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

by Ernie J. Zelinski

A career guide to being successful without the nine-to-five grind.

Twenty-five years ago, Ernie J. Zelinski was fired from his engineering job for taking too much vacation time. Now, he works only five hours a day and earns more money than 80 percent of the corporate world. CAREER SUCCESS WITHOUT A REAL JOB provides practical tips and inspiration for creative and ambitious individuals looking to escape the rat race and make a good living on their own terms.

"Ernie Zelinski helps others find the time to live." --Boston Herald

Genres: Nonfiction

229 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Ernie Zelinski is the author of the international bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free : Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor which has sold over 95,000 copies sold and has been published in 7 foreign languages.

Ernie Zelinski is best known as the author of The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked.

Reviews

[Catherine Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this book! So funny but there's a lot of truth in it.

[RCh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most people would love to find something they enjoy doing and get paid. The author inspires the readers to dream, imagine, and then believe that it is possible.

[Dave Erhard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Career Success Without a Real Job (ISBN-10: 0969419473, ISBN-13: 978-0969419471) published by VIP BOOKS and Ernie Zelinski , author of the bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free , is an unconventional career guide that provides guidance for all those "organizationally averse" individuals who want to gain courage to escape the corporate world so that they don't have to spend the rest of their lives trapped working in a cubicle. This revolutionary career book challenges and inspires people to create their own dream job or operate an unconventional business with which they can make a great living. Positive, lively, and captivating, this career guide is designed to help ambitious and creative people live an extraordinary lifestyle that is the envy of the corporate world!

"Ordinary career success is a real good job — real career success is a real good life!" according to Ernie Zelinski. The author, a corporate escape artist for over 20 years, shows individuals how to avoid the common mistakes that keep the majority in society confined to cubicles and chained to corporations for their entire lives.

If you like corporate life and want to work for psychopathic organizations, don't bother with this book. But if you despise corporations, as I do, trust me, Career Success Without a Real Job this book will get you going in another direction that will change your life forever in a positive way.

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[Michelle Connell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an inspiring read, even if I already have an unconventional job of being an author and working from home. This book is mainly to explain why you should use your talents, find your purpose, and work at a job you can enjoy and be your own boss. Does it take lots of work and perseverance? Yes. But you have more freedom and can come and go as you please, instead of working from 9-5 for someone else with little reward.

Highly recommended, especially if you don't know what to do with your life, or you are looking for more meaningful work, or you are close to retirement and want to find something part-time and more fun.

[Dylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lightweight, chipper, and sorta fun, Zelinkski somehow manages to infect you with his relentless can-do attitude. The book is more life-coaching than pragmatic. He doesn't really suggest how to make a living other than to follow your passion, work less, live more, and believe in yourself. He gives a nod to Internet businesses, writing, and speaking, but doesn't really offer much in the way of nuts or bolts, let alone both. Still, it's a frisky little book. It's easy to read, uplifting, and an motivational device.

[Ping · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like his other books, Ernie approached this subject with authenticity, honesty and humor. I like it particularly that he took consideration in physical, mental and spiritual aspects. It's fun to read especially with all the cartoons and quotes he included. It was a joy reading this book.

[Micheli Romais · Rating 5 out of 5]

Work smart, not hard. This is a enjoyable book.

[Arina Maulita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku menarik yang tidak biasa, membuka pikiran saya tentang makna bekerja dan mencintai pekerjaan. Bekerjalah untuk hidup dan bukan hidup untuk bekerja.

[Carly Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy read. Provides lots of motivation, inspiration and ideas of how to work outside the corporate world. This is not a "self help" or "how to" book. There are little quote bubbles spread throughout and many recommendations for books the author has read himself.