The surest way to know whether or not your life is going down a worthy path is to gauge the amount of feedback you get, especially the criticism. Successful people are without a doubt the most criticized people on earth and that’s because, for everything they’ve ever attempted, they were capable of handling the criticism they received, whether it was constructive or not. This resulted in their continued success which meant even bigger projects with even more critics.
Recently, Mr. JD Bentley wrote a post entitled “How to Find Your Core in a Shell of Ambiguity”. In it, he declared that “[Lifestyle Design] doesn’t mean anything.” He later wrote another post which laid it out explicitly: “Lifestyle Design is Dead”.
And I thought: What?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Success is a term that is so vague it’s useless. As such, it depends entirely on you to figure out what it means because, as the owner of your life, you are the only one who can decide when you have or when you haven’t been successful.
I’ve been hard at work on my next ebook for the last several days. For the introduction, I found myself having to dig into my own story and discuss the reasons for me quitting my 9-to-5 at the hospital, going freelance and ultimately starting Wage Slave Rebel and all the events that led to me settling on those reasons. I’ve had more than enough time to reflect on everything and it’s been especially nice to realize that I’m looking back on my story with the eyes of a reasonably experienced entrepreneur, a position in which I never thought I’d find myself.
In a recent post, Corbett Barr of Free Pursuits posed a very important question: Is Lifestyle Design dead already? This post was in part inspired by a post of mine called “How to Find Your Core in a Shell of Ambiguity” and the comments that ensued there, particularly one brilliant comment written by Cath Duncan of Mine Your Resources. Eighty comments and several spin-off blog posts later, Corbett has worked up quite the controversy and, I would imagine, garnered quite a bit of traffic, but the debate continues on and will likely do so for the foreseeable future.
However, this is the official stance I’m taking with Wage Slave Rebel: Lifestyle Design is dead.
Hey, I'm JD. Last year, I started Wage Slave Rebel as a resource for those who are dying to escape from conformity and design the lifestyles they dream of! I write about online entrepreneurship, productivity, and lifestyle design. Learn more about Wage Slave Rebel