How to get paid doing what you love
What if you are doing something passionately and feel like
you're enjoying it
but you just seem to just can't make money.
So in this video, I'm going to help you with that problem
Hi guys, it's Linh Podetti here and welcome to my channel
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bit about me
So back in the days, I was not an entrepreneur
I had no idea about how to start a business
And now I have a successful business and I can work
anywhere.
So that is why I'm passionate about really helping people
discover their passion
and be able to earn money from it
And so this question was really something that I can relate to
and I at the beginning back in the time 10 years ago
when I was really wanting to start a business, I had no idea
what I wanted to do.
I had no passion. I just knew that I love business and I love
people
but I just really didn't know what I could do to actually earn
money.
But what I did do was knowing that that was my problem
I started to try different things to discover what my
passion is
So it was a lot harder for me to find to find something to do
because I actually was just good at talking to people
or good at the soft skills and I wasn't able to create a service
around it
And it was through just doing different things that I was able
to discover
outsourcing and that's what I do for business now.
But let's just assume you love to make birthday cards
Like you enjoy doing arts and crafts
and you like to create these birthday cards
and you can do an amazing and so you want to sell this
but it's not something that people that people are paying
for it
that it takes you so much time to design this thing
And people are not willing to pay more than $2 or $3 for it
So, what do you do there? Is it that you stop doing this card
thing
or you know, continue with it? what do you do? So here's my
take on it.
So what I have to say is that don't feel like you have to put
yourself in a box.
So let's just say you are passionate about making these
cards
but you need to really think what is it about making these
cards exciting
is that the creativity side, is that the design part?
What is it is? Is it the thinking of the design? Because
that part
can be applicable to other things right? So let me give you
an example
I love people and I guess communicating and project
managing and
I love leading. Now, I didn't know what outsourcing was
So I didn't know to just go out and start an outsourcing
business.
But because I was hunger for success and any opportunity came
to me
I would try for I would go and try things. And so I started my
business
and I started networking. I didn't know how to network.
I didn't know how to set up our networking event
but I just gave it a go. I went for it, met people
and realized that people needed help with how to find people to
do
website development, etc. And so then I just said, let me help
that and I tried to solve it. And then I end up starting like
you with
a agency,
outsourcing business. But I still didn't know that that was
my passion
I actually didn't realize that is, it pulls into the good thing
that I'm good at.
Like the whole people think I was just solving a problem.
I think that you need to be really open minded in trying new
things
because in trying new things and not being happy with
where you are but willing to try new things rather than,
"This is what I do. And I have to make money with this"
rather than going, "This is what I do. And I like it because of
this."
Now, if an opportunity comes or if I'm seeking out information
and they say to try this or do that, give it a go
because that could actually give you more answers
and give you an idea about what you can do next.
And the next advice I have for you is to really think about
what problem you're solving in the marketplace. Yes, you will
not
be able to make moneIf you're just thinking about yourself
and going, "I like to do this. This is what I'm going to do."
No, you need to
bridge the gap between what the market wants and what you're
good at.
And if there's no great service that is going to solve that.
Yes. So in terms of outsourcing, I realized that I'm good at
finding
people and I'm good at hiring people. Now. I need to still
think of how
am I going to do it for businesses. What is it the
problem that they want?
Is it website development that they want to do? What problem am
I solving?
And how am I going to do it differently to other people as
well?
So, you really need to put yourself in the shoes of your
client and go
here's my passion, what kind of industry or things can I do that
still has that passion?
But in that business, that passion how is that going to
solve a problem
for the client. So you really need to think about the client's
problem
How is it different to other companies? How can you be bundle
your passion
or service with other things to make a difference.
So for example, if you look back, knowing how to design
these cards
what if you want were able to collaborate with other people
and come up with this new product or new service so that
you stand out
and you can actually make money with it. What if it came with
the
physical cards and online version, or whatever it is . You
really need to
think creatively, so that you could still do what you love
but created a product or service that someone actually wants to
pay for.
So I'd love to share my personal story about where I'm at in my
life
right now. So I am I want to be an actor, and I started to learn
acting
and I'm so passionate about it. I love it. But I didn't know
that I wanted to
do that yet. And the way that I got to here is because I gave it
a go.
I started a business. I knew that I needed to create better
personal branding
and start doing more videos and getting my face out there.
Do I like it? No, I hated it because I wasn't good at it.
So I suck at it and I I was worried that I can't speak in
front of people.
So I took a public speaking class. And I remember when my
coach said
Stop making regular videos, I was like, "Oh my god, I don't
know what to talk about."
And at that time, it was really hard to think of topics.
I would just really struggle to talk into the camera like. I
felt like I needed
someone to talk to me, next to me, otherwise, I just can't do
it.
And so we all are going through to experience resistance and
struggle
but I pushed through, I was like, No, I'm just gonna do this
because it's the right thing to do. I'm going to try it.
And I did that for, I guess, and hopefully for the last 10 years
but very consistently in the last year or so. I was able to
really get
confident in performing and being in front of people and I
was able
to discover my passion. Because sometimes passion comes after
you
get good at something. I found that it's not like all of a
sudden you
wake up and passionate about something. Everyone's passionate
about
spending money buying things and going shopping lists and so the
easy bit
but it's like how what is it beat about that can make money.
So I might love going out with friends and talking to people
and back in the days it would be clubbing going for dinners.
But now I realized that in acting. I'm able to be hanging
out with
other actors who are like my friends. And we get to play
together,
we're coming up with scenes and rehearse lines. And we're
putting
ourselves in different creative circumstances which feels like
funny feeling,
which is playing a game. And so finally, I realized, Oh, my God,
I found another
passion. I found my passion. Of course, this passion is an
acting thing
and I know you can make money from it. But it's gonna be a
long time
before I can actually make money from it. But because it's my
passion, and
I'm going to go for it. And I know that this passion can make
money because
I can see people already doing it in front of me. So whatever
that you're doing
find out what other people are doing because I'm sure there's
already people
successful. If your idea or your passion that you're doing
there is no one else is doing it, then most likely, it's not a
valid one
it's like no one else is doing it is because it's not making
money.
But if you have a passion for something and someone else is
succeeding it
look up to them, find out how they do it, learn stuff from
them
then try to do something that's similar to them or better than
them
so that you could stand out. So the whole point is, you can make
money
from your passion. You just need to be a little bit more smarter
about it.
And sometimes passion even comes after.
So although I have a passion for outsourcing and running a
business
now that I've discovered another passion acting, I wish I could
spend more time
in acting actually. So another point is, you can grow in
passions
you can have more passion than that passion. So don't be stuck
in that passion.
So keep discovering your passion, true passion.
Go and find the problem and solve that problem for a client
and find a way to make
money from it, and to get inspiration go and find someone
else.
Don't have to know them personally, but online, who's
doing that already
so that you know which path to go and how to
get further down into your passion that makes money.
I hope I've just explained it. So that way, I can actually just
talk through
the video without any script and without a lot of preparation,
because
I'm used to it now. And so I encourage you, if you ever think
you're
thinking about doing something new something scary, you know,
with practice, it won't get easy. So hope you've enjoyed my
video.
I know sometimes I talk really fast, because I'm so excited.
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