9-5 Rescue
Warning: These books have given some people the courage to quit their jobs. Do not read unless you are in search of a more meaningful life!
Do Cool Sh*t by Miki Agrawal
In Do Cool Sh*t, serial social entrepreneur, angel investor, and all-around cool sh*t–doer Miki Agrawal shows how to start a successful company—from brainstorming to raising money to getting press without any connections—all while having a meaningful life! With zero experience and no capital, Miki Agrawal opened WILD, a farm-to-table pizzeria in New York City and Las Vegas, partnered up in a children's multimedia company called Super Sprowtz, and launched a patented high-tech underwear business called THINX. Miki has seen significant growth in her businesses. She pulls back the curtain of how you can live out loud, honor your hunches, and leave nothing on the table. Whether you’re a student with big aspirations or an experienced professional looking for new opportunities, Do Cool Sh*t will open your eyes, make you laugh, and give you the confidence to quit your day job, start your own business, and live happily ever after. Do Cool Sh*t features a foreword by Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos.
The Escape Manifesto - Quit Your Corporate Job, Do Something Different By Escape the City
LIFE IS SHORT; YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO LIVE A GREAT ONE. BE BRAVE AND START SOMETHING YOU LOVE. Does this sound familiar... You tick all the right boxes; school, university, corporate career. You have a sensible profession, a fancy job title, proud parents, decent salary, pricey holidays…but there’s a nagging feeling that something isn’t quite right? A realisation that you’re not completely fulfilled? Surely you should be as happy as Larry – are you being ungrateful? HELL NO. You want a different life – no spreadsheets, no commute, no late nights at the office. But if not that…then what? That is exactly what Escape The City are here to do – show you what other options are open to you. Escape The City is a community based website built around a simple concept: there is more to life than doing unfulfilling work in big corporate companies. The online platform is designed to help corporate professionals find exciting jobs, start their own businesses, and go on big adventures. The Escape Manifesto is here to support, inspire and encourage us all to make big and brave transitions in our lives. It is an inspirational call to action, packed with practical advice and encouragement. If you work in a corporate job that doesn’t make you tick and you have ever wondered whether there is more to life, this book is for you. Step off the corporate treadmill – find an exciting job, start your own business, or go on a big adventure. Stop dreaming, start planning and do something different! • Examines the reasons why so many people are unsatisfied with the corporate world • Explores the alternatives and the common barriers to achieving your dreams • Advice and support for making the transition to something new and developing a strategy for work and life • Contains tons of real-life examples of people who have made the leap.
Flee the 9-5 by Ben Angel
How to quit the rat race, do what you love, and make money doing it Ben Angel, also known as the "Agent of Influence," is Australia′s top personal branding and influence specialist. Entrepreneurs, companies, speakers, and famous authors look to him when they want to learn how to engage their target audiences and the media or build a highly influential personal brand. In this new book, Angel offers practical, actionable advice on how to ditch the nine–to–five life and do something that both inspires and enriches you. With step–by–step strategies on how to design, fine tune, and market your business idea, this book shows you how to discover what you want to do, crack the code of the new social media landscape, find the tipping point that makes your business go viral, and make money authentically, by doing what you love. With lifelong job security a thing of the past, the most successful people are those capable of reinventing themselves and what they do. This book shows readers how to do that by monetising their particular area of expertise to change the world—and get rich in the process. Shows you how to flee 9–5 and turn your expertise and knowledge into a 6–7 figure business in under 6 months Find out ways to crack the code of the new world economy and shape the world we live in Reveals how any business owner, individual, or entrepreneur can outsource their work and do what they love from anywhere in the world If you want to start your own business, forget the nine–to–five life and start doing something that you love. With this book in hand, you′ll learn to use social media and modern marketing techniques to build a brand, create revenue streams, and earn a six– to seven–figure income.
Escape from cubicle nation by Pamela Slim
From corporate prisoner to thriving entrepreneur.
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