The shift from career man, 50 years as “loyal” employee to one company, is upon us. In the past few months FEE.org has had posts on Your Career is an Enterprise and You Are a Tech Startup. The idea is YOU are in control of your future. The key is being a value creator for your community.
I am currently on that path. Today I wrote an email to an accounting company that uses Xero exclusively looking to create value for them– for free. It only takes an hour of my time but can have a huge impact on them in cost savings.
This is only the beginning. For too long I got sucked into the employee mentality. Spending all my time doing the job, creating value for my employer, and then kicking off my shoes after a long day’s work. Now I’m paying for it and need to play catch-up.
I am a value creator. I think outside the box. My daily reading includes blockchain progress and bitcoin payments. Today I purchased coffee with a bitcoin debit card. It’s time to put my learning, and my abilities to create value, into myself, into You, Inc.
We’ll see where the journey takes me, but I assume it’ll leave me happier than my employee mindset.