Indie authors are just one part of the global renaissance in creativity and entrepreneurship.

There are now indie film-makers, indie musicians, indie gaming companies as well as maker movements in all kinds of crafts, science and tech.

Consumers are buying from small batch breweries, artisan breadmakers, Etsy crafters and farmers' markets. People are turning away from mega-corporations towards meaning and story.

In today's interview, I talk to Taylor Pearson about how these movements spell The End of Jobs, and the rise of entrepreneurship.

In the intro, I mention my trip to Paris (see the photos here), the new direct submission for translation site from Amazon Crossing, Jane Friedman's roundup from NINC which includes writing a series and the rise of global markets. Amazon is also having a Spanish language self-publishing promotion and Pentecostés is included in that. If you read Spanish, click here to check it out.

Plus, the first Facebook Advertising for Authors webinar filled up so fast, we have added another one. Join Mark Dawson and I on Sun 25 October at 4pm US Eastern/8pm London. Click here to register for your place.

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors.

Taylor Pearson is the bestselling author of The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom without the 9-5. He's also a systems-obsessed entrepreneur and consultant.

You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher, watch the video here or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below.

* On Taylor's entrepreneurial awakening during a study abroad opportunity.

* The shift, even in large corporations, to an entrepreneurial mindset, and the change needed in the vocabulary around jobs, 'employability' and economics.

* How our attitudes toward work have changed, as well as our ideas about security.

* Finding meaning in creative work vs. the old carrot-and-stick model.

* Taylor's definition of entrepreneurship, whether being an expert matters and why a willingness to learn does matter.

* How 'stair-stepping' as an entrepreneur works.

* On mindset and fear of change.

* The way that blogs and podcasts support entrepreneurs or those considering making a change or taking a risk, and the importance of surrounding oneself with a community of like-minded thinkers.

* The comparative risk between a job vs. multiple streams of entrepreneurial income, and the instinct that urges us to walk away from the unknown.

* The lack in the education system for children around the skills entrepreneurs need and the two stra...