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What It's About
The owner of a men's fashion site becomes complacent—before regrouping and getting back to work.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1833
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. This one is different from a cruise ship not showing up in Croatia or the epic yoga studio fail—those are in the archives—but it’s something that is a true misstep. Full disclosure: I’ve had exactly the same problem that Brock is going to tell you about. Fortunately he’s turned it around, so you’ll hear about that too, but I encourage you to pay attention to both parts of the story. Today’s short story features Brock from TheModestMan.com. The site helps short men dress better and ultimately feel more confident. We told the successful story of his project on Episode #1082. But they had some struggles along the way. Let’s hear from them about one of those struggles… Listen to today's episode to learn more...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Brock for sharing this transparent and truthful story. Check out his website at TheModestMan.com. He also has a popular YouTube channel (The Modest Man) which offers all kinds of tutorials.
- He also shares his detailed income reports at FullTimeBlog.com.
- Modest Men’s Style Blog Nets Six-Figure Income: After a series of false starts, a fashion blog for shorter men grows into a six-figure hustle.
- Failure Friday: “They promised the boat would be ready… but it wasn’t.”: In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from an Australian who leads small-ship Mediterranean tours. When he commissions a new ship from a local builder, it turns into a true disaster. This story is epic!
- Failure Friday: “Everyone in the room said ‘Turn it off!’…”: In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from Jonathan Fields (!), author of Sparked. The morning his popular yoga studio received a VIP guest, the sound system broke down. He ran out to get a new one just in time, and the problem was solved—or was it?
