INDEX
3M, 36
9-to-5 Cure Equation, 24–25, 41–42, 73, 227, 237
9-to-5 lifestyle, 2–5
10,000-Hour Rule, 121–122
A
academic training, 124
access, 90–91
as power, 74
accounting, 222
Adams, Scott, 230
Adler, Carlye, 219
agenda, Patchwork Principle, 76–77
Allen, Scott, 236
allodoxaphobia, 192
Amazon, 6–7
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk), 68–69
amenities, 196–197
Answers.com, 39
apologizing, 234
appearance, pitching, 160
The Apprentice, 43
approach, 116–117
Ash, Mary Kay, 232
Ashe, Arthur, 113
attitude, ideal, 58–61
Australia, 32
autonomy, 96–97
availability, limiting, 110
B
beginner’s mind, 237
big picture perspective, 28
blogs, 144–145
boss, being, 182
breadcrumb navigation, 203–204
Brown, Tina, 72
Burkeman, Oliver, 64
business identity, 217–219, 237
printed materials, 217–218
virtual materials, 218–219
business phone, 213–214
C
calendar backups, 213
calling, as work, 108
Canfield, Jack, 99
career
as work, 108
career choices, 7
career life cycle, 28
big picture perspective, 28
career life cycle, 28
holiday time, 29–30
life expectancy, 28
vacations, 29–30
work-before-life mindset, 30
work versus free time, 30–32
career outlook, shape, 61–64
cyclical, 61–62
double helix, 62
linear, 61–63
spiral, 62–63
cash discounts, 225
cash flow management, 199–200
change, courage, 190–191
changes, subtle, 16–17
checking account, 222
checklist, startup, 209
China, 31
chronophobia, 192
clients, Web, 141
colleagues, 230–231
communication tools, 127
competence, 161
complexity, 97–98
confidence, 161
conflict, 184
contingent workers, 68
contract workers, 75
courage, 190–191
co-workers, ideal, 52–54
characteristics, 52–53
freelance loners, 54
teamwork, 53–54
Crane, George, 102
crazy skills, 187–188
Csíkszentmihályi, Mihály, 159
cyclical career outlook, 61–62
Czech Republic, 30
D
daily earnings, 55
daily rates, 167–168
Davis, Sam, 236
deadlines, negotiation, 177
decidophobia, 192
decisiveness, 182
dedication, 180–181
DeFini, Angela, 111
Degeneres, Ellen, 90
Denmark, 32
design, Web, 215–216
Diener, Ed, 39
DINKs (double income no kids), 51
Disney, Walt, 19
distractions, 195–196
dividends, 99–100
domain names, 214
Don Quixote, 230
Doraush, Michael, 64
double helix career outlook, 62
Douglas, Michael, 134
drawbacks, 195–200
amenities, 196–197
cash flow management, 199–200
distractions, 195–196
equipment maintenance, 200
high-tech headaches, 199
housebound, 197
income stability, 198
insurance plans, 198–199
living space, 197
loans, 198
paid time off, 198
payments, 199
personal, 195–197
physical fitness, 197
prestige, 198
professional, 198–200
professional development, 199
respect, 196
social network, 196
taxes, 199
weight issues, 197
dreams, 6–7
E
Eagle Eye, fishing approach, 132–134, 136–137, 237
Edison, Thomas, 138–139
education, 7–10
effort and reward, 98–99
EIN (Federal Tax Identification Number), 221–222, 238
Einstein, Albert, 229
Elance.com, 147
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 111
Emory University, 3
Emotional Intelligence (EI), 183, 238
emotional state, 17
employment agencies, 151
enissophobia, 192–193
enthusiasm, 111
equipment maintenance, 200
exercises
First Patchworker Goal Sheet, 228
How Would Your Ideal Career Make You Feel?, 59
If Only I Had More Time, 44–45
Preliminary Goal Sheet, 20
Putting It All Together, Mad Lib Style, 46–47
expenses, 56
experience, work, 122–123
academic training, 124
