Awards

• Commended for NYC Business Book Awards 2020 (United States)

Overview

DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: NYC Big Book Award 2020 - Career Trapped in a job or business that's ""just not you""? Always dreaming of your next vacation or living for the weekend? Marianne Cantwell's straight-talking bestseller will help you break out of that career cage and Be A Free Range Human. It's about much more than just quitting your job and becoming your own boss. It's about life on your terms, working when, where and how you want - so you don't have to fit yourself into someone else's box to make a great income. This second edition won't just inspire you, it will give you unconventional and practical steps to: - Discover what you really want to do with your life (even if no answer has ever fully fit) - Get started in 90 days, with what you have - Create a free range career, tailor-made for you and the life you want (be it travelling the world or hanging out in your favourite cafe) - Stand out from the crowd and get paid well to be you Be A Free Range Human was one of the first and most popular guides to creating a custom career (without an office or a boss). Updated with new advice on how to make free range work for your personality (you don't need to be a constantly-networking extrovert. have an MBA, or get funding), this smart, energizing guide will help you cut through the noise, see your options in a new way, and get the freedom and fulfilment you crave.

Full Product Details

Author:   Marianne Cantwell
Publisher:   Kogan Page Ltd
Imprint:   Kogan Page Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9780749497095

ISBN 10:   0749497092
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   03 September 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Get ready for the ride; Chapter - 01: What your school career adviser never told you; Chapter - 02: Why this matters now; Section - TWO: Creating your free range life: How to decide what you really want; Chapter - 03: Why doing what you love is not negotiable; Chapter - 04: Dream big – then get off your butt and do it; Chapter - 05: Defrosting – your secret weapon in figuring out what you want; Chapter - 06: How to create your perfect ‘career’ when you want to do everything; Chapter - 07: Spot your superpowers; Chapter - 08: Taking free range action; Section - THREE: Think like a free range human; Chapter - 09: Why you don’t need an original idea; Chapter - 10: Think beyond your job title; Chapter - 11: What a free range business looks like; Chapter - 12: How to free range-ify your idea; Chapter - 13: How to start with what you have; Chapter - 14: How to know if your idea will work; Chapter - 15: Meet the people who don’t want you to escape the career cage; Chapter - 16: What to do with those Reasons Why Not; Chapter - 17: Wait, but what if I’m not a shiny-haired, always-confident entrepreneur?; Section - FOUR: Build your free range escape hatch; Chapter - 18: Making a living without an office; Chapter - 19: Why you don’t need a business plan; Chapter - 20: Why you don’t need to appeal to everyone; Chapter - 21: How to decide who gets to give you money; Chapter - 22: How to brand like a rock star; Chapter - 23: How to stand out from the crowd; Chapter - 24: The three Free Range Styles; Chapter - 25: The Free Range Faststart; Chapter - 26: Instant status; Chapter - 27: How to communicate in an unsucky way; Chapter - 28: Why you don’t have to be an all-rounder; Chapter - 29: How to sell without selling your soul; Chapter - 30: Get comfortable with setting your salary; Chapter - 31: Overcoming information overwhelm; Chapter - 32: What to do when you get stuck; Chapter - 33: Living and working anywhere; Chapter - 34: How to quit your job: 10 steps to freedom; Chapter - 35: Epilogue; Chapter - 36: Index;

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Marianne Cantwell is an expert on creating a free range career and a successful work-life that fits who you really are (and the life you want). The founder of Free Range Humans, and a leading TEDx speaker, thousands have done her courses on finding your 'thing' (and making it work for you). Her thinking has featured everywhere from Business Week and CBS MoneyWatch, to The Guardian, Daily Mail and Entrepreneur magazine. A corporate escapee herself, she now lives and works in several countries (often between London and sunny California), and carries her business in a little laptop.

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