---
id: "entity-the-freelance-mindset"
type: "entity"
entityType: "other"
workType: "book"
canonicalName: "The Freelance Mindset"
aliases: ["\\\"The Freelance Mindset: Unleashing Your Side Hustles for Better Work", "Play", "and Life\\\""]
source_timestamps: ["¶23"]
tags: ["publication", "book"]
related: ["entity-joy-batra"]
sources: ["ecosystem"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-ecosystem"
originDay: 11
articleStem: "hbr-foci-63-fractional-work-questions"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/5-questions-leaders-should-ask-before-turning-to-fractional-work"
sourceTitle: "5 Questions Leaders Should Ask Before Turning to Fractional Work"
---
# The Freelance Mindset

A book authored by [[entity-joy-batra]], subtitled *"Unleashing Your Side Hustles for Better Work, Play, and Life."*

**Canonical context.** Sits directly adjacent to this article's thesis on *diversified income and self-employment* — the book's subject (side hustles, flexible work, work redesign) is the intellectual foundation the author brings to the fractional-work argument. When present as a citation, it signals the author's authority on the supply-side motivations behind [[concept-fractional-work]] (autonomy, work-life balance, income diversification).