Choosing Career Over Education

The speaker shares their personal experience of dropping out of college to pursue a career opportunity and later realizing the importance of education. They highlight the significance of personal maturity and timing when making decisions about college.

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Robert chats with Hala Taha about her journey from a school dropout to a successful full-time podcaster and entrepreneur.

Hala Taha is the host of Young and Profiting Podcast, frequently ranked as a #1 Education podcast across all apps. Hala is also the CEO of YAP Media, a full-service social media and podcast marketing agency for top podcasters, celebrities, and CEOs generating over $2M in revenue in its first year.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:50 - How to deal with and overcome failure and rejection.

29:50 - Why Hala chose to focus on LinkedIn, a business social network, to grow her business.

34:52 - How Hala was able to land high-profile guests like Matthew McConaughey and Seth Godin and what specific strategies or tactics she used to do so.

43:28 - All the different ways one can monetize a podcast and how a podcast can be an actual revenue-generating business.

50:11 - What the most impactful thing Hala has learned from interviewing guests on her podcast.

And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Hala Taha’s Young and Profiting Podcast.
Jack Schafer’s book The Like Switch.
Ramit Sethi’s book I Will Teach You To Be Rich.
Gino Wickman’s book Entrepreneurial Leap.
Jia Jiang's book Rejection Proof.
All of Robert’s favorite books.

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