of wearing this
brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
So she had no fashionbackground, she's selling fax
(04:16):
machines, she had no businessdegree and she just had an idea
and persistence.
And and today, corey, she's abillionaire.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
And I'd like to say that most people that say they
didn't have a business degree orany kind of degree in that
particular field would say youdidn't have any business doing
this, but this just goes to showyou.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
So rude yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
It goes to show you that you don't have to have a
degree to become a millionaire,billionaire, trillionaire.
You don't have to have somehigh credential to start your
side hustle and make very goodmoney.
And look, let's be honest, mostof us won't be millionaires.
I will, I'm just telling you.
But what I will say is that wecan be thousandaires, we can be
hundredaires and make sure thatwe're making good money
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throughout the week andthroughout the month and
throughout the year.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Yeah for sure.
So that's why we're saying sidehustle, because we understand
that people need their nine tofive as that source of income.
So if you've ever felt like youneed permission to start, guess
what, this is it.
So let's break it down step bystep, sure.
So the first one is why start aside hustle?
So why do people normally startthem, like we said, extra
(05:33):
income or they want to escape ajob they hate?
That's real talk.
You might have a nine to five.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
That isn't your love, isn't your passion, isn't
creative, that's not your vibeRight, or your vibe Right or
your era Right, exactly.
So I was about nine or 10.
And as a child I was 10 timesmore hyperactive, as I am now,
and if you know me, then youknow I'm always into something,
(06:01):
I'm doing something, I'm goingsomewhere, I got something going
on.
And I was 10 times more activeas a child because I just had
the energy through the roof.
And mom was like I need to givethis kid something to do, and
playing football wasn't enough,because I'm waking up at the
butt crack of dawn and I'm justrunning through the house and
(06:21):
tackling laundry baskets.
And she was like no, we got tofigure this out.
So what happened was go outsideand help your father with the
lawn.
Cool, did that?
Came back in and I still havethe same energy.
So she was like go ask yourgrandparents if you can mow
their lawn.
So I asked them if I could mowtheir lawn and they said yeah.
And so my grandfather informedme that hey, grandson, you don't
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mow someone's lawn for free.
You know you got to charge themsomething.
And I said but you're mygrandparents, why would I do
that?
And so obviously they wereteaching me how to be business
savvy.
So I started with mygrandparents' house and they
gave me five bucks.
And then went to my aunt'shouse and she gave me five bucks
.
Before I knew it, I had a sidehustle.
(07:05):
Now, mind you, my main hustlewas school, and that came first.
I had to go to school, I had toget decent grades, and so that
was the birth of my side hustle.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yeah, and the know-how and the experience to
say I want to keep doing thisExactly Well, that those checks
kept coming in.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
So this is nice, those Abraham Lincolns were
lining up.
So I was like, look, as long asthat's still happening, I'm
good.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, so you know we always encourage on, take the
Elevator.
As you're listening, theremight be some gems that we share
here that you want to writedown or you want to come back to
, and so we totally advise youto do that.
But I wanted to say here it'simportant to know why you want
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to start a side hustle.
So, as Corey said, it wasincome.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
right, he was able to buy the cooler clothes, other
pair of shoes that he wanted,versus what his mom or dad was
gonna buy him yeah, the prowings from payless weren't
working in middle school, so Ineeded to find a way to break
through that fashion gap thateveryone else had and I was at
the bottom of mine, so yeah, sojust being real, for some people
(08:28):
, side hustles extra income forfinancial security or savings
goal.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Other people love to get into side hustle because it
builds skills and experiences ina new area, and I love that
because here we encourage you tolearn something new almost
every day.
Right, that's a way to do it.
And then it creates a backupplan or a potential for and this
is my goal, our goal afull-time business, indeed, so
we can be about it not 24-7, butjust doing the things that we
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love and adore all day.
And last but not least, for usat least, it was personal
fulfillment and creativeexpression, and I love, corey,
when you said and it was achance to build relationships.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Built the most meaningful relationship in my
life, so, uh, that was anecessity for me.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Yeah, beautiful.
So how many of you are familiarwith Shark Tank?
So there's a woman on there,barbara, and I can't think of
her last name, someone likeCorcoran or something like that.
