#41 Nathan Durkin | Becoming The Rugby League Guru - How You Can Turn Your Biggest Passion Into A Full-time CareerÂ
Life, Money & Love with Dylan Mullan - A podcast by Dylan Mullan
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In this episode I sat down with Nathan Durkin, better known as the Rugby League Guru. Before I get into Nathan's story briefly, I want to make one thing clear: This podcast isn't just for people who love Rugby League. This podcast is for the people who dream of creating a life and an income around one of their biggest passions. Nathan's story set's out an extremely clear and repeatable path for how to turn your biggest passion into a full-time career.In 2018 while working as a teacher, Nathan started an Instagram page around one of his passions, Rugby League or more specifically at that time, SuperCoach. After gaining over 15,000 followers in within his first year as a content creator, he saw an opportunity to expand and in 2019 he started covering Rugby League more broadly and thus, The Rugby League Guru was born.Nathan started the Rugby League Guru podcast in 2020 and within his first year of the podcast, he made the decision to leave his career in teaching and dive into content creation full-time . He has since been built one of the largest audiences in Rugby League through his knowledge and expertise in the game he loves.In this episode:Why Nathan's story is so important and universal.What life as a teacher looked like before he started creating content and why the education space needs to be completely re-thought.Dealing with self-doubt.Creating and identifying revenue streams as a podcaster.The steps Nathan took to allow him to quit his job and commit to content creation full-time.The struggles of balancing full-time content creation and trying have a life.How to leverage social media to build your audience.How much work really goes into being a full-time content creator.The importance of finding someone who loves you for your quirks, not in spite of them.The issues Australia has with Tall Poppy Syndrome and online hate.Footy chat (approx last 10-15mins)---Follow Nathan here👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rugbyleagueguru/?hl=enFollow the channel here👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifemoneyandlove/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lifemoneyandloveYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3oNnDapuoEEdcLqGsTg30QFollow me here👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylanmullanTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dylanmullanTwitter: https://twitter.com/dylanmullan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.