Free Agent Nation
by Daniel H. Pink
Pink's 2001 forecast of the independent-worker economy: freelancers, e-lancers, micro-businesses, and what it means for loyalty, benefits and identity. Much of it came true; reading it now is a lesson in which trends hold.
Read it if…
you work independently and want the big-picture history of why.
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Skip it if…
you want current gig-economy analysis.
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Three things you will actually use
- Freedom, authenticity, accountability, self-defined success.
- Loyalty is now horizontal, to peers and clients.
- Security is skills, not employers.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the 'free agent work ethic' and compare it to your own.
Our verdict
The forecast that mostly held.
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