The Best of 2013: Become Recession Proof with Charlie Hoehn

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

• Episode: The Best of 2013: Become Recession Proof with Charlie Hoehn
• Website: The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
• Feed URL: https://unmistakablecreative.com/podcast/rss
• Duration: 01:33:30
• Published: 2013-12-24 09:00

Like many recent graduates,  Charlie Hoehn found himself with limited options.  But the decision to forego a $70,000 a year job and work for free opened up a world of opportunities and resulted in high-profile clients including Tim Ferriss, Ramit Sethi, and Tucker Max.  He describes this approach to work as becoming recession proof and is currently in the process of writing a book called the recession proof graduate.  You'll learn how to email famous people, conduct a self assessment of your skills and why this is the best time to start something.

• Why Charlie Decided to Forego the Potential for a $70K Job and Work for FREE 
• Charlie's Virtual Internship with Seth Godin That Led to Tons of Opportunities
• The Things That Caused Charlie's Online Film School to Fail
• A Step-by-Step Walkthrough of How to Cold Email Famous People
• The 3 Key Things You Have to Do to Get Responses from Busy People
• How to Conduct a Self-Assessment of Your Skills
• Why You Don't Have to Be Paid to Practice
• The Importance of Having One REALLY Big Specific Goal 
• The Power of Having an Attitude of Self-Discovery
• A Primal Reaction to Look for in the Search for Your Passion 
• What You Can Learn from Creating a Beer Pong Table
• A Look at What It's Like to Work for Tim Ferriss
• The Launch Checklist That You Should Use for Anything
• The Importance of Rankings and Reviews
• The Advantage of Setting Up the Groundwork Long Before Your Launch
• Why You Need to Just Start Something 

Resources and People Mentioned Include:

• 12 Lessons Learned Marketing the 4-Hour Body
• Ramit Sethi
• Kamal Ravikant
• Ryan Holiday
• The $100 Startup

Tweetable Insights Include:

• Life's not about the goal. Life's about the process  (Click to Tweet)
• You need to lay solid foundation for your life and career to live the four-hour workweek (Click to Tweet)
• This is the best time for you to become someone of value and start something (Click to Tweet)

Charlie Hoehn is the author of Recession Proof Graduate, a marketer for best-selling authors and startups, a videographer, a speaker, and a Twitter prodigy. You can follow him on twitter @charliehoehn. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes.