Focus the Fire 005 - The art of being an "also-preneur"

• Choose a side hustle where the timing doesn't conflict with your main career.
• Who do you want to help? Describe Angie. 
• How many people do you want to help?
• Why do you really want to do this? Money, time, freedom, autonomy
• Discipline. The minute you're not on someone else's clock, then you are immediately on yours. Make every second count. 
  • How much is your time worth? Per hour? You want to make $X each month. Ok. So how much money should your efforts be generating each hour. 
  • Learn to say No politely, without regret. 
• 4 questions to filter your time:
  • 1. What will I learn
  • 2. What will I earn
  • 3. How will I grow
  • 4. Who will I help?
• Automate processes where possible
• Use the weekend to plan your weekday moves
• Be a constant learner. Education for results is crucial. 

• Decide whether you want this to be a permanent side hustle or scale to a full time business, but keep this private until the time is right.
  
• How can you leverage one for the other? Transfer of skills between the two worlds. 
• Why also-preneurs make great employees: 
  • Less dependent on the company to satisfy their need for self actualization
  • Familiar with taking personal responsibility 
  • Builders and unifiers
    
  • Practice inspiring others toward a common cause 
  • Less fear of failure. Willing to offer new ideas
  • Understand what it means to empower others to do good work
  • Initiative 
• Also-preneurs work best when the company supports or at least approves their other pursuits. Willing to give the company even more value in return for increased flexibility. 
• Know when to give the main career more attention. Perception is reality. Flexibility is a two way street. 
• If you want more freedom and flexibility, you have to out perform everyone else, to compensate for the perceived inequity. 

• Your current career is the perfect time to practice being an entrepreneur without all the risks
• Adjust your mindset from poverty to plenty
• If you’re working for your job, make sure it’s working for you
• Take ownership of your area
• View your job as research, development or funding for your passion
• Take pride in your work and inspire others to do the same
• Pretend the rise or fall of the organization depends on you 

• Become a technical expert
• Build relationships and social capital
• Solve big problems
• Be a well versus a cup
• You can’t expect big returns if your waiting in line with a tiny cup
• Request feedback and embrace criticism
• Demonstrate the ability to manage people

Focus the Fire 002 - Be Unforgettable

Prepare to get fired!…or better yet, replaced.  If you to want grow, become a legend!

In this episode we teach you how to make being around you an amazing experience that people will remember, and want to repeat. Forget being the best. Become a legend where you are and move on the the next level of success.

• Develop a deep understanding of who you are and what you believe 
• Have a genuine desire to add value to the people and places you encounter
• Spend time understanding people’s pain points
• Try to solve big problems
• Do simple things that are uncommon
  • Eye contact
  • Pause before responding
  • Keep your word
• Unforgettable vs. Irreplaceable  

Put some rocket fuel in your career, grow faster, make deeper connections and more money.

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