But she says the bestbusinesses come from solving an
everyday problem.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Yeah, there's a need.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah, so that's something to think about as we
go into.
The next part of this isfinding the right side hustle
for you, because what might workfor other people doesn't
necessarily work for you.
So I'm going to give you anexample.
I am not your typical contentcreator.
You know the influencers onYouTube and things like that, so
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you've got to pick the righthustle, and the best way to
start is to ask yourself threethings.
So, corey, I'm going to ask youmaybe you can role play with me
.
I'm going to ask you thequestion.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I'm in.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Okay, so here's number one of three.
What are you good at?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
A whole bunch of things you want me to.
Of three, what are you good at?
A whole bunch of things.
You want me to tell you whatI'm good at.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Yeah, oh well, typically, and remember, it's
only like a 30 minute episodecommunication.
Okay, so what do you enjoyabout communication?
I love to get into people'sminds and build relationships
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based.
Do people need that you offerin your gift of communication?
Speaker 2 (11:05):
A lot of times and I'm glad you asked this question
, I was actually thinking aboutsaying this earlier.
Okay, a lot of times peopledon't know what they need and
you have the knowledge or thewherewithal to figure it out
that this is something thatpeople need.
Here's the catch 22.
When people don't know whatthey need, they're going to
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automatically say no.
Getting a no does not mean youdon't move forward with your
side hustle.
Sometimes getting a no is thebest goal for you to ever hear,
right?
So people don't usually knowwhat they need.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Yeah.
So I love that you brought upcommunication, because here's
the deal People will tell you,on purpose or inadvertently,
what they do need.
They will so for example, I workwith leaders or aspiring
leaders and they always say whydidn't we get taught on
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emotional intelligence and whatwe call soft skills?
By the way, I don't like softskills.
I think they're essentialskills.
There you go.
So they wonder why this wasn'ttaught to them.
And I listen to them like thisis a mantra.
This is a thing.
Listen to that, mike.
(12:23):
This is a mantra, this is athing.
And so part of our side hustleis working with kiddos on things
like eq and just the wonderfullessons that come out in our
fuzzy furry forest series right.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
so did you hear what you just said?
First and foremost, they didn'tknow that what they wanted to
know.
Why they weren't taught that?
So people don't typically knowwhat they need until they're
being handed it or given it'sbeing given to them.
And so Jan and I thought, hey,let's start a little bit sooner
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than these adults and startgiving people what they need at
a younger age.
And so now it's the way wethink it's, the way we process
is to begin the essential skillsearlier in life, so you don't
get to the workforce and you'redeficient in all these different
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areas.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
That's right, man, and that's powerful.
And so you said something rightnow, corey, which is why I got
into coaching.
People sometimes don't knowwhat they want or need until
they've talked it out, and justhaving that space creates so
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many different possibilities forpeople, and that's what I love
about the coaching part of ourside hustle Absolutely.
See how that our side hustleAbsolutely.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
See how that works yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Amazing.
So there's another example of aperson who used her passions
for making lesson plans.
She's a teacher, and so shestarted selling them on Teachers
, pay Teachers, and now shemakes six figures a year just
from the resources she wasalready using.
Yeah, brilliant.
(14:02):
So here's some suggestions,corey, that we came up with
based on people's interests.
If someone loves writing, whatwould be a recommendation for a
side?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
hustle.
Well, I like the one you threwout first, because it's the
easiest, and that's to be ablogger and write a blog, and
there's plenty of places thatyou can write your thoughts,
your ideas, your concerns, andpeople love to read about this
stuff, believe it or not.
And so here's a need that youcan fill if you just love to
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write.
And the beauty about sidehustles is that just because one
person is doing it doesn't meanyou can't do it.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
You can have a thousand bloggers, because now
you got a thousand differentpoints of views and enjoy them
all or hate them all but one,but you get to determine that
yeah, yeah, so people um havetheir own websites or write
their blogs right there onlinkedin medium medium's another
one, and I think it's 5 499 amonth to be able to have
(15:03):
unlimited access to the articlesand be able to write your own.
Yeah, so if you're great atsocial media, you might want to
look into managing accounts forsmall businesses, right, getting
them started if you enjoycrafting.
