Make your passion your business

The Son of a Poor Man Podcast · Nov 25, 2025 · 19m

Sometimes a hobby can turn into a successful career. If you have a passion for something -- in Ty's case, it's building custom cowboy hats -- you might be able to use that skill to start a business. Ty is hoping that will work for him, but he's starting small and working at a day job, which is currently his primary source of income. He's hoping to eventually use the theory from Episode 29, the Teeter-Totter Principle, to make it his main job, but right now it's a side hustle. Tom and Ty talk about how you might turn your hobby into a side hustle, and that side hustle into a new and rewarding…