Wanna Make Your Side Hustle Your Main Gig? feat. Mario and Lauren Costabile

Every day, every moment, is a building block of God’s plan. Nothing is ever wasted.

It's Called and Caffeinated's first father-daughter interview! Ever have a dream but think, nobody's going to pay me to do that? Ever wonder how to turn the thing you love to do into the thing you get to do all the time? Want to inspire others with your passion for your Faith? You might tell yourself the market is already saturated with creatives, only the very lucky make it, you've got nothing original to offer, blah blah blah. Put aside that judgy voice and get some solid guidance on how to get started here. If God is calling you to make your side hustle your main gig, he'll take care of the success. You just gotta do your side of the work.

Mario Costabile founded Array of Hope, a media company, to move hearts with quality videos, music and witness. His daughter Lauren joined the team later as a singer, speaker and director of social media. The company seeks to spread the gospel message in an understandable way using media that people understand. They saw a need for quality Catholic media and are filling it. Today they're detailing how they went from being a family band playing together at home to a full production company with films on FORMED, EWTN, Shalom World TV, and others. 

Friends, I firmly believe the world needs your gifts and God is calling you to use them in some way. You're not too old, too young, too inexperienced, too anything for God to manifest his incredible dreams through you!

Topics Discussed

• Social media use: how to use it to evangelize
• Getting all the pieces together for a startup
• The moment Mario answered the call to begin Array of Hope- he was in his 50s and it took TEN YEARS!
• Tuning into your joy as a guidepost
• The reality of how long it takes to grow a business
• How to know you're heading in the right direction and how to "do it all"
• The vital importance of collaborating with those who inspire you

Resources

• Array of Hope
• Marie Forleo
• Joe Melendrez's episode of Called and Caffeinated