Always have something on the side [Advice to starting your business]
So you complain about your current full-time job and keep saying “I need to get out of here.” Do you actually mean that or are you just saying it. Mind you, that I truly think that there is nothing wrong working for “The Man” as long as you are enjoying what you do.
I’m guessing that you have a full-time job? What time do you get home from your job? 6pm? What do you do from 6pm until you go to bed? Do you come home and watch t.v. and go back to work the next day and complain about your job again? Groundhog day?
This is the final advice that I am stealing from Jason Fried, and Gary Vaynerchuk (from 37signals & Wine Library TV). They both said that you should always be working on something on the side. Whether it’s a small project or a huge one. If you love these post-work projects then you will constantly be coming closer towards “Escaping the 9 to 5 full-time job.”
Always have something on the side (in this case, on the side of your full-time job) : this video says it all
Amen brother. I actually just added Signal vs. Noise blog to my reader, he writes some good things.
Glad you wrote this, hope everyone who reads this takes the advise.
Comment by Michael on October 10, 2008 @ 5:40 pm