What do people do, cory?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
oh my goodness, they make all kind of stuff and,
trust me, I have employed quitea few crafters in my lifetime,
so, uh, that's something that'sdefinitely going to make money
on a regular basis.
If you go to any pop-up or farmstand, you're going to see
someone there crafting orputting together plushies or
little doodads and trinketsearrings, necklaces for both men
(15:44):
and women and what happens isthey turn that side hustle into
a mainstream income, and it'samazing to watch people go from
zero to hero, from doing theirside hustle.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Yeah, and I love that because it gives them a chance
to meet people, getadvertisement out there and test
their product out, and thenthey grow into Etsy or, you know
, get their own website.
So, if you like fitness, here'sanother big one Cause a lot of
people.
That's the thing abouttechnology and where we're at
(16:17):
now you can do almost everythingvirtual.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
There are people who set up themselves as virtual
trainers, and people pay.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
So let me see.
A quote I want to share.
Here is by Tim Ferriss, and hewrote a book called the 4-Hour
Workweek and it says don't startwith what makes the most money.
Start with what excites you andhas potential.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
And, if you haven't noticed, jen and I are pretty
excited about this side hustlething, not just because it makes
money, but because it teachesothers how to make money.
It teaches individuals who arelistening and it also does
something even more impactfulyou begin to pass that on to the
younger generation so theydon't go into the workforce with
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this mindset that they got topunch a clock every single day
for the next 20 years andhopefully have enough money to
retire when they get old enoughto to actually retire.
That that's the traditional way, but can we be honest, that's
not working very well.
So you got to have some otherstreams of income so you can do
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this thing the right way,because you don't want to get to
be 70 years old and still haveto do the nine to five.
Punch a clock, because ageismis a real thing it is.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
We have friends who are looking for work elsewhere
and they're just like I feellike I'm being discriminated
against because of my age orbecause of my years of
experience.
They think I can't learnsomething new, you know.
And so, yeah, ageism is a veryreal thing and I have to say
(18:01):
this because of things that wedon't know may change.
Now is a good time to reallythink about the side hustle.
I'm not going to say any names,but we have someone who's very,
very close to Corey and I, anda nine to five just seemed to
kill this person's vibe.
It sucked the life out of them.
(18:23):
They're constantly, constantlyjust complaining, you know, and
this person started their ownside hustle and is looking at
other things.
Cause I know for me I'll say Idon't have time to put this
furniture together, or I wishsomeone could help me um, do
this like put the shed together.
(18:44):
Remember we got the he shed in,the she shed outside.
You just never know.
Or people need to move stuffsame day, and if you've got a
little pickup truck and you putyourself out there, um, they can
do that.
And I know, corey, you're veryfamiliar with some of the
websites that promote differentum side hustles for people like
(19:05):
absolutely.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Fiverr is a really big one that we uh tapped into
when we were recording our firstep.
The shameless band, by the way,shameless band is playing on
the 14th at september's inrialto.
If you get a chance, come onout and enjoy that.
But yeah, fiverr um hasmusicians, they have uh computer
tech people, they have haveillustrators, writers, for just
(19:29):
about any line of work you canthink of, and so it's one of
those side hustles that you'realways going to be able to make
some money or be able to hiresomeone so that you can get that
thing that you need done, done,get that thing that you need,
done, done.
I didn't actually go to Fiverrto get my illustrator, but I
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would highly recommendinterviewing a few people, and
Fiverr has this program to wherethey got it down pat.
You can't get scammed in theway that you pay money and then
you don't get your productbecause Fiverr won't release
their money to the artist or theworker until the work is turned
in.
So that's always a really goodthing.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Hey y'all, I'm so sorry for the coughing in the
background.
I'm trying to get over thiscough.
I hope it's not too distracting.
Okay, so we went over.
Why start a side hustle?
We just talked about findingthe right side hustle for you.
So to end this part, here'ssomething that I'm going to ask
you to write on what excites you.
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Think about that as we moveinto how to actually get started
.
So let's talk Corey, planningand execution.
So now you've got your idea andthe question is is how do you
make it real?
