Second Breaks

Highlights of Episode 113:

• Key actions that Kim and her husband took to achieve financial independence
• How they were able to pay their 15-year mortgage in 3 years
• Why insurance coverage holds people back from self-employment and how Kim and her husband manage their family’s insurance
• How Kim took advantage of inexpensive and free resources to help build her freelance career
• How Kim mitigated the risks of leaving corporate employment to transition to a freelance career

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Highlights of Episode 112:

• How a side-hustle got started by raising her hand when someone asked for help on Facebook
• How this seemingly insignificant work grew into something bigger and became the basis of her new career
• Justine’s approach to channeling the skills she mastered in one field of work into another
• The idea that we can be headstrong about our goals but flexible about the way we will achieve these goals
• The principle of ‘ruling things out’ when considering a new career

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In this episode:

• How John started his side hustle and his initial foray into Clickbank
• The difference between network marketing, multi-level marketing, affiliate marketing, and online marketing
• The major change Google implemented that closed his account and shut down his revenue source
• How John recovered from Google’s changes and how he manages the risk of similar occurrences in the future
• Why affiliate marketing is a good place to start for newcomers to the online marketing space

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Melissa Emler works in the education industry in both her regular job and her side hustle. She is the Director of Innovation at a regional service agency for educators. For her side gig, she co-owns a business called Modern Learners, where they serve educators around the globe to put the focus back on learning. But to call one a regular job and the other a side hustle misses the point somewhat.

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Melissa Emler works in the education industry in both her regular job and her side hustle. But to call one a regular job and the other as a side hustle misses the point somewhat.

You see, Melissa loves her regular job and the people she serves. And because her side hustle is in the same industry, Melissa gets to extend that passion, fine-tune and expand her expertise while providing value in both her roles.

Melissa considers both of her roles as her main thing. As she says, it just depends on what time of day it is. So perhaps, another way of looking at it is that her work is a whole with 2 equal parts.

In this discussion, we talk about how Melissa got started with her side-hustle with minimal financial risk, her approach to work-life integration, how she maintains flexibility at her day-job which then allows her the space for her side project, and so much more.

Personally, I took note of how Melissa created the opportunity for a second hustle by reaching out to a major influencer in the education space. She initiated the connection and proposed a role that didn’t exist. I think this brilliant move by Melissa is a key takeaway from this conversation – no matter your field of work or your plans for your next career move.

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Highlights of Episode 109:

• Althea’s practical approach to following her passion
• How she arranged her schedule with her then-manager to allow her time to build her floral business
• What steps she took to build her client-base from the ground up while she still had her full-time job
• How Althea prepared for the day when she would go ‘all in’ on her business
• It’s not all arranging flowers! What it really means to run a seasonal business
• Sacrifices and challenges, but it’s all worth it!

For the transcript and links, visit https://secondbreaks.com/podcast

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Highlights of Episode 108

• The main difference Susan experienced starting an online consulting business versus their previous brick-and-mortar businesses
• What she focused on when she initially got going with Scale Spark
• Susan’s methods for maintaining the balancing act between her day job and her side consulting business
• The role of their side businesses versus the role of their day jobs on their long-term plan
• How Susan talks about her day-job and her side business in social and networking events

 
For the transcript and links, visit https://secondbreaks.com/podcast

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For the full transcript and links, visit https://secondbreaks.com/podcast

Get full access to Shaping Life at loublaser.substack.com/subscribe

Highlights of Episode 106

• The challenge that goes with transitioning from employee to owning your own business
• Letting go of the old identity and embracing the new one as you make a career change
• The 3 Ms (Mindset, Meaning, and Mindfulness), what each one means, and how they show up and influence our careers and personal lives
• Separating the ‘work’ from the desired results
• Aligning career choices with our core values

For the full transcript and links, visit https://secondbreaks.com/podcast

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One of the joys of making a career change is becoming something or someone new. Reinventing ourselves. But this can sometimes be a double-edged sword. It can be surprisingly challenging to let go of our old, established identities. Even harder is identifying the beliefs we ve always had about what success looks like or sounds like and releasing those that no longer serve us. I explore this with business coach, author, and fellow podcaster, Lee Chaix McDonough.