[Deborah Risi, a 40 year-old, self-employed marketing professional] feels more invigorated than she ever did in a traditional job. No surprise there. But -- and this is one of the many counterintuitive truths of Free Agent Nation -- she also feels more secure. She pilots her work life using an instrument panel similar to the one she uses for her investments: plenty of research, solid fundamentals, and most of all, diversification. Just as sensible investors would never sink all their financial capital into one stock, free agents like Risi are questioning the wisdom of investing all their human capital in a single employer. Not only is it more interesting to have six clients instead of one boss; it also may be safer.
Like it or not, the population of Free Agent Nation is likely to expand, as corporations attempt to adapt to and leverage the Flat World. It's a sweeping change, to be sure, but for people who are prepared to to take advantage, this represents an opportunity to align Life and Work to produce something new, something better.
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