gifts/talents, 125
hobbies, 125–126
life experience, 124–125
military service, 123
parenting skills, 126–127
soft skills, 127
talents, 125
technical training, 124
volunteer service, 126
work experience, 122–123
extras, negotiation, 176–178
F
faxes, 213
fears, 191–194
fear of failure, 15
Federal Tax Identification Number (EIN), 221–222
Ferriss, Timothy, 64
finances, 18
Finland, 32
first impressions, 218
First Patchworker Goal Sheet exercise, 228
fiscal discipline, 188–189
fish-and-pitch strategy, 74
blogs, 144–145
evaluation, 152
observation, 138–145
opportunities, 132–134
re-entry shock, 134
reflection, 138
reverse culture shock, 134
rules, 152–153
Seagull Scavenger, 135–137
social media outlets, 142–144
strategy, 152–153
focus, 180
forecast, Patchwork Principle, 77–78
France, 30
free range, 238
freedom, 32
freelancers, 54, 68, 76. See also Patchwork Principle
job search engines, 147–148
part-time, 201–202
full-time patchworking, 203–204
G
Germany, 30
gifts/talents, 125
Gig Economy, 70
giggers, 68–71
Gladwell, Malcolm, 95, 111, 121
goals
action verbs, 19
boundaries, 19
change, 21
daydreams, 22
developing, 21
energizing, 21
mapping, 19–21
present, 23
quantifiable, 19
revisiting, 22–23
Goleman, Daniel, 183
Google AdWords, 215
Greece, 30
The Guardian, 51
Gurchiek, Kathy, 38
Guru.com, 147
H
Haidt, Jonathan, 107–108
autonomy, 96–97
complexity, 97–98
dividends, 99–100
effort and reward, 98–99
Harley-Davidson, 58
Harvard Business Review, 30
Hayes, Erin, 39
Health Savings Account (HSA), 224–225
Herper, Matthew, 5
Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, 38
high-tech headaches, 199
Hilton, Conrad, 229
hippopotomonstrosesquip-pedaliophobia, 193
hobbies, 125–126
home, working from, 49–50
home address, 221
location independent, 50–52
office locations, 50
on-site, 50
home office, startup costs, 210–211
Hooper, Mark, 64
hosting, Web sites, 214–215
hourly rates, 167
hours worked per year, 30–32
housebound feeling, 197
How Would Your Ideal Career Make You Feel? exercise, 59
Hungary, 30
I
identification, fishing, 138, 145–152, 238
If Only I Had More Time exercise, 44–45
imagination, 140
impressions, first, 218
income stability, 198
independent contractors, 68, 172–173, 239
independently working, 181
India, 31
inspirational skills, 183–184, 239
Internal Revenue Service, 220–221
interpersonal skills, 184, 239
Interspersed Retirement Model, 36
investing in self, 207
isolophobia, 193
J
Japan, 32
jobs
as addiction, 13
as answer, 13
dream, 7–10
postings, 142
search engines, 145–148
as work, 107
job security, 101–102
job sites, location-specific, 150
Jobshouts.com, 147
Jones, Charlotte Foltz, 236
journaling, 206–207
K
Kaizen, 239
Khurana, Simran, 236
kindness, 232–234
knowledge, 106–109
Kolata, Gina, 236
Korea, 30–32
L
leads, 181–182
learning, 182–183
leased space, 211–212
legal structure, 221
Lehrer, Jonah, 194
life expectancy, 28
life experience, 124–125
Lifestyle Design, 7, 25, 34–35, 40–64, 239
9-to-5 Cure Equation, 40–41
attitude, ideal, 58–61
career outlook, shape, 61–64
cyclical, 61–62
double helix, 62
linear, 61–63
spiral, 62–63
co-workers, ideal, 52–54
characteristics, 52–53
freelance loners, 54
teamwork, 53–54
defined, 42
money, 54–57
daily earnings, 55
delayed gratification, 56
expenses, 56
work week, ideal, 56–57
passion, 58–61
visualization, 44–45
work year, ideal, 43–45
workplace, ideal, 48–52
home, 49–50
location independent, 50–52
office locations, 50
on-site, 50
linear career outlook, 61–63
living space, 197
loans, 198
location
checking account, 222
choice, 220
EIN (Federal Tax Identification Number), 221–222
home address, 221
legal structure, 221
mailing address, 221
negotiation, 175–176
P.O. Box, 221
recordkeeping, 222
location independent, 50–52, 239
Los Angeles Times, 38
lottery winners, 3–4
luck, 101
Luxembourg, 30
M
Maasai herdsmen, 2
macrophobia, 193
mailing address, 221
Manjoo, Farhad, 219
market trends, 108
marketplace, assessing, 127–128
The Marshmallow Experiment, 188–189
Merriam-Webster Online, 23–25, 111, 194
The Mexican Fisherman story, 40–41
military service, 123
boss, being, 182
decisiveness, 182
dedication, 180–181
energy, 180
focus, 180
independently working, 181
leads, 181–182
learning, 182–183
multitasking, 181
negotiation, 163–164
organizational skills, 181
personality types, 113–116
Type A, 114–116
Type B, 115–116
mistakes, 229
mobile money, 239
daily earnings, 55
delayed gratification, 56
expenses, 56
work week, ideal, 56–57
MTurk, 68–69
multibranding, 239
multitasking, 181
Murphy, Richard McGill, 236
myopia, 27
N
negotiation, 162–178
deadlines, 177
extras, 176–178
location, 175–176
mindset, 163–164
process, managing, 168–170
rate, 165–168
time, 164–165
title, 170–175
networking groups, 151–152
New Zealand, 32
Newlands, David, 64
niche
pitching, 129–130
protecting, 130
No-Vacation Nation, 32–33, 239
Norway, 30
notice, giving, 202
O
observation, fishing, 138–145, 239
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 122
Odesk.com, 147
OECD, 38
office equipment, startup costs, 212
office locations, 50
office, startup costs, 209–212
office supplies, startup costs, 212–213
Olsen, Parmy, 38
on-site, working, 50
operational skills, 185–186, 240
opportunity, 106
fishing, 132–134
optimization, Web sites, 216–217
organizational charts, 141–142
organizational skills, 181
organizations, assessing, 128
originality, 102–105
Orkut, 36
P
paid time off, 198
paranoia, 117–119
parenting skills, 126–127
part-time patchworking, 201–202
passion, 58–61
Patchwork Principle, 38, 48, 50, 73–85, 240
9-to-5 Cure, 76
9-to-5 Cure Equation, 73
access as power, 74
agenda, 76–77
approach, 116–117
contract workers, 75
fish-and-pitch strategy, 74
forecast, 77–78
freelance dance, 84
guiding beliefs, 86–112
access, 90–91
choice, 93–95
energy, 109–110
happiness, 95–100
knowledge, 106–109
originality, 102–105
purpose, 87–90
revenue, 105–106
reward, 110–111
time, 91–93
work, 100–102
momentum, 74–75
Patchworkers, 76
pay rate, premium, 75
people skills, 75
personality types, 113–116
Type A, 114–116
Type B, 115–116
position types, 78–83
plug, 81
quick fix, 82
stand-in, 79
star, 83
walk-on, 80
practicality, 85
Patchworkers, 76, 240. See also Patchwork Principle
pay rate, premium, 75
payments, 199
Peale, Norman Vincent, 99
perception, 154–155
persistence, 101
personal drawbacks, 195–197
personal positioning statement, 161
personality types, 113–116
Type A, 114–116
Type B, 115–116
phishing, 131
phone line, 213–214
Photoshop, 218
appearance, 160
competence, 161
confidence, 161
elevator speech, 161
personal positioning statement, 161
research, 155–156
saltiness, 160
selling identity, 156–157
story, 157–159
work enjoyment, 159
pitching, 129–130
P.O. Box, 221
Poland, 30
position types, 78–83
plug, 81
quick fix, 82
stand-in, 79
star, 83
