Jonathan Fields on being a career renegade in a time of crisis
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In his post Can You Go Renegade In Midst Of Crisis?, Jonathan Fields writes about pursuing an entrepreneurial life in difficult times.
“If you’re in the midst of crisis and your immediate need is to put food on the table and pay your rent or mortgage, that will pretty much always take priority over any other pursuit, passion included.
“It’s straight out of Maszlow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Everything goes on the back burner, unless and until the fundamental need for survival is comfortably taken care of.
“So, the question is, can you do that and go renegade at the same time? And, the answer is, for a lot of people…yes. If you’ve been laid off, the one thing you’ve got on your hands is time. Those 8-12 hours you used to spend working are now there to be repurposed.”
Fields is author of Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love
The video is from post Get Out Of Your Head And Into The Game on Fields’ blog Awake at the Wheel.
Also hear Fields’ Career Renegade podcast at SXSW.
Also see diagram of Maslow’s Hierarchy of human needs.
