Side Hustles and Summer Must-Haves

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Welcome to The Good News with Angie Austin. Now, with The Good News, here’s Angie.

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Hey, it’s Angie Austin and Jim Stovall on The Good News with Angie Austin and Jim today. Hey, Jim.

SPEAKER 06 : 1:15

Hey, it is great to be with you as always.

SPEAKER 11 : 1:17

We’re talking about your column Window on the World. When I first saw the title, I thought, oh, you know, Jim likes to travel. So do I. And if you haven’t heard Jim before, Jim is blind. Now, do you say blind or do you say unsighted or not sighted?

SPEAKER 06 : 1:33

Blind works great. Everybody knows what you mean. You know, I mean, if you say these other things, people always ask, what do you mean? And you end up saying blind anyway. It’s just easier.

SPEAKER 10 : 1:43

Jim, you’re so funny. It works. You like to travel, and I like to travel. You have a favorite place in San Diego we always talk about that I’m just dying to go to. Last time I was there, I attempted to get over there. For some odd reason, we couldn’t drive over to see it because I’ve got to visualize it because you’ve spoken about it so many times. You go with Crystal, and you go at least once a year.

SPEAKER 11 : 2:06

Anyway, I thought, does Jim go to Europe? Because I have not been to Europe yet. My husband hasn’t either, which is odd for people our age. And we’re fairly successful people. And all of my friends that I travel with, the three that I really do a lot with, well, actually four, are going to Europe, not together, but on different trips this summer. And I said to my husband, I said, you know, this is like the third summer that I’ve asked you if we could go to Europe. And I said, I’d really like to do that. And he said, we have kids. I said, no, that’s not the excuse. When I was going to go with my cousin, he said, well, I want to go too because my cousin goes a lot to see her sister in Germany and then travels all over. And he said, well, I’d like to go too, but I can’t. And I’m like, well, that’s not fair. So this time it was we have kids. I’m like, these are lame excuses. And, Jim, what I think it comes down to is he gets – he’s stressed a lot about his business. And so he doesn’t want to go overseas. So he doesn’t want me to go if he can’t go.

SPEAKER 06 : 3:01

You know, I used to – before I went the first time, you think, wow, it’s like this far-off thing. And, you know, and – I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and we connect everything in Dallas. When we die and go to heaven, you have to lay over in Dallas.

SPEAKER 09 : 3:18

That’s funny.

SPEAKER 06 : 3:20

And so I’m used to going to Dallas and then catching a four-hour flight to New York or whatever. And so you go six or six and a half hours, and you’re in London or Paris or wherever you’re going. And it’s really amazing. And our last trip, Crystal and I went. And I had a friend that had just been, and he said, man, I hired this driver for the whole week. He’s kind of an elite guy, and he’ll just stay with you all week and go places. He knows the language. So I hired this guy. And so we’re riding in from the airport, and I said, so you do this every week? He said, yes, sir. And I said, so… So who did you have last week? He said, the Sultan of Brunei. And who are you going to have next week? He said, Elton John. Oh, my goodness. I said, I’m the weak link here. This is a slow week for you. And then he laughed and said, I’m looking forward to it. You know, he got us, you know, we went to the Palace of Versailles and the line’s four hours long. He drove right up to the door and got us in, and then we went to Normandy Beach, and I did not know. I hadn’t been paying attention to the calendar, and we got there on Memorial Day on Normandy Beach, and he got us right in, and we sat next to a general, and they did this amazing review, and all of these graves, and just such an emotional thing, and then we went to… Actually, we went to the Louvre, and Crystal wanted to see Mona Lisa and several other things. Well, I said, I’m not going in there. I’m not standing out in line. So I sit on this bench outside in the courtyard, and they have a statuary out there. And I’m sitting there, and a girl comes over to me, a French girl. We discovered fairly quickly her English was slightly better than my French, so we’re struggling through this. And she said, why aren’t you going in? And I explained to her, I’m blind, I can’t go in. And she went and talked to this guy, and then says, follow me. And I cannot believe to this day I did this. I don’t know this woman, but I walk off with this woman over into this young girl, and She, we get behind the rope, and we, it was Rodin’s Thinker, the deal with the guy sitting there thinking and everything. And I got to touch this sculpture, and it was cool and everything. Oh, my goodness. I called my publisher that day, and I said, when’s the new book coming out, Wisdom of the Ages? And he said, a couple weeks. I said, do we have a cover for the second edition? He said, no. I said, we do now. Put Rodin’s Thinker on there. So there’s one edition of that book that has it. But then I went in and I sat in the gallery next to where the Mona Lisa was, and I heard all these people that had come in from all over the world, and I heard their reaction.