Speaker 2 (20:50):
So the best way that I can think of to make it real
is to start the planning process.
What's the planning process?
What are you going to do, howare you going to go about doing
it, and how long is it going totake you to launch this business
?
And it may take a week,depending on what it is you're
(21:11):
doing, or it may take a year.
And how long is it going totake you to launch this business
?
And it may take a week,depending on what it is you're
doing, or it may take a year.
You might need to get someresources.
You might need to get somematerials.
You may even need to consultwith a few people to make sure
that you're on the right path orgoing in the right direction.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
The important thing is just to start right, and if
you say I don't have a lot ofmoney right now, that's okay.
There, look for the low costways to start, and I love what
you said, cory, because this ispart of relationship building
and networking is finding outhow did you do this?
I mean, we know otherpodcasters that literally set up
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their laptop in their closetbecause they didn't have any
other equipment and it soundsperfectly fine.
So I think another big piece ofplanning and execution is time
management, because most of ourfriends that are listening
balance a nine to five.
(22:10):
We've got personal lives andthen you've got your hustle
right.
So just being real carefulabout that, because it can
easily get to burnout.
So you've got to plan that,look at your boundaries and all
that um, some tools andplatforms to use.
I'm a big fan of Canva and Ihave started to explore AI.
(22:30):
I actually have a subscriptionin cursive C-O-U-R-S-I-V and it
just shows you what each AIplatform can do.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
So I was one of those people who did not like AI.
I was so against it and Idecided you know what?
I'm never going to use thisbecause it's replacing people
and it's just making life moredifficult than it has to be.
And then what I realized from agood friend of mine told me he
said you have to look at it fromthis point of view.
(23:07):
You're the master, it's theslave.
If you allow it to master you,then now you're using that to
make the money.
It's, you know.
So that was the first key, andif you're not using some form of
AI, you're missing out, you'renot reaching all the points and
(23:27):
levels that you can reach.
I want to just go back just alittle bit, just a little bit of
rewind, because Jen had a sidehustle as a, as a younger person
, maybe even as a kid.
Um, that brought in some reallygood money, and it just shows
you that every side hustle isnot the same.
So mine was mowing lawns and itwas very strenuous and
(23:48):
fatiguing as I got older.
But all side hustles aren'tlike that.
Jen, please tell us about thatside hustle that you did for mom
or with mom.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Oh, yes.
So I think I'm okay to say thecompany.
It's for princess housecrystals.
So my mom became single mom ata very young age, sorry about
that.
So my mom became a single momat a very young age and she
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wanted her crystals and, being aperson who could sell them, you
could earn extra points.
It was a whole thing.
So I did it at 13 gory oh mygod, my little self, what I was
carrying two big old suitcases,because this is where you sold
house to, or not house to house,but your friends, right, they
(24:41):
would have parties, and so youwould set up and I was pretty
successful and I don't know,maybe it's because I was 13 and
women felt sorry for me, but Ijust had a great time.
I got super creative with it.
So here's what it did for me.
This is where you use yourexperiences.
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My calling was not to sellcrystal.
My calling was to sell, though.
My calling was to meet people,take something so simple and
have four or five differentcreative ways you could use the
thing, and so it brought forwardpeople's imagination, their
(25:27):
creativity, and I would just getso excited whenever someone
came up with something new.
So I sold other things toolater on in life, like candles.
What else have I sold?
Oh, my gosh jewelry duringCOVID.
If you are my friend onFacebook and you've stayed my
friend, thank you Because.
(25:47):
I know I did a lot of selling onthere, but I had such a great
time Like I straight got amannequin and would dress it up
with a scarf and the accessories.
I lay it all out and I did wellthere too.
So I think that's important.
When you have an idea, it maynot be what's going to bring you
(26:09):
to that next level of income,but the skills you learn from it
you take with you for youractual side hustle.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Yeah, these are always stepping stones for you
to be able to do better and domore and go further.
A lot of people want to startwith an LLC or a bank account,
and that's necessary in the longrun, because there's tax issues
that you got to work out, butuntil you're at that point, you
(26:38):
can just start, yes.
What I encourage, though, isthat you begin to work within
the network that you have.
