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When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in
Have you ever written a personal note to a respected andsuccessful author? Not that I wish that fate on those preciousfew who top the best seller lists, but I just wrote to Dan Pink. Dan, Wonderful book! I'm doing a review and will distribute it as widely as my littleguy.com role allows. I'm curious though, why do you quote the reviews from the NY Times, CNN, the "Global Executive Section" of The Economist and Monster.com when the book is about you and I? Maybe those reviewers saw themselves in a fantasy painted Pink? Those folks still work for the big dogs of business and I doubt very much that those in the board rooms of global corporations are quite as cheered by your ideas as the reviewers who work for them. I am impressed and cheered though, by your work and wish you continued success. With regrets that it profits Warner Books more than Pink, Inc. -- Mike Banks ValentineIt's my personal belief that Free Agent Nation should be ownedby Pink, Inc. I also believe that if Daniel H. Pink were to include a review by Mike Banks Valentine of WebSite101 on hisweb site http://www.FreeAgentNation.com , that it would do littlefor his credibility or his book sales. I toot a big horn on the front page of my web site too becausewhen visitors see a quote from Entrepreneur Magazine on my homepage, they may take a little longer to click away from my site.Once I've got them though, I rely on the testimonials from smallezine owners to prompt subscriptions to my newsletter, furtherdown the page. And small is what Pink thinks the future holdsfor the new workplace.This book is about independent freelancers merrily toiling awayin their underwear in a home workspace, as Pink states, in HOHO,or "His Office/Her Office". He seems to delight in creating newterms to define what is increasingly common for self-employedprofessionals -- independence.Here're some Pinkisms, emphasized in chapter-end "boxes":"Nanocorp. A microbusiness that remains "ruthlessly small" --as both a personal preference and a competitive strategy.""Digital Marxism. With inexpensive computers, wireless handhelddevices, and ubiquitous low-cost connections to the internet,workers can now own the means of production.""Corporate Yenta. An entity that matches independent workerswith firms or projects that need their short term help."The first few pages introduce the thesis that we're becominga Free Agent Nation where the old idea of the "Organization Man"is giving way to the concept of "e-lancers" holding meetingsat Starbucks coffee houses and home schooling their kids. He sweeps up the dust of our tired old ideas as he continuesto show us how the "industrial economy separated work andfamily." While ... "The free agent economy is rejoining them."He illustrates change by reporting that "My size fits me" hasnow replaced "One size fits all" of not only work but educationas well.Pink is well known for his prognostications on the future forFast Company Magazine and leaps right out there with a fewshocking ideas indicating massive changes in the economy bysuggesting entrepreneurs will sell shares in themselves to putthe "I" back in IPO's with F.A.N. (Free Agent Nation) bonds. Financial instruments that emphasize talent and creativity overthe more common mass of corporate safety and financial bulk. He wraps up by suggesting that women will replace the "Old BoyNetwork" and rule the landscape of a new economy because theyare better suited to community and sharing rather than the oldmale "conquer and topple" model of business success. Maybe it'sthe only way men can be seen as equals, when we have to out-think women rather than bully and threaten them.Now I'm not sure he's got it all right, but damn! The nextfew years will be nothing if not exciting as they unfold toexpose the flower of this budding new world as seen by Pink! Article Tags: Free Agent Nation, Free Agent, Agent Nation
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