Most people call their side hustle a side hobby.
I don’t. A side hobby is for children.
The purpose of a side hustle is to make money or to get you closer to your career or business goals.
The money you earn is real. But so is the likelihood of failing, and you’ll fail plenty of times. It’s a side hustle after all.
Let’s upgrade your life with a side hustle to take your career or business goals to the moon.
What your side hustle should do for you
Put your side hustle in the one spot where there’s no competition and your side hustle will help you make money.
There are two main ways to think about your side hustle:
- To replace your job
- To make money
Most side hustles fail at replacing a job because there’s no urgency. But the money part is different.
If you want to make money from your side hustle you’ll need to prioritize it.
The problem is what replaces work makes you tired. It takes time away from your family. It takes time away from the Netflix shows that are on a constant loop in your brain. It takes time away from the gym. It takes time away from food.
When life is already busy, it’s difficult to make your side hustle a priority.
How to think about your side hustle
A side hustle is a second job. But what’s a job?
A job, in my book, is a daily practice that fits your schedule, that pays your bills, that keeps you inspired, helps you build an audience (even if it’s a tiny one), and that acts as evidence of your future career.
The first step is to ask yourself: “What am I already practicing that could be the seed of a side hustle?”
Once you have the seed of a side hustle, you can start growing it.
What Is a Side Hustle?
If you’re interested in making extra money outside of your full-time job or want to explore a new career, consider starting a side hustle. To pursue one successfully, it’s helpful to choose one that matches your interests, skills and professional goals. Learning more about side hustles may allow you to earn money while doing something that engages you and gaining professional experience in a new field.What is a side hustle?
A side hustle is an additional employment opportunity outside of a person’s full-time job that provides supplemental income. Unlike a part-time job, a side hustle commonly has more freedom and more control over what a person does, when they do it and how many hours they devote to it. Individuals can typically pursue a side hustle that involves their passions and talents, and some may eventually make their side hustle their primary career.
What are the benefits of having a side hustle?
There are many benefits of having a side hustle, such as:
Gaining flexibility
Individuals typically manage the time they dedicate to their side hustle, making it easier to integrate into their existing schedule as full-time employees. By controlling their schedule, they can make their side hustle accommodate other events or commitments they have while still earning additional income. This may help them gain flexibility and maintain employment in their existing role while also pursuing their passion.
Improving your finances
A side hustle is a way to earn extra income in addition to a full-time job. With the extra money, it might be easier to pay bills, contribute to savings or assist with other expenses. The additional income could also help make your side hustle a growing business.
Exploring your passions
One advantage of a side hustle is the opportunity to pursue a career you’re passionate about. Pursuing your passions as part of a side hustle might give you the opportunity to develop your side hustle into a career. You can also develop specific skills that may help make your side hustle successful.
Tips for maintaining your side hustle
Below is a list of tips for maintaining your own side hustle:
- Be realistic. When making the choice to pursue a side hustle, it’s important to have realistic expectations about what you can manage. Having a balance between your full-time job, side hustle and personal life may be vital to your success.
- Check with your employer. A side hustle typically accompanies a full-time role. It may be beneficial to check with your employer to ensure that your full-time job can allow you time to pursue your side hustle.
- Maintain good records. It may be useful to document and record all your transactions and other events for your side hustle so that you may better input the relevant information for taxes and other important documents.
- Have multiple side hustles. When running a side hustle, you might have the opportunity to manage more than one of them. Having multiple side hustles may allow you to have more supplemental income, which might help increase your financial stability and give you the chance to explore multiple passions.
Hustle quotes to get you motivated…
“Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anais Nin
“My entire life can be summed up in four word: I hustled. I conquered. ” – Unknown
“The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately.” – Unknown
“You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.” – Jim Rohn
“Invest in your dreams. Grind now. Shine later.” – Unknown
“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer
“Hustle beats talent when talent doesn’t hustle” – Ross Simmonds
“Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you”. – Henry J. Kaiser
“Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a dance step – it’s an old business procedure.” – Fran Lebowitz
“I’m living everyday like a hustle. Another drug to juggle. Another day, another struggle.” – Notorious BIG
“Some hustle for respect. Some hustle for love. Others hustle for truth. We all hustle to survive.” – Unknown
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. – David Rockefeller
“Greatness only comes before hustle in the dictionary.” – Ross Simmonds
“Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.” Michael Jordan
“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t. So that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” – Unknown
“When I started flirting with the hustle, failure became my ex. Now engaged to the game and married to success.” – Unknown
“Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
“The hustle brings the dollar. The experience brings the knowledge. The persistence brings success.” – Ross Simmonds
“Hustle isn’t just working on the things you like. It means doing the things you don’t enjoy so you can do the things you love.” – Unknown
“Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” – George Burns
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.” – Steve Jobs
“It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business.” – Mark Cuban
“I’d rather hustle 24/7 than slave 9 to 5.” – Unknown
“Business opportunities are like buses: there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson
“Hustle in silence and let your success make the noise.” – Unknown
You just can’t beat the person who never gives up. You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.
Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow, I can accomplish what others can’t. Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
The doors will be opened to those bold enough to knock.
Success in anything will always come down to this: Focus and effort, and we control both. Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.
Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. The goddess of good luck favours men of action.
If you’re going through hell, keep going. Hustle and heart will set you apart.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Great things don’t come from comfort zones. Embrace your hustle.
Embrace the struggle. Chase the dream.
Each day wake up and ask yourself what will make you feel the most alive.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Do better than good enough.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new centre of gravity.
Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
Believe in the hustle, don’t put your faith in luck. A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.
A dream doesn’t become a reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.
