236: What I've Learned and Applied from 49 Awesome Entrepreneurs - Part 4

<p>The best advice from my last 49 guests.</p> <p>At the end of nearly every episode of The Side Hustle Show, I ask my guests for their #1 tip for Side Hustle Nation. There’s always a great variety of responses, and I wanted to take some time today to go through some of my favorites from the past 50-ish interviews.</p> <p>I first did this for <a href= "http://www.sidehustlenation.com/ive-learned-applied-49-awesome-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode 50</a>, which was my first-ever solo podcast recording, and then again in <a href= "http://www.sidehustlenation.com/124" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">episode 124</a> and <a href= "http://www.sidehustlenation.com/ive-learned-applied-49-awesome-entrepreneurs-part-3/"> episode 177</a>. If you like this short-and-sweet meta-style show, be sure to check out those ones from the archives as well.</p> <p>And even though my primary motivation is to extract helpful tactics for you, the listener, I can't help but learn from my guests as well. You never know when inspiration will strike or where you'll hear the one insight that has a huge impact.</p> <p>These episodes are a lot of fun to put together, and give me an excuse to revisit some of my favorite moments and wise words from the show.</p> <p>From the last 49 guests, the 3 most common #1 tips I heard were:</p> <ol> <li>Get started.</li> <li>Take action.</li> <li>Build your audience.</li> </ol> <p>While those might sound overly generic, don't be quick to dismiss them. If all these really smart and successful people keep saying these episode after episode as their “#1 tip,” I think they’re worth paying attention to.</p> <p>What action can you take today to apply those tips?</p> <p><strong>My #1 Tip? Find your WHY.</strong></p> <p>Why side hustle? What are you trying to build? What will that afford you?</p> <p>At the end of this episode, I share a new #1-ish tip: if success is owning your calendar and being free to spend your time how you like, <strong>start doing it today</strong> in some small but meanin