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Do work that matters.<\/strong>
\nThose four words are available to anyone; they\u2019re available to you if you want them. The economy just gave you leverage\u2014the leverage to make a difference, the leverage to spread your ideas and the leverage to have impact. More people have more leverage (more chances and more power) to change the world than at any other time in history. What are you going to do about it? When?
First, you have to Connect<\/strong>. Be Empowered. Like me, I can proudly say I am empowered.<\/p>\nRob is Empowered!<\/h2>\n
\nIf you\u2019re keeping score of how many followers you have, how many comments you get or how big your online footprint is, then you\u2019re measuring the wrong thing, and you\u2019re probably distracting yourself from what matters.
\nOn the other hand, digital media can offer you a chance to make real connections, earn permission and gain insights from people you\u2019d never have a chance to interact with any other way.
\nIf you can reach and (far more important) touch or change people, you gain in influence, authority and power. We were isolated; now we\u2019re connected. The typical individual didn\u2019t have the time or the money or the connections to be heard just a few years ago. Today, the door is wide open but only for people who can touch others.
\nShepard Fairey made a poster of Barack Obama. The Internet helped it spread. The poster connected one supporter to another, became an icon, a freely shared ID badge and ultimately a parody. And in the center of the spread was the artist. While Fairey didn\u2019t make a penny selling the image, it doesn\u2019t matter. What matters is that he connected, and that connection gave his art leverage. He\u2019ll never need to look for work or revenue again. It will find him.
Second, be generous<\/strong>.
\nhe new economy often involves trading in things that don\u2019t cost money. There\u2019s no incremental cost in writing an essay, composing a song or making an introduction. Since it doesn\u2019t cost money to play, we have the ability to give before we get.
\nThe generosity<\/strong> economy rewards people who create and participate in circles of gifts. Not the direct I-gave-you-this- you-give-me-that, give-and-get of a traditional economy, but instead the tribal economy<\/strong> of individuals supporting one another.
\nTribes of talented individuals who are connected, mutually trustful and supported by one another are in a position to create a movement, to deliver items of value, to move ideas forward faster than any individual ever could.
\nDerek Sivers built CDBaby.com from a bedroom start-up to a multimillion-dollar<\/strong> seller of independent music. Under his watch, he was selling more music from more artists than anyone in history. The secret? He spent virtually all of his time supporting the artists. The software he developed, the posts he wrote, the systems he instituted\u2014they were gifts, generous contributions from Derek to the artists he worked with. In return, the artists built a thriving community, one that couldn\u2019t help but turn a profit.
\nLastly, make art. Art is an original gift, a connection that changes the recipient, a human ability to make a difference. Art isn\u2019t a painting or even a poem; it\u2019s something that any of us can do. If you interact with others, you have the platform to create something new, something that changes everything. I call that art.
\nArt is the opposite of trigonometry. Art <\/strong>never follows instructions or a manual or a boss\u2019s orders. Instead, art is the very human act of creating the uncreated, of connecting with another person at a human level. What we\u2019ve seen is that more and more markets will reward art, while putting out compliant work to the lowest bidder.
\nKathy Sierra does art when she teaches us about user interfaces<\/strong>, and Mary Anne Davis does art when she pushes the edges of what pottery can become. Art <\/strong>feels risky because it is. The risk the artist takes is that you might not like it, might not be touched, that you might actually laugh at the effort. And it\u2019s these risks that lead to reward.
\nAnd if you learned from this blog post<\/a> and want to know more about Empower Network<\/a> where you can really feel empowerment just like what I feel, kindly read on and please share it with your friends and comment below.<\/p>\n
\nRobert Kivett rob@robertkivett.com\n<\/p>\n