[What No One Tells You] Top 5 Things I Deeply Regret Doing in My Side Hustle
I have compiled the things I truly regret from my 20 years of side hustle experience.
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[What No One Tells You] Top 5 Things I Deeply Regret Doing in My Side Hustle
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[#5]
Diving into expensive information products right away
When I first started my side hustle,
"If you have this, anyone can make money."
Drawn by words like that, I bought information products costing hundreds of thousands of yen.
Back then, I was scared of "not knowing anything," and
I genuinely thought, "If I can buy the answer with money, it's a bargain."
But the reality was different.
The content was just a collection of shallow knowledge.
Even when I put it into practice, it didn't lead to any results at all.
[Lesson]
👉 If you rush to buy answers, you will only get more lost.
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[#4]
Constantly switching genres
There are so many options for side hustles.
Affiliate marketing, reselling, investing, writing...
Whenever I heard "you can make money right now," I jumped on it immediately.
But when I didn't get results after a little while, I moved on to the next.
And then the next...
I kept repeating that, and in the end, everything ended up half-baked.
[Lesson]
👉 It was more important to "keep moving forward on the path you chose" than "which path to choose."
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[#3]
Demanding results in too short a time
Every time I started a side hustle,
"100,000 yen a month in 3 months!"
"Quit your job in half a year!"
I was excited by such sweet words.
But reality wasn't that sweet.
When I didn't see results, I thought, "This isn't for me," and quit.
Even though the amount of effort and the time I spent were nowhere near enough.
[Lesson]
👉 Accumulate small results.
The act of continuing itself was the greatest achievement.
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[#2]
Consulting with people close to me
When I was about to start a side hustle,
I consulted with my closest friends and family.
"Don't do it," "It's dangerous," "It's impossible."
Those words stung more than I imagined.
But when I thought about it,
they had never done a side hustle or business.
My future was being judged by people with no experience.
Of course, they didn't mean any harm.
They were trying to protect me because I was important to them.
But as a result of following their advice, I couldn't take the challenge.
[Lesson]
👉 If you're going to consult someone, do it with "someone who is already living the future you want to achieve."
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[#1]
Trying to do everything by myself
"I have to do it all on my own."
When I started my side hustle, I always thought that.
Without relying on anyone, without consulting anyone,
I pushed forward with only internet searches and self-study.
But as a result,
I took detour after detour,
I didn't notice opportunities,
and I ran out of energy from useless effort.
I understand now.
"Environment," "Knowledge," "Companions"
Without these three, the speed of growth drops dramatically.
It's important to believe in your own strength.
But you can become many times stronger by moving forward while supporting each other.
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[Summary]
I think failure is part of side hustles.
However, you don't have to go out of your way to step into "avoidable failures."
I spent 20 years taking many detours.
That's why I want to convey this much.
• Don't rush
• Don't carry it all alone
• Choose the right information and environment
It's okay to take detours.
But,if you don't give up, you will definitely move forward.
If you feel even a little bit right now,
"Maybe I'm the same,"
that feeling is surely not wrong.
Even a small step is fine.
Let's move forward together.
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