The Matthew Kent Show
A podcast chronicling the journey from average to awesome
Episode 2: Have You Ever Actually Mastered the Basics of Making Money?
School doesn’t teach you how to make money. This episode attmpts to do what few people ever do: to reason about making money from the ground up.
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Stuff I mentioned in this episode:
Posting Sponsored Content on Instagram is the New Summer Job
This is the article from The Atlantic that I mentioned that talks about new ways teens are making money
Have you Ever Actually Mastered the Basics of Making Money?
The blog post that inspired this episode
The Most Productive Thing You Can Do With 10 Free Minutes Alone
This was my most successful article ever on Medium and was responsible for most of the side hustle money I made in December
Side Hustles Are Now Mandatory
I mentioned side hustles several times this episode. Here’s an article that I wrote about starting a side hustle in 2019
My Medium Profile
I mentioned that the biggest component of my side hustle is writing on Medium. You can find everything I’ve written on Medium here at my profile
Personal Finance That Works For You: How to Build Wealth, Design Your Future, and Make Money While You Sleep
My book on personal finance available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback via Amazon’s printing on demand
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The book I’m currently reading (and LOVING)
Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
Another book on habit formation that I really enjoyed
The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
One of my all-time favorite non-fiction books. It is probably the book that most inspired me to do important work like this podcast
A Dude’s Bullet Journal Walkthrough
A walkthrough of my journal. This is the most successful video I’ve even put on YouTube with more than half a million views
My Bullet Journal Masterclass
An updated look at my journal and thoughts on how to develop a successful journaling habit
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