In this episode, we start talking about how working on that dream is at least as important as being committed to your job and career.
Of course, you need to be committed to your goals at work, but any of us can loose our jobs, and it does not need to be your own fault. Should that happend, what if you had a side hustle ready to devote more time and energy into?
And more importantly you should not define yourself only by your role at work. To become more resilient, work on having other roles as well. That makes it easier to get through tough times, to stand tall in the storm.
Helge tells a part of the experience from northern Sweden, where a lot of the older generation had at least two careers. The shoe repairman was trained by his father to repair shoes on a professional level, still worked his whole working life as a customs officer. His father had the possibility to give him and his brother a second career, a second profession as an added level of security. So he had a workshop in the back of the house, and he became important in the community not for his job but because of the side hustle.
What skills could you give your children that can give them a future side hustle, or cut living costs in the future? For Mike, one of those could be photography. Helge would choose between scythe moving and tailoring bespoke shirts.
How can you ramp up your small side hustle to larger levels, like Mike? If you are curious on what his side hustle is, listen to the episode!