If one thing has become clear to you by reading this site and other materials is that things are changing, they’re changing fast, and if you don’t do something about it, you can quickly find yourself in a difficult situation. Since we all understand this basic premise, what are we going to do about it?

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There are a few basic principles that apply to everyone (freelancer, employee, student, and entrepreneur) that will help you navigate the changes in the employment and economic markets. So here they are in quick bullet fashion; if you have any questions, feel free to shoot us a message.

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• Build Dynamic Deep Skills: These are skills that you are an expert at and have cross-application to numerous industries. Too many people have coasted by in life doing a little bit of everything and never having mastered anything. This makes them very ill-suited to doing anything well in a non-contracting employment market but renders them unemployable in a contracting market where lucrative spots are scarce. Choose two to four skills to become absolutely amazing it where you could lead a project or a portion of a project with that skill. We know this is a bit vague for some people, so shoot us a message. 

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• Build Soft Skills: Work on your interpersonal skills, self-management, and general management so that you are better prepared to step into various projects or companies with more social and managerial competence. Notice we wrote self-management here. Before you even think about giving orders out to other people to tell them what to do, you need to learn to give yourself orders and keep yourself accountable. You can't lead a company, team, or anyone for that matter if you can't lead yourself. 

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• Build Hard Communication Skills: Learn to write concisely and effectively. We can't stress the importance of this point enough. Now more than ever, people will meet your words before they ever hear your voice or meet you in person. Set aside 15 minutes a day to improve your writing in a meaningful way. Chose diverse topics to read something about and then start writing something about it. Think about it. Imagine how amazing your writing skills will become if you can write about something you just learned and that you had no interest or knowledge of 20 minutes prior.

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This portion is dedicated to staying employable and economically viable. This will become a larger part of the site as time goes on, but we wanted to get something solid up while working on the rest of the site. We've started out by listing the core principles that you need to master to ensure your economic survival.