#70: How to Start a Side Hustle You’ll Actually Finish with Carrie Bohlig and Craig Clickner
At some point in your life, you’ve likely considered starting a side hustle. Perhaps you’ve thought of an idea that would benefit people, or maybe you’re interested in turning a passion project into something more. But starting a side hustle can be a daunting task—and before you know it, you’ve grown frustrated and put the side hustle on the back burner while life takes over.
It doesn’t have to be that way, though. This episode’s guests are Craig Clickner and Carrie Bohlig, the husband and wife duo behind Tandem Consulting and authors of the book So You Want to Start a Side Hustle: Build a Business that Empowers You to Live Your Life, Your Way.
Carrie and Craig wanted to leverage entrepreneurship as a way to enrich their quality of life by giving them freedom and time. They’ve developed several streams of passive and progressive passive income and want to help other entrepreneurs (budding or established) do the same. Designed as a “traveling adventure guide,” So You Want to Start a Side Hustle begins with foundational steps a lot of side hustlers miss. Things like establishing a clear Life Vision so you can understand what winning even means, developing the right “Lifeset,” and learning how to evaluate business systems, not just products.
And we’re covering it all in this episode. If you’ve got a side hustle in your heart, this one is full of goodies.
Highlights of our conversation include:
Craig and Carrie go over their background and how they realized what they wanted to be doing, plus the ways they’ve started teaching other people how to build side hustles. (2:33)
Why there’s a difference between people that want to start something and people that want to build something of significance — and why the latter are the types of people Tandem Consulting can best serve. (8:04)
Craig breaks down the myth that you need to be an inventor in order to start a business. (10:03)
How to start a side hustle you’ll actually finish and why defining what your wins are is so important. (12:07)
Ways you can find the right people to include in your circle, from referrals to asking smart questions to people you admire. (15:26)
Some of the biggest mistakes Craig and Carrie have made throughout their careers and the useful lessons they’ve learned from them. (20:35)
A look inside Tandem Talks, the new podcast from Tandem Consulting, plus tips for appearing on podcasts as a guest. (25:44)
What “lifeset” means and why it’s important for everyone to know. Plus, the most direct piece of feedback Carrie received while writing So You Want to Start a Side Hustle. (31:29)
An incredibly divisive conversation about whether Chicago is part of the Midwest. (36:11)
The top three reasons to take your side hustle seriously. (39:07)
Where to find Craig Clickner, Carrie Bohlig, and Tandem Consulting
Visit the Tandem Consulting website and learn more about Carrie and Craig here.
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