Want to do KDP/online business full-time but aren't making enough yet to take the leap?
Here's exactly what I'd do (from experience)
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Here's exactly what I'd do (from experience)
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First of all, if this is your goal then you need to adopt the mindset that everything you do now (related to career) is a means to achieving this end goal
Don't take/interpret things literally, think of them in the context of your end goal of full-time self-employment
Don't take/interpret things literally, think of them in the context of your end goal of full-time self-employment
For example, a 'rubbish' low paying job would generally be seen as unfulfilling and like you're 'not going anywhere in life'
But if you know this job is temporary and just brings you one step closer to your end goal, all of a sudden it makes sense to do, regardless of stigma
But if you know this job is temporary and just brings you one step closer to your end goal, all of a sudden it makes sense to do, regardless of stigma
I'm the worst cold calling salesman on planet earth but I got a job doing just that when I was growing my KDP
I turned down a £25k a year full-time job to sell websites for £800 a month
On paper it sounded stupid, but IN THE CONTEXT OF MY END GOAL, it made total sense
I turned down a £25k a year full-time job to sell websites for £800 a month
On paper it sounded stupid, but IN THE CONTEXT OF MY END GOAL, it made total sense
Once you've adopted that mindset you'll very easily be able to understand that people's opinions on what you do (they will critique) don't matter as they just have a different end goal to you
I'm going to assume you need a job to pay the bills and allow you to grow your business in your spare time
Ideally, try and get a job that allows you to develop a skillset that relates to your business
Or if you are desperate like I was, just get anything to start with
Ideally, try and get a job that allows you to develop a skillset that relates to your business
Or if you are desperate like I was, just get anything to start with
If the end goal is KDP, maybe get a job or work somewhere that you can learn a basic level of SEO, advertising, data analysis or graphic design etc
Think about your end goal and try to work out what skills would be useful to have
You may as well be paid to learn if you can
Think about your end goal and try to work out what skills would be useful to have
You may as well be paid to learn if you can
As you grow your business you'll become more familiar about your skillset gaps
Ask your boss if you can expose yourself to those skills and if they say no, leave a find a job that does
Traditional rules are out the window, IF IT MOVES YOU CLOSER TO YOUR END GOAL, IT MAKES SENSE
Ask your boss if you can expose yourself to those skills and if they say no, leave a find a job that does
Traditional rules are out the window, IF IT MOVES YOU CLOSER TO YOUR END GOAL, IT MAKES SENSE
BE PATIENT
Don't work stupid unsustainable hours on your business to get to your goal ASAP
As long as you're in a job where you're learning relevant skills and making money for doing so, it doesn't matter
Enjoy the journey, the destination will come
Don't work stupid unsustainable hours on your business to get to your goal ASAP
As long as you're in a job where you're learning relevant skills and making money for doing so, it doesn't matter
Enjoy the journey, the destination will come
Maybe set the goal of 7-14 hours of your own business work a week, it doesn't need much
Working a temporary job that pays the bills and develops your skillset is actually doing most of this work for you, you just can't see it
Eventually, you'll be able to take the leap
Working a temporary job that pays the bills and develops your skillset is actually doing most of this work for you, you just can't see it
Eventually, you'll be able to take the leap
Key takeaway 1:
Adopt the mindset that everything is a means to an end.
Decisions you make might make no sense on face value (and to most people) but if they move you closer to your end goal, they make total sense
This applies to literally anything: employment, social life etc
Adopt the mindset that everything is a means to an end.
Decisions you make might make no sense on face value (and to most people) but if they move you closer to your end goal, they make total sense
This applies to literally anything: employment, social life etc
Key takeaway 2:
You're gonna need to pay the bills while you build your business so you may as well learn relevant skills while you do
No course will beat the value of first-hand experience/exposure so don't fear a temporary job
They move you closer to your goal than you think
You're gonna need to pay the bills while you build your business so you may as well learn relevant skills while you do
No course will beat the value of first-hand experience/exposure so don't fear a temporary job
They move you closer to your goal than you think
Key Takeaway 3:
Be patient knowing that as long as everything you do is moving you closer to your end goal, it will come
Don't work yourself into a mental health mess, take time and build sustainably
As long as you're moving forward, speed is irrelavant
Be patient knowing that as long as everything you do is moving you closer to your end goal, it will come
Don't work yourself into a mental health mess, take time and build sustainably
As long as you're moving forward, speed is irrelavant
Hope this was useful to some in this very situation
If anyone has gone through this experience and has any tips I've missed then I'd love to hear them
Everyone does things differently, but this is what I would do if I was back in that position
If anyone has gone through this experience and has any tips I've missed then I'd love to hear them
Everyone does things differently, but this is what I would do if I was back in that position
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