Ali Abdaal

I think a lot of people rush to turn their hobby into a job, and they ruin it. They ruin it. If you love painting, the last thing you should do is try to make a living being a painter. Sell your paintings. All you want. Once you quit your day job and you have to paint and they have to sell and you have to market them, you're going to enjoy 10% of that job. There's a lot of bad advice out there.

I think a lot of people rush to turn their hobby into a job, and they ruin it. They ruin it. If you love painting, the last thing you should do is try to make a living being a painter. Sell your paintings. All you want. Once you quit your day job and you have to paint and they have to sell and you have to market them, you're going to enjoy 10% of that job. There's a lot of bad advice out there.

I think a lot of people rush to turn their hobby into a job, and they ruin it. They ruin it. If you love painting, the last thing you should do is try to make a living being a painter. Sell your paintings. All you want. Once you quit your day job and you have to paint and they have to sell and you have to market them, you're going to enjoy 10% of that job. There's a lot of bad advice out there.

Again, I won't throw anyone under the bus, but you see these influencer guys being like, go all in. Quit your day job and then you burn the ships and then you have to have your business succeed. That is a terrible piece of advice. Because what happens is you then have to do whatever it takes to quote unquote succeed. But what that usually means is pay your rent.

Again, I won't throw anyone under the bus, but you see these influencer guys being like, go all in. Quit your day job and then you burn the ships and then you have to have your business succeed. That is a terrible piece of advice. Because what happens is you then have to do whatever it takes to quote unquote succeed. But what that usually means is pay your rent.

Again, I won't throw anyone under the bus, but you see these influencer guys being like, go all in. Quit your day job and then you burn the ships and then you have to have your business succeed. That is a terrible piece of advice. Because what happens is you then have to do whatever it takes to quote unquote succeed. But what that usually means is pay your rent.

Now you have to either cut corners, maybe do some sheisty sales stuff, sell a product that's not ready. There's absolutely no reason to burn the ships and go all in. If you're starting a business, and I'm wondering if you kicked off this way when you were a

Now you have to either cut corners, maybe do some sheisty sales stuff, sell a product that's not ready. There's absolutely no reason to burn the ships and go all in. If you're starting a business, and I'm wondering if you kicked off this way when you were a

Now you have to either cut corners, maybe do some sheisty sales stuff, sell a product that's not ready. There's absolutely no reason to burn the ships and go all in. If you're starting a business, and I'm wondering if you kicked off this way when you were a

If you're starting a business, you should outsource everything possible that you cannot do yourself, and then and only then, once your time is the bottleneck on the business, should you even think about resigning your actual day job. What I see is a lot of folks that they quit their day job, and then they're like, okay, I guess I gotta do social media now, and they spend all their time

If you're starting a business, you should outsource everything possible that you cannot do yourself, and then and only then, once your time is the bottleneck on the business, should you even think about resigning your actual day job. What I see is a lot of folks that they quit their day job, and then they're like, okay, I guess I gotta do social media now, and they spend all their time

If you're starting a business, you should outsource everything possible that you cannot do yourself, and then and only then, once your time is the bottleneck on the business, should you even think about resigning your actual day job. What I see is a lot of folks that they quit their day job, and then they're like, okay, I guess I gotta do social media now, and they spend all their time

tweeting and doing, and it's like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Someone else could have made all, you're editing these little videos. What are you doing? You're spending three hours editing TikTok videos. You can outsource that crap and you could have kept your job designing semiconductors that paid you $400,000 a year. No, now you're struggling to make $40,000 a year selling sheets on the internet.

tweeting and doing, and it's like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Someone else could have made all, you're editing these little videos. What are you doing? You're spending three hours editing TikTok videos. You can outsource that crap and you could have kept your job designing semiconductors that paid you $400,000 a year. No, now you're struggling to make $40,000 a year selling sheets on the internet.

tweeting and doing, and it's like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Someone else could have made all, you're editing these little videos. What are you doing? You're spending three hours editing TikTok videos. You can outsource that crap and you could have kept your job designing semiconductors that paid you $400,000 a year. No, now you're struggling to make $40,000 a year selling sheets on the internet.

What did you do that for? You're listening to The Jordan Harbinger Show. This is me with Ali Abdaal. We'll be right back. This episode is sponsored in part by Shopify. Take ShopPay, for example. It's not just fast and seamless. It can boost conversions by up to 50%, turning hesitant shoppers into take-my-money customers.

What did you do that for? You're listening to The Jordan Harbinger Show. This is me with Ali Abdaal. We'll be right back. This episode is sponsored in part by Shopify. Take ShopPay, for example. It's not just fast and seamless. It can boost conversions by up to 50%, turning hesitant shoppers into take-my-money customers.

What did you do that for? You're listening to The Jordan Harbinger Show. This is me with Ali Abdaal. We'll be right back. This episode is sponsored in part by Shopify. Take ShopPay, for example. It's not just fast and seamless. It can boost conversions by up to 50%, turning hesitant shoppers into take-my-money customers.

If you're serious about scaling, Shopify gives you the tools to not just sell, but grow, thrive, and reach new heights. And here's the beauty of it. Shopify lets you sell everywhere. Midnight doom scrollers shopping on their phones, covered office procrastinators clicking on your ad when they should be working, easy.

If you're serious about scaling, Shopify gives you the tools to not just sell, but grow, thrive, and reach new heights. And here's the beauty of it. Shopify lets you sell everywhere. Midnight doom scrollers shopping on their phones, covered office procrastinators clicking on your ad when they should be working, easy.