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Summary: Absolutely Authentic and Empowering
Review: "Making A Living Without A Job" by Barbara J. Winter was an empowering book that assisted me in identifying and going after my dreams. I am currently developing "Motivating Yourself Toward Your Life's Work" and "Doing What You Love" seminars based greatly on Barbara J Winter's book. The book helps the reader understand how they arrived in the field they are in, and how they can be in the field that they are meant to be in. The book tells a person how to identify their true love and set a plan to go for it. Thank you Barbara for everything, but mostly for 260 pages of true self-identification.Sincerely, R. Charles Brown
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Summary: A fun book
Review: A fantastic book for the self-bossers, for anyone who is a freelancer, entrepreneurial, home based. Barbara's creative and inspiring ideas will fire you and you won't stop. Read carefully, make notes of every single tip, suggestion or comment you find. You never know, you will give birth to your new small venture! Learn how to survive on spaghetti days, market on a shoestring and make your dreams reality. You can apply these principles to larger businesses too and this is fun too! By Thei Zervaki
author of Globalize, Localize, Translate
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Summary: Just joyful and fun!
Review: A fantastic book for the self-bossers, for anyone who is a freelancer, entrepreneurial, home based. Barbara's creative and inspiring ideas will fire you up and you won't stop. Read carefully, make notes of every single tip, suggestion or comment you find. You never know, you will give birth to your new small venture! Learn how to survive on spaghetti days, market on a shoestring and make your dreams reality. You can apply these principles to larger businesses, this is fun too. By Thei Zervaki...
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Summary: Outdated and a bore!
Review: Although I felt there was some value related to "earning centers", most of this book is one quote after another. Some of the things that really bothered me were related to what she learned from her divorce and failed marrage. Not interested Ms. Winter! Some of the points of this book may have been valid in the early 1990's, but things are a lot different with the Internet. Since 90 percent of this book is quotes from others, the author should be listed as "Barbara J. Winter, et.al., et.al, et.al, et.al." Save your money for something more recent!
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Summary: Mandatory Job Transition Reading!
Review: As a career counselor, I work with people on a daily basis experiencing job transition, usually due to corporate "downsizing." Barbara Winter's "Making A Living Without A Job" is an excellent resource for those clients who are ready to assume responsibility for their lives and are willing to re-discover their passion. In fact, I often recommend it to clients who intend to find another "9-5" type job, just to open their eyes and get them thinking outside the box. If you have a job, don't like your job, or are looking for one, this book is for you!
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Summary: Barbara Winter is a winner
Review: Barbara appeared on my television program last year and what a joyfully jobless lady she really is. I just re-read the book and was inspired to move forward with my own personal goals. She is witty and wonderful as well as practical. If you are stuck at a job you're not happy with it's time to read this book!
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Summary: Barbara Winter is a winner
Review: Barbara appeared on my television program last year and what a joyfully jobless lady she really is. I just re-read the book and was inspired to move forward with my own personal goals. She is witty and wonderful as well as practical. If you are stuck at a job you're not happy with it's time to read this book!
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Summary: Roots and Wings
Review: Barbara Winter's Making a Living Without A Job casts self-employment as a liberating experience - one that frees the "joyfully jobless" to pursue her dream as she sees fit, not tied to the whims of managers or other creativity-killing institutions. As a result, she spends a lot of time focusing on the ideas surrounding self-employment, rather than the how-to. She sprinkled exercises designed to seek out my passions and to brainstorm "profit centers" throughout the book. I didn't take the time to go through them this time around; I wanted to finish the book first and then go back and do them. Still, during my reading I did realize that I definitely want to write and philosophize, and I've come up with several ideas for Profit Centers. In that regard, the book stimulated me to think critically about my financial future.
Moreover, the author doesn't focus entirely on the theory of self-employment. With suggestions such as the $100 Hour (where you promise yourself to spend an hour per day brainstorming ways to make another $100, visualizations and affirmations, and advice on business cards and marketing, she provides a good "jumping-in" point for people (such as myself) considering the idea of becoming "joyfully jobless." She paints making the plunge as an act of faith and describes her own life as one of "Roots and Wings". She attempts to balance putting down roots (living a stable, secure life) and growing wings (seeking her dreams, living with passion and excitement). I found myself thinking that the people who can successfully do both often lift up on the ground in which they've taken root. They try to pull their loves up with them. Buckminster Fuller, contemplating suicide at 32, stood on the edge of Lake Michigan asking himself: "Do I know best, or does God know best whether I may be of value to the universe?" The answer that presented itself to him, the mere fact of his existence, proved to him that he had some purpose of being. As a result, he spent the next fifty-six years living a daVincean life. Winters asks us to find our own passions and make them our jobs. How, then, can we go wrong? I'd definitely recommend anyone serious about starting their own business purchase other books in addition to this one (conveniently, she provides a recommended reading list in the back), because I know that I need more information than Winters provides here, about running a business, keeping books, and dealing with all the details. I need to know how to get started. Winter's book can help you define your ideas, get excited for the change, and know in general what's in store, as well as how to deal with the new life.
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Summary: Joyful!!!
Review: Being Joyfully Jobless is an art. Barbara shows that there is more to life than a JOB and that there should be LIFE in your work. This book is a fun and thoughful read and gives food for thought!
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Summary: Planing to Thrive
Review: Did you know that the official definition of small business is a company with less than 500 employees? For most of us however, "small" means somewhere between sole proprietor and fifty employees. If this latter definition fits your vision, then this is the book for you. I've been recommending it to friends and clients for a decade, and for many it has been the breakthrough thinking they need to craft a business based on their values about thriving.
Conventional wisdom states that small businesses fail for lack of capital and lack of knowledge. These are but symptoms. The real struggle springs from poverty of imagination and reluctance to learn. This book is rich with examples for moving beyond the conventional and liberating your creativity. In addition, the author comes through on the pages with wit, wisdom and compassion.
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