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5 Awesome Benefits That Should Motivate You to Start a Side Project Today
One way or the other, your efforts will be rewarded
Surprised, I told them I only run a photography business on the side part-time, and that my business model isn’t what they should be looking at if they want to start a business.
Their reply shocked me.
“We want practical experience from an individual doing it as much as the point of view of the big business,” the man replied. “We would like to start a small educational consulting business upon retirement, and we’re gathering first-hand accounts from as many founders as we can.”
That touched my heart. My decision to start photography on the side has served as a case study to a couple old enough to be my parents. Some other benefits you can enjoy from starting a side initiative, for-profit or not, include
You become a role model
Last week I read an article about the sudden rise of too many advisors. The author made two points:
- The advice should come from someone with first-hand experience in the topic.
- All advice should come with a caveat of the existence of different conditions instead of a guarantee of immediate success.