SPEAKER 09 : 6:05

Oh, that is the coolest thing. That is so cool. I would never think to do that, to see how everyone else is reacting.

SPEAKER 06 : 6:12

Yeah. You know, I wish greatly that Leonardo could have been there, because just to see something you did 500 years ago is still inspiring people that much. And it’s on my project list. Someday I’ll write a book about Leonardo. But anyway, I highly recommend it. It’s wonderful. But everywhere I’ve ever been outside of the U.S., I’m glad to go, and I’m really glad to get back to America. It’s a wonderful thing.

SPEAKER 11 : 6:41

Only you, Jim, can I ask some innocuous question where I get like – you were with the driver that was thinking – you got the Elton John tour basically of Europe, the Sultan of Brunei tour, the red carpet where you roll out and miss the four-hour line and you get to touch the thinker. And I the food I’m into the food and just even like going to New Orleans and trying different things that maybe I wouldn’t normally order. But I’m like, you know what? I have to get the turtle soup or I have to try the crawfish or whatever it is, because this this is this is the food here. You know, like you’ve got to taste it. And I had the best meal I’ve ever experienced at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans.

SPEAKER 06 : 7:19

Love it. I’ve been there. Yeah. I love that.

SPEAKER 11 : 7:21

Oh, it was a myth. I mean, lunch was like $250, but you know what? It was like the best lunch I’ve ever had. I’m sure dinner is like three times that, but I wanted to ask you about the food, you know, is, is that also something like, are there any places you’ve been that you just, the food just really stands out to you where you’ve traveled?

SPEAKER 06 : 7:40

Yeah. There’s a restaurant about halfway up the Eiffel tower in Paris and it’s called Victor Hugo’s and it is a, It’s an amazing experience, but do not try to decipher the menu. Have the guy help you because they serve – their specialty is horse. Oh! And I am – you know, and I don’t know why that’s worse than eating a cow, but – Right, right, right. I just don’t – no, no, I’m an American. No horse, please. No, thank you. But no, fabulous, fabulous food, wonderful people, and – You know, people always say the French are very standoffish. We did not find that. And, boy, the closer you get to Normandy Beach, where our troops landed and freed them from the Nazis, even today, the closer you get down there, the more they love Americans, I promise you.

SPEAKER 11 : 8:37

Oh, man. And in the U.S., anything that stands out to you? Any places, any types of food?

SPEAKER 06 : 8:43

Me here in America? Yeah. Oh, Commander’s Palace is wonderful. Jean-Georges in New York is one of my favorites. The Cow Palace in Kansas City is fabulous. There are great places everywhere, but a lot of them, Angie, are little tiny mom-and-pop out-of-the-way places.

SPEAKER 11 : 9:00

Yes, isn’t that true? I love to go not to a chain when I travel.

SPEAKER 06 : 9:04

I always have a driver wherever I go, and I always ask, where do you like to go? If you had your best friend in town and they got one dinner, where are you going? And it’s usually just a really good place.

SPEAKER 11 : 9:17

I always ask the locals, too. If we have you know, at our hotels and there’s a band driver or whatever, and they’ll take you different places near the hotel. And I always have them take me to their favorite spots. It’s never a chain. It’s always some local place, especially in the South when you’re getting, you know, barbecue and hot chicken and, you know, collard greens and, you know, all that stuff. Oh, I love the Southern food. All right, so let’s get into your window on the world column this week and your winner’s wisdom column. What’s this all about?

