The Art Of Non-Conformity

The Art of Non-Conformity teaches you how to play life by your own rules by giving you practical glimpses into the world of self-employment, a new approach to travel, to-do list minimalism and conscious spending habits.

How do you define job security? Chances are, the environment in which you’ve grown up has taught you that “sticking to a job with a regular paycheck” is the way to play it safe.

But actually, that means you’re putting your entire career in someone else’s hands, who, at will, can take away your only source of income. Wouldn’t you say that that’s quite risky?

Instead, why not entrust the person who cares most about your well-being with your career – and who’s more concerned about that than you yourself? Start to develop a sense of security by trusting in your own skills and abilities. Imagine you were 100% convinced that you could go out and make $1,000 in a week, no matter what happened. How’s that for making you feel secure?

Two examples Chris mentions how you can build this are:

Becoming an entrepreneur or small business owner. Showing yourself you can run a blog and make $2,000/month from it and do work enjoy will sure boost your confidence. Setting your own rules at work, for example by visiting art exhibitions in your lunch break or moving to a lower-paying job on purpose with more opportunities to develop.

Imagine you’re being promoted. That’s great, right? Well, maybe not. Your new boss will tell you about your responsibilities, duties, and the choices you can make, for example about hiring people or how to spend your budget. By giving you a bunch of options, gatekeepers make you think you’re completely free to choose, but you’re really limited to what choices they give you. The stuff that really matters, for example from where you can work, when and how often you have to be in the office, whether you have to attend meetings or not and how you can make sure you get to pick up your son from school every day, is often left out. In order to see what’s really possible, you have to challenge the rules those gatekeepers set for you. For example, Tim DeChristopher was fed up with the way the Bureau of Land Management auctioned big chunks of land so unfairly that only big oil companies could ever buy them. Instead of subscribing to the idea of having to pay a $1.7 million entry fee, he just signed up and ended up outbidding everyone else. Once the state found the sale to be invalid, because Tim didn’t have the money, the decision to sell the land was revoked and the land…