51 Alternatives to a Real Job on the Kindle (link below)

I finally got 51 Alternatives to a Real Job on the kindle. Click here to purchase it.

Still, one of my favorite quotes in the reviews, by Mike Hudson:

51 Alternatives is not an answer book, it is a question book, and that question is “Why not?”

This is definitely a why not book. I think some of the ideas in here are “too far out there” for many people. But if you get tired of having layoffs hanging over your head, or if you wonder why you are only making $x/hour and barely scraping by, or if you just want to feel more empowered personally, then WHY NOT?

I’ll never forget an email I got from a friend who makes a bunch of money in a job that takes him away from his family 5 or 6 days a week, for the last many years. He commented that he didn’t have the guts to do what I was doing… here is his question with my reply (which I blogged, of course):

I got an e-mail today from a buddy in Texas:

I am glad to hear your business is doing well. I wish I had your skills to go out and start my own business, but I am too big of a chicken.

So here is my formula for “going out and starting your own business:

Focus 150% on your career, give your life and time and thoughts to “the company.”
Get laid off because of any lame reason.
Work 60 hours a week looking for a job.
Have a great looking resume that has some ghost problem (something that is a problem but you can’t find).
Have an aha moment that is “wow, this would be really cool!!”
Continue to not be able to get a job (much less a couple of interviews)
Figure that going forward on your own business is going to be more fruitful than spinning the job search window (this was months into the job search)
Being okay with giving up all of the corporate perks (steady paycheck, bonus, holidays, sick leave, “cheap” health insurance, etc.)

There you go. There’s my guts. Where are yours?

Do you have the guts to ask WHY NOT? Check out the WHY NOT book, 51 Alternatives to a Real Job. Now on your kindle browser 🙂

2 thoughts on “51 Alternatives to a Real Job on the Kindle (link below)”

Valerie

July 27, 2013 at 11:26 am

On Kindle…Woo-Hoo!! Just got my copy!

Thank you, Jason (you knew you’d hear from me on this, right?)!
Executive Resume Writer

August 12, 2013 at 11:17 am

Jason,

Awesome concept, “why not?” I agree. I say this to my clients as well. Take a risk (if at all possible) and try it! Ten years from now you’ll kick yourself for not trying it ten years ago!

I’m excited to check this out, thanks!

Erin Kennedy

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