SPEAKER 06 : 9:47

Well, I’m sure you and everyone listening to us is aware that people just are divided right now. They’re arguing about everything, and the news is such a big deal. When I was a kid, I had to do current events, and you would go home and watch the news. And there was only three channels of news. And they were the same. I mean, whether you’re watching Walter Cronkite or Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw, didn’t make any difference. You know, switch ties and it’s the same. I mean, there’s three guys reading the news. And you know this. You’ve been in TV news. And, you know, now. You know, people aren’t arguing about their reaction to the news of the day. They’re arguing about what’s true and what isn’t. And it’s really, really amazing. So it really depends on what window you’re looking through, whether you’re looking through clear glass, tinted glass, stained glass, really makes a difference what you’re looking at. As you know, I follow a lot of sports, and I can listen to a game. Yesterday, I listened to the St. Louis Cardinals game, and then when the other team was up to bat, I would listen to their home team announcers. It’s a great way to go, and I do this for a football game and everything. And then when they have a thing where they’re going to review a call and they’re doing the instant replay, it’s fun to go back and forth because these announcers generally, they’ve played the sport, they’ve been in it for many, many years, they know what they’re talking about, and they will see it their way. And, you know, the people for the St. Louis Cardinals will say, oh, no, he clearly, clearly was safe on that play. You see, we’re looking at it right here. Here he is clearly safe. And then you switch over to the godless Chicago Cubs, and their guy, who is just as good and used to play, he said, no, no, see, right here you can see. And they’re looking at the same thing, Angie, and they’re seeing something different. It’s a confirmation bias. And, you know, if we’re going to get along, we need to go to the news of the day with an open mind. And you really can’t just have one source. I listen to five different newscasts every morning very, very quickly, and you can do them online. It takes 20, 30 minutes to do all five just to get the news roundup. And it’s amazing because some of them, it’s not that they’re telling the story different. They’re telling a completely different story. Something was the headline on one network. that didn’t even make the news on another one. And, you know, there’s no wonder we’re not getting along. We’re all just seeing a different view from a different window.

SPEAKER 09 : 12:19

I feel like I can’t even make sense of it all.

SPEAKER 06 : 12:22

Yeah. You know, so many people, Angie, they’re looking at this and saying, And, you know, or they’ve already made up their mind. I don’t believe so-and-so. Or this organization is corrupt. Or that guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. And it doesn’t matter what they say. You know, they’ve already got their mind made up. And, wow, you need to come to it with an open mind. And then when you meet somebody you disagree with, I… I really believe in Dr. Stephen Covey’s admonition, seek to understand before you seek to be understood. I mean, listen to what they’ve got to say and fully understand what they’re saying. In fact, repeat it back to them. Okay, so what you’re saying is you believe this and this and this. And why do you believe that? And then you understand their position. Then and only then do you share your position. And a lot of times you find that there’s not that much separation. We’re not as far apart as we think. When you look at the two traditional parties, the extremes in both parties are just out there on a limb. But for the most part, the moderate majority in the middle are great people, and we’re just not that far apart. We all want the same things. We just have a a slightly different view of how we get from here to there. But, uh, you know, I, I just think the divided divisiveness is so destructive and you see people responding online and they would never say something like that to someone in person, but they will write these hateful things out there. And, uh, you know, it’s just, it’s just ridiculous. Uh, you know, and, um, You know, I just, we need to seek to understand and to try to find middle ground. And, you know, I had a woman tell me the other day after one of my events, never in the history of our country Have we been more divided? And I’ve heard this from a number of people, and I always say, did you miss school the day they talked about the Civil War? I think we were pretty divided then. And we had a number of these, and we always get back together. And we were pretty divided in the 90s with Clinton and Newt Gingrich and all that stuff that was going on. Then 9-11 happened, and wow, we were all Americans. And we will get back to that. We will get back to that. But don’t burn any bridges. There are so many people, they go online and they say things to friends and family members, and you can never take those words back. And, you know, so just be aware of that because it’s there forever. I completely agree.

