Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free.

Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home.

Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com

Episode 2217:

Carl Pullein shares the practices he uses to stay productive when travel, business trips, or holidays throw him out of his regular routine. He schedules his most important work on his calendar, protects one or two blocks of focused work each day, and parks everything else in his to-do list until he returns. Ending each trip with a free day and a full weekly review puts his time management back in control.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.carlpullein.com/blog/how-to-stay-productive-when-you-get-thrown-out-of-your-routine/24/4/2019

Quotes to ponder:

"These are my core pieces of content I produce each week and they are important to me. Because they are important they get scheduled. No excuses."

"But none of that will happen by accident. I have to schedule deliberate time to get it done."

"An hour or two, scheduled, each day for focused work will give you the time you need to stay up to date."

Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free.

Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home.

Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com

Episode 2216:

Tex Freitag explains how to overlap a day job with entrepreneurship by growing a side hustle into a full-time business. He covers building a savings cushion first, choosing a venture with a small entry point that draws on existing job skills, and reclaiming evenings and weekends through better time management. The takeaway is that a side hustle is the low-risk way to start a business, but only for those willing to sacrifice the free time it demands.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://lenpenzo.com/blog/id49055-the-art-of-the-side-hustle-overlapping-your-day-job-with-entrepreneurship.html

Quotes to ponder:

"In almost all circumstances a side hustle shouldn't require large amounts of money to begin, and you should identify a small entry point which you can expand from."

"Every minute counts when you're working a job and running a business, so doing things like bulk cooking on the weekends can save you valuable hours each week."

"If you want to succeed and eventually transfer that side hustle into a full-time business, you need to make the sacrifices necessary to provide yourself more time and financial flexibility."

Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free.
Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home.
Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com
Episode 2215:
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner finishes her guide to quitting a day job and becoming self-employed. In this second part, she explains why self-employed people should save six to twelve months of expenses in an emergency fund, why setting aside around 30% of income for taxes matters, and how forming an LLC or S-Corp separates business and personal assets. She closes with the final step of giving notice, and notes that paying down debt first makes the leap into entrepreneurship far less stressful.
Read along with the original article here: https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2022/01/how-to-quit-your-job-and-become-self-employed.html
Quotes to ponder:
"An emergency fund is extremely important when running your own business."
"Don't let this part of running your business prevent you from starting one."
"It may sound like being self-employed is scary or stressful (it can be at times), but it's mostly amazing."
Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free.
Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home.
Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com
Episode 2214:
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner explains how to prepare to quit a day job and become self-employed, drawing on her own move to working for herself full-time. In this first part, she makes the case for building a business on the side first, which lowers the risk while testing whether the idea can actually replace a full-time income. She also walks through pricing out health insurance and the other benefits an employer used to cover, so the switch to entrepreneurship brings fewer surprises.
Read along with the original article here: https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2022/01/how-to-quit-your-job-and-become-self-employed.html
Quotes to ponder:
"Starting your business on the side of your full-time job can reduce a lot of stress."
"Self-employment isn't for everyone."
"It's much better to do your research and price out how much things like health and dental insurance will cost before you quit your job."
Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free.
Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home.
Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com
Episode 2213:
Lisa Whitley explains why leaving an investment banking job in New York to join the Peace Corps in Zimbabwe was the best career decision she ever made. She describes how two years advising new entrepreneurs showed her where her passion and skills fit in international economic development, which led to an 18-year career as a foreign service officer. She argues that a career switch does not require knowing the whole next chapter in advance, and credits earlier choices, like less expensive schools and staying free of debt, with giving her the flexibility to take the leap.
Read along with the original article here: https://womenwhomoney.com/career-move-joining-peace-corps/
Quotes to ponder:
"It was the best career decision that I had ever made."
"The biggest obstacle to making a career switch can be the very understandable compulsion that you need to know exactly what the next chapter will look like before you take the plunge."
"But the choices that you make now can allow you the freedom to flex later."
Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices