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Tiny Career - part 2

July 06, 2014

If you remember, last week we talked about the 7 elements of a tiny career, but I only got through 4 of them.  This week I'll cover the remaining 3 elements.Go back to re-read the email newsletter from last week if you need to, however, the 4 elements of a tiny career that we already covered were:--Your Purpose--A Sense of Purpose Bigger Than Yourself--Engaging Work that Plays to Your Strengths and Passions--A Sizable Audience to AssistNow, we'll get into more of the logistical and practical aspects of your tiny career.Financial Adequacy and ConsistencyWhatever you seek to do in your tiny career it needs to have an earning potential, which we talked about last week with the Sizable Audience to Assist element.  The Financial Adequacy and Consistency component is about your financial goals and building a system to reach them.  How much do you want to earn annually?  In other words, how much do you need to earn to satisfy paying your bills, supporting your family and saving for the future? (Adequacy).  And...How will you ensure you consistently have adequate income coming in?  What's your business model that produces consistent regular income? It has to be repeatable. (Consistency).Simplicity of Tools to Create Sellable DeliverablesThis is about needing/using the fewest pieces of equipment to produce high-quality sellable products and/or services.  What's the least amount of tools/equipment you need to produce your deliverables (your product/service) to your clients/customers/employer with a high level of quality?  Ideally for me, I basically need my iPhone, iPad, guitar and laptop to produce my high-quality products and services for my target audiences.  I really don't need much else to still produce products and services that my audience is willing and able to pay for.Location AgnosticThis is simply the ability to do your work from anywhere whenever you need to.  By keeping your needed equipment minimal you allow yourself to be more mobile with your work.  This is ideal to keep overhead low, but it also frees you up to be where ever you would like to be and work along the way or simply at home, or a shared work space or in a coffee shop.  The idea is that you're not tied to a particular location at a specific office.  From my own experience, being tied to an office can often stifle creativity...an office is a place to work, not a place to generate great ideas that require work later (at least that's me).So these are my 7 elements of a tiny career--Your Purpose--A Sense of Purpose Bigger Than Yourself--Engaging Work that Plays to Your Strengths and Passions--A Sizable Audience to Assist--Financial Adequacy and Consistency--Simplicity of Tools to Create Sellable Deliverables--Location AgnosticWhat am I missing?  What do you like, or not like about this list?  Hit reply and let me know.Thanks,Nick Venturellawww.nickventurella.comwww.nickvmusic.netwww.growloop.com