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Jim Stovall.com, the columnist with New on the World. Thank you, friend. Thank you. Be well.

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Hey, Angie Austin here with the good news, along with my good friend, Dr. Cheryl Lentz, the academic entrepreneur. And we’re talking a little bit today about side hustles, which I think is such a great topic. Welcome, Dr. Cheryl Lentz.

SPEAKER 03 : 16:27

Hello, hello, hello. Oh, I like this topic. It’s something I’ve just never thought I’d find myself in, but it’s really cool.

SPEAKER 11 : 16:33

I talk a lot about my kid, and he started this side hustle while he was in school around 12, and he started with high-end Nike shoes resale to get the rare ones. Once they’ve dropped, he’d get a drop, and then somebody would want them that didn’t get the drop because it’s like a lottery. Anyway, then he transferred over to vintage clothing, which is big. He just went to a Metallica concert recently, and he was walking up to people wearing their shirts in line to get merch. so he knew that oh if you’re getting merch you’re going to have a new shirt to put on and I might be able to buy that old vintage Metallica shirt you’re wearing so he did pick up a few shirts you know that way but in general you know he does you know thrifting and he goes to estate sales and he finds people that to be honest with you are kind of hoarders and he goes into their home that he might get stacks and stacks of clothing but it’s turned into a very lucrative it’s not even a side hustle really anymore he’s incorporated. And he travels to different venues to go to big thrift con events and stuff. And it’s turned into a legit business. And my sister-in-law, I always really admired her because she had all kinds of real estate setups where she built a home on her lot in ADU and she rented that. And then she divided up her home and rented all kinds of other stuff on Airbnb. And I knew you had foreign exchange students, but tell everyone what you’re doing now that you no longer have the foreign exchange students.

SPEAKER 03 : 17:54

I converted my home into an Airbnb, an owner-occupied Airbnb, and it’s turned into not just renting rooms. It’s turned into a community, and I’ve been doing this about seven years, and I have a lot of repeat business because it’s a safe place. It’s a community base. It’s very quiet. Most people in my neighborhood have no idea what I do. And I have repeat business because it’s someplace that’s not the Hilton, no offense, but they don’t want the hotel. They want that family atmosphere where it’s just a few people. They can cook. They can have community. They can be by themselves. They can play the piano. It’s a really interesting setup I never intended to do, but wow, it’s been fun.

SPEAKER 11 : 18:31

And here you are, Professor. You’re divorced. You didn’t have kids. Your wonderful, loving heart dog passed away, and you kind of solved a couple of issues here. You have a side hustle with extra income, but now you have a bunch of new friends because you have a lot of repeat people coming, and you said you – stand around the kitchen you cook together you have a glass of wine and you stand around the island in the kitchen and you have you know companionship camaraderie of friends and these people that come back some of them you really look forward to coming back you were telling me about the grandpa that the handyman you know grandpa that comes and stays with you and fixes things and it’s really turned out to be a really cool communal kind of living environment

