Top-down leadership1 is being usurped by bottom-up leadership2 initiatives. In the same way, many industries and products are being challenged by technology, and the internet. Almost universal access is changing the game in a big way. The challenge for the great majority of us is figuring out how to make progress towards taking some initiative for ourselves, without being led there by some authority. The problem is that we, as a people, want leadership. We want sign posts. We want to be shown the way. We want someone else to be a trailblazer.

The historical and existing paradigm for employment is work for hire, which is not scalable. What I mean by that is that your income limit, or your work product, is limited by the available time. If you are working for hire, or are being paid for your employment, you can only work so hard by yourself. “How about I hire people to work for me, and then you hire me and through me, my people work for you, and I get a cut. This concept is scalable, as all I have to do is hire more and more people to work for me as I grow the business.” This is the strategy of the smart and lazy among us. The internet is changing all this. Just look at how it worked for Amazon. They brought the world of buyers to the world of sellers or producers … and everyone benefited. Sellers can sell more; buyers are exposed to greater selection and improved competition. Amazon is a new channel for making money that just didn’t exist before. Money is fabricated from absolutely nothing, like turning lead into gold—without the lead!

True warriors see opportunities like this all around them each and every day. They use the power of discernment to try options that look like they will conform to their goals and ambitions. Let’s all get going in the same direction. If we need direction, can we provide that direction? You are warriors, and you have the power to step into the role of leadership for the masses, and reap massive rewards. Songs will be sung to your credit. So it has been written.