Career Success Without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations

This book is BLOWING ME AWAY! Get out of the corporate world NOW!Chapter 1. "Life without a real job will set you free."I underlined a sentence, "Working at something just for the money is something fearful people do. It is a sign of their lack of self-confidence in their ability, talent, and creativity to earn money doing something they enjoy." Wow. But what if you make a LOT of money. A few paragraphs down, "There can be no doubt that getting trapped in to believing that money is the most important thing in a job increases your chances of being trapped in a miserable job for the rest of your life." Double wow. In our overly materialistic society, we think that money will solve everything, even a dis-satisfying career. I got an idea, I hate my job, let's just get promoted, make more money, and it will take care of the fact that I hate my job. Brilliant. NOT!Chapter 2. Unreal jobs -- so many worlds; what to do.The first part of this chapter stopped me in my tracks (at least my eyes in their tracks). Business Week surveyed successful American business executives about their job. 72% where not in their dream job. They named things like they wanted to be a chef, golf pro, rock star, bed-and-breakfast-inn owner/operator. Here's what stops me in my tracks. These guys have the RESOURCES TO DO THEIR DREAM JOBS, BUT MORE MONEY WON'T SEEM TO LEAD THEM DOWN THEIR DREAM PATH. What is holding these guys back? They didn't "choose wisely", to quote the Matrix. And they are paying for it.I like his list "100 of the coolest unreal jobs." I put tic marks next to many of them as something I would like to pursue.Chapter 7, "The work model for people to prosperous to do mornings" was the one I went straight to when I first got the book. This chapter talks about making money on the internet. I found it very informative, and Ernie gives lots of examples of people who have made good money on the i-net.Overall, this book gives you a boost in changing your thinking about the corporate world. Your thinking will never be the same again.

If you've had one too many rotten days at work, or are thinking of leaving a stressful job, you'll find this book rewarding. Going through life without figuring out why you still haven't escaped the rat race can be devastating--believe me!Ernie, in his humorous and anecdotal style, acts as a wonderful personal mentor. He guides the reader in a fire-side chat format, helping them see the bigger picture and that there's more to life than the daily grind. If your job has been sucking you dry, this injection of inspiration could be just what you needed.Written with elegant simplicity, this book embarks the reader on a voyage that opens doors to greater opportunity in life, how to live fearless and free, and how to pursue one's passions while making a great income at the same time.The style of the author is light, yet extremely informative at the same time. The exercises that he presents will help anyone committed to working without a real job to do it in excellence.In the last chapter, Zelinski sums up what in his view will make your dream of having a remarkable and satisfying lifestyle come true:Ten Golden Rules for Attaining Career Success Without a Real Job1. Choose work that you truly enjoy.2. Choose an area that allows you great freedom.3. Don't make your main purpose earning a lot of money.4. Create an unreal job or start an unconventional business.5. Choose an area that you can expand to multiple streams of income.6. Identify your target markets and serve them well.7. Be creative, particularly in generating new ideas and in marketing your products and services.8. Spend big bucks on your career development and learn from the best in your field.9. Contract out anything that you dislike or are not good at.10. Work as hard as you have to for a good living -- and as little as you can get away with!In short, the inspiration and principles that Zelinski presents will work for people who are truly committed to being self-employed or running a micro-business. "Career Success Without a Real Job" is a must-have for those adventurous souls who need some ideas and inspiration on how to create financial independence and personal freedom away from the typical workplace.

I agree with Ernie Zelinski. We have been duped. Linking personal success to a corporate job and a consumptive lifestyle is part of a 21st century conspiracy, plotted to create workaholics out of us so that corporations can profit big time.Ernie Zelinski's basic message -- regardless of your career stage -- is to create a well-balanced life and quit relying on a corporate job for your livelihood. It's hard to argue with Zelinski's message that we should live life with financial independence and personal freedom as the main guiding forces. Those who have drafted a resignation letter in their heads many times will be highly motivated to finally quit an unfulfilling job and create their own dream career.The only advice I would give to Zelinski is to include more examples and color images as he did in Chapter 5 in his story about how he cut defective copies of his business book in half and sent either the top half or the bottom half to corporations to generate publicity and tens of thousands of dollars of extra income.In short, you will take away a lot of inspiration from the principles in this book and the career success, financial independence, and personal freedom that Ernie Zelinski has created for himself.Fact is, Zelinski walks the talk. He just doesn't write about it.

Love your books Ernie - they constantly inspire and motivate me to change my lifestyle for the better but in an amusing and non-threatening way. I gave up the corporate ratrace over a year ago after reading 'How to Retire Happy, Wild and free' and have no regrets but in more difficult moments I dip I to your books and its like a tonic, I'm inspired all over again! Keep writing more!

This is also a great book from Ernie Zelinski after The Joy of not working.

Great book when transition from the corporate world to retirement or starting your own business.