#56 Simon Ree – How to Monetise Your Interests

Simon Ree is a best selling author, options trader and senior finance and investment professional with over 28 years of experience with leading global investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and Credit Suisse.  Simon published his first book, The Tao of Trading, which focuses on building wealth and managing risk by learning the techniques and processes to trade effectively. His book has consistently ranked amongst the best selling trading and investing books on Amazon. Check out Simon’s book here: https://amzn.to/39l9WP8 Listen to our first episode on building a career: https://spoti.fi/3lGkzBp ⏺️ Voics: https://www.voics.co/🎙️ Podcast University: https://bit.ly/3Dqip2S🎤 Podcast Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3f1ir81📞 Schedule Free Call: https://bit.ly/3GsNyTU(00:00) Introduction(03:04) The change from taking the salary to making the salary(06:50) Dealing with the anxieties of starting a business  (10:10) How do you deal with external pressures? (13:20) How to work on a project for the long term? (15:32) Procrastination and resistance of entrepreneurship (18:34) How do you know if an idea will be successful? (21:07) The financial rewards from working on your passions (23:25) Consistency is a superhero in business  (24:19) Start first, edit second (27:47) Learning from your mistakes and taking ownership  (30:21) Picking yourself up and following a strategy   (31:56) Overconfidence and making irrational decisions  (33:35) Building habits and a strong routine (35:20) Customer retention versus customer acquisition (36:45) How difficult is building an online course?(40:30) Customer feedback approach to building(41:28) Do you need 5+ years experience to teach others?(45:04) Providing above and beyond value to others (50:23) Outro   Please leave a review:- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36RrL9Y- Apple: https://apple.co/3uCwViFSocials:- YouTube: https://bit.ly/3HleVy2- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3EE3FuG- Apple: https://apple.co/32ArW7D- LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3FCS3JA- TikTok: https://bit.ly/314iZD6Services:- Career mentoring: https://bit.ly/3FCS3JA- Podcast consulting: https://bit.ly/3aYzm5w- Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3JqwkXASupport the show