The Portfolio Mindset
Most of us start with limited options. We see few realistic paths ahead and resign ourselves to familiar routes. This is a book that introduces a new possibility: what if you could create and find better options for yourself?
This collection brings together 30 of my most useful posts about building a portfolio approach to life and work. Instead of betting everything on one path, you'll learn to diversify your opportunities across multiple projects, skills, and ways of creating value.
What's Inside:
- Options are freedom: 9 frameworks for how to think about options
- How to create new options: Developing a practice that sets you up to create and find better opportunities
- Help the best options win: A guide to promoting your work and letting go of bad options to find better ones
These ideas and tactics have helped me create opportunities I never expected, from getting an offer to work at Figma in NYC, to publishing a book (that has sold 5,000 copies), to starting my own editorial studio.
While focused on creative and professional choices, the portfolio mindset applies anywhere you want more flexibility in your life.
Word count: 12,335
About the author:
Herbert Lui is the author of Creative Doing. His work has appeared at publications like Fast Company, Hypebeast, and Quartz. He was a staff writer at Lifehacker. His company Wonder Shuttle has advised organizations such as the City of Toronto, Shopify, and Skillshare on their writing and publications. He has lived in Toronto, Hong Kong, and New York City.
Selected press appearances (for Creative Doing):
30 ideas that will help you find your next career opportunity, a new business, more meaningful relationships, a new creative project, or a greater sense of balance.