Failure Friday: “We Accept Your Proposal… to Resign”
In this week’s new “Failure Friday” segment, we hear from a young financial analyst who goes to his boss with a creative proposal to work remotely. He thinks it’s a great idea that will allow him to grow his side business, but the boss sees it quite differently.
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What It's About
Our second Failure Friday segment features a blogger that began his journey after getting let go.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1518
I believe we can learn as much from failure as we can from success, if not more. It’s with this principle in mind that we’re starting Failure Friday, a collection of short stories all about mistakes, missteps, disasters, and of course, failure. Just like our Throwback Thursday segment, you’ll hear directly from side hustlers who have struggled to get something off the ground. They’ll tell you a short story of something that went very wrong. The stories will vary, but often it starts with an idea, what they thought would happen and what really happened—and of course, what they learned. I applaud their courage! I’ll share some of my failure stories along the way as well. Today’s short story features Sean Ogle from Portland, Oregon. He is no stranger to Side Hustle School listeners, as well as anyone who’s been following my work for a long time. I wrote about Sean in The Art of Non-Conformity. But I don’t think I knew all these details including how he was effectively walked out of his office the day he left his job forever. Listen to today's episode to learn more...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Breaking Eighty: Take your game to the next level on Sean's golf membership website. Fore!
- Location Rebel: The blog that Sean started as a means of public accountability
- Rogue Financial Analyst Earns $34,000 from Golf Membership Site: After losing his job, moving to Thailand, and starting a new career, this former financial analyst creates a golf membership site that currently earns $2,800/month in recurring, passive income.
- Health Scare Pushes Marketer To Start Profitable Blog: When she found out she had high cholesterol, she knew it was time to make a change in her life. Learning to make an extra $2,000/month telling people about it came along as an unexpected bonus.
- New Mom Uses Pinterest to Launch Parenting Blog: With a goal of avoiding “fluffy” content, a new mom launches a parenting blog that provides lots of detailed, practical info. In one recent month, she earned more than $1,500 from advertising and referral fees.
