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Turn Your Skills Into Dolla Bills
How to turn your existing skillset into work you love that also brings in the bacon
I’m what people refer to as a generalist. Project management is a skill set that is replicable across all content areas and applications. That doesn’t mean I am the best fit for any project. I am most efficient and effective when designing and managing projects in areas with which I’m familiar.
Being a generalist also doesn’t mean that everything I can do is something I want to do or should do. I started working for myself to make money doing what I love, and I needed to define what that meant for me and narrow my offerings for clients to things that gave me what I needed and solved their problems.
“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
Over time I’ve turned this process into a formula for identifying the most marketable skills that will also give someone a business model that serves the life they want to live.
