Portfolio careers - Steve Preston
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Portfolio careers - Steve Preston
What’s in it
Steve Preston's book starts from this premise. That - at any stage in your career - you may want to consider building a portfolio career, rather than fit yourself into a corporate one.
It dispels the myths around the 'security' of a corporate job. It gives a great number of case studies of people who've done it. Who've created a portfolio career embracing all the aspects of them.
It gives a number of useful lessons too. On how you can think of your career as an umbrella. That shouldn't just contain your paid work, but should look holistically at your entire life.
It finishes with generic lessons to take into account for those of you wanting to make the move.
Why I like it
I love the idea of a portfolio career. A career where you can have multiple (paid or unpaid) strands to what you're doing.
Why?
Because I believe people are multi-faceted, have different interests and causes they feel strongly about. They have multiple talents.
And, quite frankly, because the remit of a corporate job is not wide enough to contain all those facets, ideas, talents, experiences.
A great introduction to portfolio careers, from some people who've only gone and done it!