walk-on, 80
positive change, 14–15
positivity, 234–235
practicality, 85
Preliminary Goal Sheet exercise, 20
prestige, 198
pricing strategies, 167–168
professional development, 199
professional drawbacks, 198–200
progress, 235–236
project-based rates, 168
purpose, 87–90
Putting It All Together, Mad Lib Style exercise, 46–47
Q–R
Rancic, Bill, 43
rates, negotiation, 165–168
RechargeIt, 36
recordkeeping, 222
relationships, 87–89
research, pitching, 155–156
respect, 196
Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE), 92–93
retirement savings, 225–226
revenue, 105–106
reverse culture shock, 134
reward, 110–111
Richards, Greg, 39
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 52
Rosenbloom, Stephanie, 38
Ross, Joel, 72
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 153
S
sabbaticals, 36–37
saltiness, personal, 160
savings, retirement, 225–226
Scott, Sir Walter, 76
Seagull Scavenger, fishing approach, 135–137, 240
search engines, jobs, 145–148
security, 10–12
selling identity, 156–157
SEO tools, 217
shared office space, 211
Sherman, Lauren, 39
Shriver, Maria, 18, 23, 231, 236
skill sets, worth of, 166–167
skills
crazy, 187–188
cultural, 186–187
inspirational, 183–184
interpersonal, 184
operational, 185–186
organizational, 181
people, 183–188
skills sites, 148
The Sloan Consortium, 64
Smith, Logan Pearsall, 118
Snagajob.com, 147
social media outlets, 142–144
social network, 196
Sologig.com, 147
soteriophobia, 193
spending, 208–209
spiral career outlook, 62–63
sprinting, 119
staff directories, 141
Standard Life Cycle Model, 36
Stanley, Elizabeth-Anne Anderson, 110
Star Trek, 229
startup costs, 207–219
business identity, 217–219
business phone, 213–214
checklist, 209
home office, 210–211
investing in self, 207
leased space, 211–212
office, 209–212
office equipment, 212
office supplies, 212–213
phone line, 213–214
shared office space, 211
spending, 208–209
Web site, 214–217
S.T.O.P. (See The Outrageous Possibilities), 119
story, pitching, 157–159
success, 117
crowdsourcing, 68–69
Gigaverse, 70–71
Gigonomics, 69–71
work world inventory, 67–68
Sweden, 30
T
taxes, 199
teamwork, 53–54
technical training, 124
temps, 68
negotiation, 164–165
time off, 35–37. See also vacations
title, negotiation, 170–175
trade publications, 128
trail, leaving, 203–204
Trump, Donald, 43
Type A personalities, 114–116, 241
Type B personalities, 115–116, 241
U
Uchitelle, Louis, 112
underestimating self, 230
unemployment, 12–13
U.S. Department of Labor, 77–78, 85, 105, 112
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 38
U.S. Small Business Administration, 220
V
virtual assistants, 148–149, 241
virtual leads, 141
visualization, 18–21, 44–45, 241
goals, developing, 21
goals, mapping, 19–21
volunteer service, 126
W
Web sites
clients, 141
design, 215–216
domain names, 214
hosting, 214–215
optimization, 216–217
startup costs, 214–217
weight issues, 197
The West Wing, 159
Wieberg, Steve, 178
Wikibooks, 112
Wikipedia, 23, 39, 72, 85, 112, 119, 153, 161
Winfrey, Oprah, 90
Wired magazine, 19
Woodward, Jonathan, 51
versus free time, 30–32
work-before-life mindset, 30
work enjoyment, 159
work-life balance, 35
work week, ideal, 56–57
work world inventory, 67–68
work year, ideal, 43–45
workplace, ideal, 48–52
home, 49–50
location independent, 50–52
office locations, 50
on-site, 50
worth, determining, 166–168
X–Z
xenophobia, 193–194