How Do you Measure Success in a Side Hustle?

Edmund Chong
HustleVentureSG
Published in
5 min readFeb 20, 2023

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What does a successful side hustle looks like to you?

Is a 6-figure earning side hustle, a 4-hour per day work, or the work-anywhere lifestyle your way of measuring success?

If you are currently running a side hustle or planning to do one, getting to find the right balance is probably the toughest decision. This concept of work-life balance that we all are searching for from having a side hustle is what we call Ikigai.

Chasing Ikigai

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There are 4 areas of life for Ikigai. They are working for what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. In most parts, it's almost impossible to get the perfect balance of all 4. Most people in their life are looking for just one part of Ikigai they wish to improve on.

Work for what you Love

Hate that desk job that you are working? Or hate to work on something repetitive?

Finding a job that you love working on is probably tough if you plan to become an employee since employers are the ones that choose what you need to work on rather than work on what you…

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Edmund Chong
HustleVentureSG

Founder of HustleVentureSG; Finance Media Company | 0 to 1.5 million organic impression under 1 year | For Business inquiries at hustleventuresg@gmail.com