Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills
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Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills
The final indicator of a strength is that you are doing it already (even if you don’t notice). Although Alex assumed he had risen through the ranks because of his technical skills, he soon realized all his most satisfying successes came back to the way he pulled a team together and made lasting connections.
Your strengths don’t necessarily tell you what to do. They enable you to do whatever you want to do better than anyone else, because you’ll do it your way. On your own terms.
The moment you think that something feels too easy and too fun to be of value to others, take note. That’s often the moment people hit upon their greatest thing.
You can tell the difference between your own skills and strengths in this way. If it’s just a skill it will always feel like a bit of a struggle, even when you get good at it. Also, you won’t think ‘I can’t believe people pay me to do something this fun!’ This is what makes your true strengths so hard to spot: it feels too easy so you might well ov
... See moreAsk anyone who does well as a solopreneur, and they will say that growing their business is a core part of how they spend their days. Some people (conventional business types) find this part boring. Free Range Humans see it as an excuse for getting playful.
Try this for yourself. Identify one to three topics that you have learnt about or experienced in the last few years. Be it a personal life experience (such as getting out of debt) or something else. What help would you have wanted with those topics at the time? Now, crucially: are you personally excited about offering this sort of help to people wh
... See moreThe free range tribe isn’t united by travel or a particular industry: this growing tribe is united in taking a unique approach to problem solving and income creation that gives you the freedom to get paid to do whatever you darn well please and create an amazing lifestyle in the process.
‘what do I really want to do with my life’ and ‘how do I get to get paid to have fun’