#020 Do The (Side) Hustle With Epicurus and Chris Guillebeau

Chris Guillebeau and Monica McCarthy at Caveat. Live Illustrations by Visuals For Change. Photography by Shot by Rod

“Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”

— Epicurus

This episode of The Happier Hour kicks off a two-week series on MONEY. Hear what Epicurus (the non-conformist philosopher) has in common with Chris Guillebeau (the non-conformist author, entrepreneur, and world traveller) and how both fellas can help you rethink the way you value, earn, and spend your hundred dollar bills, y’all. #thehappierhour

PREVIOUS THH EPISODES MENTIONED:

• #002 Beginnings With Plato and Dorie Clark

• #003 Keep Calm and Carry on With Seneca and Massimo Pigliucci

• #011 Commit To A Character With Aristotle and William Beteet

EPICURUS

• Three ingredients for happiness:

  • Kindness

  • Simplicity

  • Friendship

• Founded The Garden with a sign that read: Stranger, here you will do well to tarry. Here our highest good is pleasure.

CHRIS GUILEBEAU:

Side Hustle School

The Art of Non-Conformity Blog

Mo Money Day

TRAVEL HACKING

• The Five Million Frequent Flyer Mile Challenge

• Travel Hacking Resources

• Cards For Travel

EPISODE QUOTES

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. - Henry David Thoreau

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. - Nelson Mandela

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. - Epicurus

You don’t have to live life the way others expect you to. -Chris Guillebeau

 BOOKS BY CHRIS GUILLEBEAU

• Side Hustle: From Idea To Income In 27 Days

• The Happiness Of Pursuit: Finding The Quest That Will Bring Purpose To Your Life

• The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

• Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do

• The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World (Perigee Book.)

“When it comes to your job and your money, what would you change if you truly believed you don’t have to live the way others expect?”

— QUESTION OF THE EPISODE

ABOUT CHRIS GUILLEBEAU

Chris Guillebeau is the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, The Happiness of Pursuit, and other books. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. His daily podcast, Side Hustle School, is downloaded more than two million times a month. Subscribe to his popular newsletter or say hello at ChrisGuillebeau.com.

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