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

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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.

Your internal GPS is a term used by author and coach Martha Beck to describe that feeling you get when, say, you’re about to go into a relationship with someone who turned out to be Really Very Wrong for you, or that ‘no!’ feeling you got in the first day at that job that turned out to be a bad environment.

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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

For example, if ‘variety’ is one of your themes, do something as small as taking a new route to work. If spending time with certain types of people came up as important, find them (be it through friends or discovering an event where they gather), and get out of your usual circles for an hour this week.

How do these answers make you feel? For example, when I hit the right answers, I feel elated, with this joy rising up to the top of my head. Others feel a comfortable warmth in their chest, and their body relaxes. Write down

When I first became a coach I realized I didn’t exactly love everything about coaching. For example, I’m not one to sit back, listen and nod while someone car crashes their life, or restrain enthusiasm when it’s clear you’ve hit on something fabulous. For months I was so stressed about this: every session I felt like I had to pretend to be someone