I hear people talking aboutgoing global before they even
went um to their next doorneighbor, and and this is one of
my famous sayings that I'vealways tell my band members and
(26:59):
and people that I'm working withis that I want to become a
neighborhood famous before Ibecome globally famous.
Uh, you know, rich or whatevertitle you want to put in there.
You want to.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
You want to be known throughout the community that
you operate in before you try togo and sell to the world
absolutely another thing that Iwant to say here, before we move
on, is that it's so important,I feel, to test before you
invest, so start small validateyour idea, then go bigger right.
(27:37):
Um, let's see, I want to makesure we cover all the points
because, ben man, we're thinkingabout you, we want to make sure
to give you what you're lookingfor.
We are thinking about him, butwe're thinking about you.
We want to make sure to giveyou what you're looking for.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
We are thinking about him, but we're thinking
everybody else the entrepreneur.
If you know us, you know thatthat's our passion.
We, we love for people to havethe nine to five.
We love for people to uh, youknow, do their school thing and
and then pour into what it isthat they're doing.
But that that next step, thatnext level, is always important,
(28:09):
because what you're going to dois you're going to open up
doors that you never thought youcould open before, and then
that's when you see the magichappen.
That's when you see the realmeaning of what some of these
people have been doing all theirlife, and it makes sense and
you're going oh, I get it now.
That that's how you maneuver tothat next level, without
(28:32):
straining yourself, trying toget over time and trying to work
50 and 60 hours a week for thisone.
Nine to five right, right.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
So your first step, everyone just put it out there
offer your product or service toone person, and the rest will
follow yeah so the next part ofit is overcoming common
challenges.
So let's be real startingsomething new is scary.
We would not be cool if wedidn't say that, because it's a
(29:05):
very real thing.
So you're thinking who am I tostart a business like everyone
else is so great about a greatwith it, but I don't think I can
do this.
So imposter syndrome is real.
But here's the truth.
You don't have to be an expert,right?
Cory, you don't you just haveto be one step ahead of someone
(29:25):
else.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
And fortunately we've been really good at that.
And I'm not tooting our horn.
What I'm saying is that,instead of just wishing and
thinking about it, we just tooka step in the direction to do it
, and that has given us theadvantage that a lot of people
don't have, that a lot of peopledon't have.
Writing a book is not as hardas you think it is, but if you
(29:54):
plan it out, it becomes so mucheasier, yeah, and you have
people giving you feedback.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Right, I am a big fan of Mel Robbins.
She's one of the people Ilisten to for podcasts.
I love her quote and her expertinsight on this is that the
biggest killer of side hustlesisn't failure.
It's never starting.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Period.
So we talked about impostersyndrome, some other common
challenges and solutions forthis is expecting mistakes,
because it's a part of theprocess, like today.
I'm going to be honest today'sepisode.
You can hear my voice.
I'm like kind of messy rightnow and that's okay, it's part
(30:37):
of the process yeah, we're gonnasay we did this on purpose so
that we could test out theoutcome of this side hustle
right right and right.
And so time management.
I mentioned Pomodoro technique.
Spend some time on your side,hustle every day, move that
needle.
We mentioned burning out andpreventing that.
(31:01):
So scheduling somenon-negotiable breaks, breaks,
hello, take a break.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Breaking is healthy and unplugged.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yes, absolutely so.
Bottom line just start and giveyourself permission to learn as
you go there you go I love it,that right I love this so much.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
I can't tell you how much this is.
This gives me energy to thinkabout the fact that somebody is
saying, yeah, I can do, can dothis, I can do this.
I've been thinking about thisfor a while Now.
I just got to start.
Yeah, guys, we're going to beposting some pictures of how we
develop some of our side hustlesand how our side hustles have
(31:38):
become a major part of our lives, and you can just get an inside
view of what we've been doingand how we did it.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
Yeah.
So our call to action for youall, and us in partnership with
you, is what's your side hustleidea?
We'd love to hear about it, tagus, send us a message, tell us
how you're getting started andlet's build this movement
together.
There we go.
I love it.
Well, you know us to take theelevator.
(32:09):
We say look up and let'selevate.
Every day, elevate, every day,elevate Every day, elevate Every
(32:30):
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