SPEAKER 03 : 19:11

Absolutely. And I think it’s just a matter of trying to find the right people because I was expecting that at some point I’d be remarried again, you know, someone else’s kids, dogs, etc. And that hasn’t happened yet for me. And so in the interim, I’ve been able to commute this with a lot of people who are also in these odd stages in their life. I’ve got a gal here who can’t yet find a home, but she wants to stay part of a home. So while she’s looking, she’s staying with me. I’ve got a chemical engineer who’s in the house who’s been with me since last October who’s just kind of hanging out because he doesn’t want to own anything. He travels a lot, moves every couple of years, and so he’s got the basement. I’ve got a doctor who’s now just doing an internship for five weeks at one of the local community centers. medical institutes that I have. And we had one three months ago. So I get a lot of traveling doctors. I had one in the basement. I told you about, he was studying for his boards. I get a lot of traveling nurses that come in and they just, they don’t want to do the hotel thing. And particularly women, they want a safe place because their pocketbooks won’t go as far as some of these expensive hotels are. But they also don’t want to stay at the seedy hotels because of their pocketbook that aren’t safe. And so I give them a little bit of a bridge between. And we have found, matter of fact, here’s an interesting thing. You know what happened with the Iran attacks, right? There were four people in my house. And I didn’t even know because there were two of us sitting in the living room. That’s where the community TV is. And one of them came down and he goes, did you hear about the attacks? And we’re like, no. So we turn on the TV. everybody comes down from their rooms we sit in front of the tv for like three hours trying to process the fear factor we’re all together most of them are out of town we ordered carrot cake and had drinks and wine and just sat there and i don’t mean to make light that we made a party out of it but we needed to have that fear factor and we experienced it at a community together even though these people were their families were hundreds of thousands of miles away i was their family that night and it’s a community we all slept easier knowing that we were all there together instead of

SPEAKER 11 : 21:02

in a hotel room by yourself it was really a unique experience well and you’ve got companionship and you’re making money you know i mean you’ve got absolutely you know you could have three to four different people renting in the home and my sister divided it up in a way that was even hers is more separate than yours because she was doing long term so she literally like locked off you know sections of her home where people one was short-term airbnb but the other two We’re long term. And and then she has another rental home that has a guest house in the back, a small one. But, you know, she rents out both of those properties as well. And so that really, as a single mom, helped her supplement her income in a very effective manner. And it’s just a really neat side hustle. And the home that we’re looking at for my son in Boulder, Colorado is. He has a separate garage that we’re going to convert into where he will live, and then we’ll rent out the whole home, the rest of the home once we finish that. He’ll live in it first, and then once we finish the garage conversion, we’ll rent out the home to college students.

SPEAKER 03 : 22:01

Well, we’re in a housing situation where it’s so out of reach for many people. Yes. All they can do is afford to rent a home. So you’re essentially being, instead of a condo, you’re making an apartment out of a house, but with a communal living space if they choose to have it. You just have to look at the space because I never looked at the space when I bought this home for that purpose. When I do this again, I like what your sister is doing to have those separate entities because it is safer. It is more autonomic. And then you have options that I can’t convert this house the way it was designed, not to mention there’s only a limit of space. garage space and zoning and in car space in the driveway, et cetera, et cetera. So I think there’s a lot of this because a lot of people don’t like the, the, I’m going to live with 2000 of my closest friends, even a hotel. They like that more intimate setting. They like that ability to cook and to have company.

SPEAKER 11 : 22:49

Well, the cooking saves so much money, but second in the company is nice. But the most important thing for me that you mentioned was the safety aspect. Like once I’ve stayed, let’s say there once and then I go, oh, wow, this is safe. I like Cheryl. She’s a professor. There’s a doctor staying here, a chemical engineer. Like, how cool is this? I feel safe because I don’t like staying in a hotel by myself. I recently went to Nashville and spent several days alone, and I did not in one particular hotel feel safe at all. I felt like, oh, my goodness, I wanted to have one of those things you put on the door that when it wiggles, you know, it makes a noise. And, oh, I wanted to add, you know, so you know when someone’s trying to get in. And, of course, I used the second lock. But I wanted to tell you my – we’re talking about side hustles. I’m going to send my daughter to college with her nail light to do gel nails because she does those. And also she does eyelashes, which those eyelash extensions that are semi-permanent can be $200 sometimes when you have them put them on and then another $100 a month to like upkeep them. So I said, why don’t you just I know it’s hard to charge your friends, but tell them you’re charging just a little bit for time and the supplies and charge like twenty five dollars. And then she may not have to get a job in college and she can just do the volleyball team eyelashes and other girls, you know, in her dorm. So it’ll be a dorm full of girls with eyelashes and she can make money on the side doing that. And it’ll fit with her athlete schedule, which, you know, is so busy. All right. We’re about out of time. Dr. Cheryl Lentz dot com. Fun to talk about side hustles. Stick around because I’ve got another guest joining us now as we turn a corridor here. We always love having Valerie Greenberg on the show. So as you joined us. Yes. Well, summer is in full swing, and that means it’s time for sun, fun, and summer must-haves. Joining us for the look at what’s trending this season is celebrity lifestyle expert Valerie Greenberg. She’s the founder of You’ve Been Validated, a celebrity website, and a regular guest on national TV. Welcome back, Valerie Greenberg.

