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Ep 716: Taking My Own Advice
- Podcast
- The Maker's Playbook
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- Apr 26, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3047
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Summary
Send us Fan Mail For fifteen years, the first piece of advice out of my mouth to anyone asking about self-employment has been the same: keep the outside income as long as you possibly can. And for fifteen years, I wasn't doing it. Until now. In this solo episode, I'm sharing a significant personal update — what led me to take an outside job after fifteen years of running my own businesses, what burnout actually feels like versus just being really tired, and the surprising freedom that comes f...