A side hustle can help you battle uncertain times
Live MintThe average width of a kiosk selling stuff on the road is as wide as an arm span. Those who were fortunate to keep their jobs saw their work load rise to inhuman levels triggering mental and physical problems—but the fear of a layoff keeps everyone silent and working. The behaviour of the workplace has made one thing clear to employees—if you don’t have the ability to nurture a side hustle to your main job, you will not be able to negotiate the post-covid workplace that needs peak performance 24x7. The Japanese concept called Ikigai made famous by authors Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles in their best-selling book that I am yet to read points to the intersection “where your passions and talents converge with the things that the world needs and is willing to pay for”. A best-selling author I know kept his financial sector job till the day his royalty cheque became greater than his take-home salary a decade ago.
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