SPEAKER 04 : 24:40

Angie, it’s always great to chat with you. Thank you for the warm intro, of course.

SPEAKER 11 : 24:43

You’re welcome. I love following you and seeing all your adventures on social media. I get a kick out of it.

SPEAKER 04 : 24:49

Oh, that means so much.

SPEAKER 11 : 24:50

Well, tell me, what are, since we’re seeing so many celebs in the news, you know, with the big wedding recently, what are celebrity A-listers including on their must-have list for this summer?

SPEAKER 04 : 25:01

Well, Angie, if you’ve been following me, you know. So I have a book coming out, and it releases in September. It’s called You’ve Been Validated, A Playbook for Confidence and Connection. And I actually interviewed 15 different celebrities in the material. So it’s on all of their must-have lists. So you can get ahead of the herbs. and pre-order it now on Amazon. And it’s all about honing in on your superpowers, lifting your spirits, going for your dreams, tenacity, grit, hustle, surrounding yourself with a community of people that lift you higher. And that’s exactly what these celebs have done for me. And I’m so excited to be able to share these stories through the material.

SPEAKER 11 : 25:35

All right. Well, let’s talk about some must-haves for getting creative.

SPEAKER 04 : 25:40

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SPEAKER 11 : 26:27

One of my friends uses it. She’s a professional chef, like a big famous chef, and she uses it for her events to decorate her tables. And I was actually considering getting one for my daughter because I want her to have a side hustle at school because she’s going for volleyball to college.

SPEAKER 12 : 26:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER 11 : 26:41

And I thought in the dorm, you know, she could help with blankets or for the volleyball team to do different things that are personalized.

SPEAKER 04 : 26:48

And also like a bonding activity if you’re creating, you know, personalized items for people.

SPEAKER 11 : 26:52

Well, and to make a little money so she doesn’t have to get a real job.

SPEAKER 04 : 26:55

Absolutely. Listen, that hustle is real. I like it.

SPEAKER 11 : 26:58

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SPEAKER 11 : 27:50

I know the kids are out of school right now, so they’re spending a lot more. How can people stay on top of their spending this summer?

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SPEAKER 11 : 28:33

All right. Any other summer must-haves?

SPEAKER 04 : 28:36

Yeah. My favorite sale of the year happens to be the biggest event for McKenzie Childs. It’s their barn sale, and it’s happening from July 17th to the 21st. You can save up to 60% on more than 2,000 hand-picked items from seasonal items to their iconic courtly check tea kettle to beautifully painted ceramics and enamelware. And for the first time, select pieces from their rosy check collection and a brand-new line by tastemaker Megan Stokes will be included. New items are dropping daily, so head to McKenzieTiles.com each day to grab the best deals before they’re gone.

SPEAKER 11 : 29:12

Okay, how can we find out more info and give us where to reach you as well?

SPEAKER 04 : 29:16

Yeah, so everybody go to tipsontv.com to find out all about the Summer Must Haves and message me on Instagram at Val Greenberg or my website, youvebeenvalidated.com and grab the book at Amazon or on barnesandnoble.com.

SPEAKER 11 : 29:30

Excellent. Always fun, friends.

SPEAKER 04 : 29:32

So much fun, Angie. And this book would actually be great and all the items here for your daughter as well.

SPEAKER 02 : 29:42

Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM670 KLTT.