The Art Of The Hustle

Tony Kereluke • January 30, 2016

Hustling is a good thing at times

After spending 3 weeks in Nicaragua, San Juan Del Sur & various locations around Costa Rica. Which is a paradise country of great vibes if you haven't been. It is apparent that we as Canadians need to learn more in how to hustle. The word hustle can often be perceived as not the most positive at times. Guess what it is ok to hustle! Just be clean with your hustle and do good and good things will happen!

We as North Americans rely on getting a job way way to much to pay the bills and to get ahead. This is not the best solution as when times get tough you need to know how to hustle. People who rely on corporate jobs don't know much about the art of hustling. What do you mean by Hustling Tony? Hustling can be selling off some of your clothes, unloading furniture on craigslist and on Kijji. Or creating products or service to sell to others. Or learning a new skill to create another stream of income for yourself. There many channels of the art of the hustle and many times people think you are crazy or poor if you are hustling out and about. This is a poor way to think as we all need to learn more about the art of the hustle.

For example the Costa Ricans are always hustling all the time. One front desk party who worked at my hotel tries to get me a taxi when going home or to another area of Costa Rica. Then that front desk person who lined you up a taxi gets a cut for brokering the deal. Why can't you do this in your area or set up system of your own to generate a passive income? Or a referral system?

I have many referral systems in place to create the win win where people bring me business or clients and I pay these people fees for the win win. This is a big part of my success by formulating the win win on all fronts. As last month i paid out 7000 dollars in hustling referral fees. All of us won and will keep continuing to win. So starting next week or even tomorrow and say to your self hey maybe i should focus my energy on hustling a little more, and watch what happens when you shift those thoughts to that area.

Written By: Tony Kereluke CEO & Founder

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