Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills

Steve Jobs said, ‘You’ve got to find what you love… The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.’

you shine, the parts you find natural, those are put to one side. You are ‘good enough’ at that already, the logic goes. I call this the ‘all-rounder’ myth. As a Free Range Human you’re going to have to flip that right around. By focusing on your strengths, you tap into your shortcut to loving what you do and standing out in the process.

in my research I’ve found that overnight success happens after many nights of getting off your butt and making stuff happen. The trick is making the right stuff happen so you can enjoy your life.

Make a point of going to ideas and creative events in your area – or even joining online courses – and meeting people who do things differently from the people you spend time with right now. What two things can you do this week that take you out of your usual habits and get you exposed to new people?

From now, get in the habit of asking ‘why am I really attracted to this idea?’ and make a note of the themes you notice. This will build up a strong set of clues that we will use to build your personalized free range solution.

The 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.

When I coach clients on finding their idea, we can spend a whole session talking through options but I can almost guarantee that what they will end up doing is that little throwaway idea they mention in the last five minutes of the session. It’s uncanny. The person will say that they have a ‘little idea’ but that it is too obvious, or maybe too cro

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.

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.