They …
- create an independent business, or a series thereof, not reliant on credentials, degrees, connections, location, or significant capital
- design personalized business models that suit skills, interests, lifestyles, values, and goals, or lack thereof
- meld vocation, job, and career into one
- cultivate empathy for their audience
- monetize their ability to solve their audience’s problems
- learn by doing
- do things in collaboration with one another
- help each other learn, teach, and monetize
- find interconnections between what they do and the world beyond
- frequently and consistently write, speak, and think in public
(how many are true for you on a scale of 1 to 10 ... ??)