Comments on: F2 | Fire Fly Manifesto: Remixed – Released by ChangeThis.com http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/ Entrepreneurship, marketing, personal devlelopment Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mouli Cohen http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8642 Mouli Cohen Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:21:47 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8642 I just read the manifesto over my morning cup of coffee. I have to say great job, and you have done a wonderful job of defining success. I just read the manifesto over my morning cup of coffee. I have to say great job, and you have done a wonderful job of defining success.

]]> By: Maverick Mom » Blog Archive » Your Uncommon Guide to Uncommon Living » Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8600 Maverick Mom » Blog Archive » Your Uncommon Guide to Uncommon Living » Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:24:02 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8600 [...] my tweetstream the other day, I lunged at Jonathan Fields’  link to his newly released F2 Firefly Manifesto: Remixed. I read Jonathan’s blog, Awake At The Wheel,  regularly so I knew whatever he had written [...] [...] my tweetstream the other day, I lunged at Jonathan Fields’  link to his newly released F2 Firefly Manifesto: Remixed. I read Jonathan’s blog, Awake At The Wheel,  regularly so I knew whatever he had written [...]

]]> By: What’s Next, Entreprenuer? - The Liquid Betsy http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8598 What’s Next, Entreprenuer? - The Liquid Betsy Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8598 [...] Fields: Firefly Manifesto Remixed (How to become a career [...] [...] Fields: Firefly Manifesto Remixed (How to become a career [...]

]]> By: Lisa Gates http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8564 Lisa Gates Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8564 Jonathan, I'm really glad you responded to Matt. Reinvention looks impossible from the outside in, but once committed and inside it, it's a really pragmatic process. I had a nonprofit management job in 2005, got laid off, freaked out, went into debt, climbed the walls, and someone like you rattled my cage and I crawled up and out, and into my life. Took two years. It was painful, debt-inducing, soul satisfying work, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. (BTW, I have a husband, kids, house, cars, and take care of my 90 year old dad...it can be done.) Jonathan, I’m really glad you responded to Matt. Reinvention looks impossible from the outside in, but once committed and inside it, it’s a really pragmatic process. I had a nonprofit management job in 2005, got laid off, freaked out, went into debt, climbed the walls, and someone like you rattled my cage and I crawled up and out, and into my life. Took two years. It was painful, debt-inducing, soul satisfying work, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. (BTW, I have a husband, kids, house, cars, and take care of my 90 year old dad…it can be done.)

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8562 Jonathan Fields Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:48:07 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8562 Hey Matt, Thanks for your comment. No doubt, that challenges are greater for someone who needs to support a family. But, that was a big part of the message of the manifesto--that it's still possible. In fact, the vast majority of the case-studies in my book were grown ups with families and mortgages who figured out how to pull off "going renegade." Same thing with the people profiled in my weekly Renegade Profiles over at CareerRenegade.com. Sometimes it took years, but, in most cases, if the goal is meaningful enough, it's doable. Hey Matt, Thanks for your comment. No doubt, that challenges are greater for someone who needs to support a family. But, that was a big part of the message of the manifesto–that it’s still possible. In fact, the vast majority of the case-studies in my book were grown ups with families and mortgages who figured out how to pull off “going renegade.” Same thing with the people profiled in my weekly Renegade Profiles over at CareerRenegade.com. Sometimes it took years, but, in most cases, if the goal is meaningful enough, it’s doable.

]]> By: Matt http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8560 Matt Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:09:40 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8560 I read your entire manifesto. It's a nice thought. But for many people it's just not possible. I'm not a doomsdayer, just a realist. If you're single and live by yourself - sure, go for it. Reinvent your life. Rent a smaller apartment. Sell your car. Adapt your lifestyle to fit whatever salary you can earn doing what you love. I'm sure, as you point out, you'll be much happier in the long run. But if you're married, have children, take care (or will soon need to take care) of aging parents, have a house that's underwater, etc., etc., etc - the decision to change your lifestyle isn't up to you. Sure, I could follow my passion and spend who knows how long earning less than I do now. But is that fair to my children to whom I promised to pay for college? Is it fair to my wife that we sell our now-too-expensive house short, have to pay back $100,000, and ruin our retirement fund? Is it fair to my elderly mother to say "I know you were planning to move into our guest bedroom, but our new, smaller house doesn't have one."? For some, who happen to be in a great position where they can weather the storm while pursuing their passions, your manifesto is a great push. For the vast majority of folks who aren't in that position, it's just fools gold. I read your entire manifesto. It’s a nice thought. But for many people it’s just not possible. I’m not a doomsdayer, just a realist.

If you’re single and live by yourself – sure, go for it. Reinvent your life. Rent a smaller apartment. Sell your car. Adapt your lifestyle to fit whatever salary you can earn doing what you love. I’m sure, as you point out, you’ll be much happier in the long run.

But if you’re married, have children, take care (or will soon need to take care) of aging parents, have a house that’s underwater, etc., etc., etc – the decision to change your lifestyle isn’t up to you. Sure, I could follow my passion and spend who knows how long earning less than I do now. But is that fair to my children to whom I promised to pay for college? Is it fair to my wife that we sell our now-too-expensive house short, have to pay back $100,000, and ruin our retirement fund? Is it fair to my elderly mother to say “I know you were planning to move into our guest bedroom, but our new, smaller house doesn’t have one.”?

For some, who happen to be in a great position where they can weather the storm while pursuing their passions, your manifesto is a great push. For the vast majority of folks who aren’t in that position, it’s just fools gold.

]]> By: Get Skinny and Be Successful http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8516 Get Skinny and Be Successful Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:09:24 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8516 [...] Fields: Firefly Manifesto Remixed (How to become a career [...] [...] Fields: Firefly Manifesto Remixed (How to become a career [...]

]]> By: The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming Self-Employed http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8515 The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming Self-Employed Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:58:42 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8515 [...] Fields: Firefly Manifesto Remixed (How to become a career [...] [...] Fields: Firefly Manifesto Remixed (How to become a career [...]

]]> By: Twitted by Pistachio http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8501 Twitted by Pistachio Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:55:49 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8501 [...] This post was Twitted by Pistachio [...] [...] This post was Twitted by Pistachio [...]

]]> By: Lisa Gates http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/f2-fire-fly-manifesto-remixed/#comment-8498 Lisa Gates Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:19:33 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=1772#comment-8498 Jonathan, it's wonderful and ever evolving, like you. The collection of events that have occurred in our world--from 911 to the global economic crisis--have created a ton of drama and a ton of opportunity. The most profound thing I've noticed in my work is that everyone--from a recent MIT grad, to a kitchen-table entrepreneur to a miserable corporate manager--wants to stop settling, get real, be passionate and change the world. That's almost verbatim what we're reading in online news sites, blogs, twitter, FB, everywhere. I think this time we'll do it. Thanks to people like you and the rest of the changemakers. 2 cents Jonathan, it’s wonderful and ever evolving, like you. The collection of events that have occurred in our world–from 911 to the global economic crisis–have created a ton of drama and a ton of opportunity. The most profound thing I’ve noticed in my work is that everyone–from a recent MIT grad, to a kitchen-table entrepreneur to a miserable corporate manager–wants to stop settling, get real, be passionate and change the world. That’s almost verbatim what we’re reading in online news sites, blogs, twitter, FB, everywhere.

I think this time we’ll do it. Thanks to people like you and the rest of the changemakers.

2 cents

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