Hi Reader,

I have this pain-in-the-ass money mindset I'm constantly working on.
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​When things are tight I try to figure out how I can stretch $20 to cover $40.

It's ridiculous!

Growing up I watched both parents hustle with work, multiple jobs, side gigs and businesses. I even remember counting coins at the dinning table. It was a family effort to give me the incredible life changing experience of going on exchange to Sweden for a year when I was 16.

Blood sweat and tears went into making that happen. Gratitude doesn't even cut it how much that meant to me - even now.

Counting all those 50 cents pieces and gold dollar coins came from running a pancake stall at a huge festival to raise money for my exchange. It was a massive undertaking with my whole family, aunties and uncles included, turning up to chip in.

I can't help but wonder:
​What if we had doubled the price of the pancakes?​
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In survival mode, many of us go back to the mentality of 'cheap'. How can I make this dollar stretch further? What can I do or sell cheap that people will buy to make what I need?

How about instead you stop and focus on: ​
How do I make better & more fruitful sales instead?​
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Be Revolutionary,

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Uber: A Side Hustle or Thorn In Your Side?

I don't drive a car, so this will never be an option for me. But I do know a number of people who do drive Uber to bring in extra cash. Be careful it doesn't switch from being a side-gig to the focus of making ends-meat. Taking over as the main source of income and pulling away at your time and energy needed to get your start-up business running.

I've worked part-time gigs... from markets, data entry and marketing project work. All of them I've walked away from feeling super resentful as I felt under valued, under paid and that I had wasted so much time and energy that could have been used better elsewhere.

I'm not poo-pooing casual or part-time work. Sometimes the need is very real - I've done it and know it is.

But have a transition plan.

If you find yourself thinking that if you don't drive Uber your life is going to end. Just stop and think about that for a bit.

Uber for me falls into the same category as stacking shelves in a supermarket or cleaning toilets. Sometimes you got to do the dirty work to make things happen - but treat it as a side gig. NOT your main income. Have an end date and goal in mind.

The only reason I bring this up, is lately I have seen and heard of multiple start-up business owners getting very stuck in an Uber rut.

Don't do it.

In the beginning it can seem fun and easy. But sitting all day - a lot of the time in isolation coupled with lack of sleep, is not going to help get your business idea out there and heading in the right direction.

Be strong - in mind, body, spirit AND business strategy.

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