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The Barefoot Executive: The Ultimate Guide for Being Your Own Boss and Achieving Financial Freedom

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Length:: 2:03 Mins

Interesting real-life case stories
Writing style that feels like you're sitting together in a coaching session, just you and Carrie
Processes you can do TODAY to refine your ideas and set clear priority
My favorite part: a focus on the importance of a clear "why" for all the hard work

Bonus: so fun to read, it's like reading fiction (though it's not.) You might find yourself pulling it out in the middle of the night, like I did.

Order the book. You'll be very glad you did. I sure am.

Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive, has built a step by step guide for starting a business that will allow you to achieve your professional and personal goals. The great thing about Carrie is that she has been there and done that. Carrie has overcome numerous obstacles to build the kind of life she wanted for her and her family. For the past several years she has been sharing her tips for business success through various blogs, social media outlets and from stages across the county but now she has pulled her lessons learned into a great guide for those seeking to build an on-line business. This book breaks the process down into very manageable steps from Why to start a business to How to start a business and How YOU can start a business. Each chapter has action steps from Carrie and case studies from people that have developed businesses to make their dreams come true. The book is very results oriented and real. There is no sugar coating here. Building a business takes work and Carrie is clear that you have to work, no get rich quick stuff here just real world "how to" steps that you can apply.

Like you, I often scroll down to see what other people are saying about the book you're considering. I have just finished reading The Barefoot Executive and my best advice to you is to scroll back up and buy it NOW! Here's the deal, the faster you get this book in your hands, and read it, the faster you will make money in your own business. It's quite rare when you read a business book that not only educates you and opens your eyes as to what's possible, but it also inspires you and leaves you feeling that, "Yes, I can do that too!" Carrie Wilkerson is not only a gifted writer, her book clearly demonstrates that she is a generous giver too, because she `pulls back the curtain' on her own business and shares what she's been able to accomplish in her life, so you can do it too. Enough said, scroll back up and buy this book now!

At first I cracked open this book with a bit of skepticism and maybe with more than just one grain of salt (a sprinkling of salt, lets say). I was afraid that this self-help book was going to be for just moms who are trying to figure out some crafty way to stay home or burned out corporate-types who have shed the tie (and apparently the shoes) and gone all crazy "free to be me." And it is. It's really for anyone who is braving out into the unknown territory of being self-employed for the first time. But I imagine this book can also be very clarifying for people who have been braving it out for years.

My business is a brand creative and consulting partnership based on my fourteen years of previous advertising agency experience. As a creative director you've got to know your stuff and be creative and do it all with "swagger" let's say. But being your own boss and building your own dream (rather than someone else's) requires a whole different type of swagger.

So my biggest takeaway from Barefoot, is how Carrie Wilkerson tells us that one of the most common mistakes we make as we brave out into our own business, is doubting or undervaluing our own expertise. That we look to the rock stars of our industry or other entrepreneurs that are just making waves out there doing what we want to do, and we get frozen in our tracks. We just can't rate. But she then makes the point that as we are looking up to these amazing people, that in turn, someone is looking up to us. That we are a "fourth grader" to somebody's "third grader." Basically, you are somebody's rock star, too. So I suppose, this book helped me remember my swagger as I bravely go where no man has gone... (well, actually thousands and thousands have gone before)... but where I will not be swayed.

Carrie's book was so helpful to me. She showed me how to narrow my business to a pinpoint focus. Now instead of working on fifteen things and accomplishing very little, I will be working on the one aspect that I now understand will help others, and use my gifts and talents. I definitely had an "aha" moment or two during my reading! I also took tons of notes and now I have to get to work...Thanks Carrie!

I am a multiple salon owner and have been struggling with the "how to" of Social Media. To be honest it scares me to death. Carrie completely addresses all those fearful voices in my head. She first starts with her own story, which I can totally relate to, and then takes you step-by-step through the process. She is up beat, enthusiastic as well as passionate. She has truly inspired me to get started!

I've been following and engaging in conversations with Carrie, The Barefoot Executive for months on Twitter and as soon as I heard that her book was available I ordered it. It took me about a day and a half to read through it and when I was done I read it again.
Carrie offers real, practical, easy to apply strategies that help you with your business growth. Her growth has been rapid and extremely impressive especially because she's raising a family at the same time. She makes everyone realize that they can grow a business and be successful as well.
I highly recommend her book especially to all those nervous about taking the leap into the world of solopreneur.

Carrie Wilkerson wants you to own your own successful business, and her book will help you get it done. Packed with tons of case studies and stories that will motivate and educate you, The Barefoot Executive book will be the most inspiring book you'll read this year. Assuming you wish to be successful that is. Read it now.

As a teacher of leadership skills and a serial entrepreneur, I have read bunches of books about success, leadership and financial freedom. I've read Maxwell, Covey, Robbins and Kiyosaki. The Barefoot Executive absolutely flipped a switch for me, and before I was even finished with the book I was acting on some of Carrie's suggestions. Her easy going style made the book easy to read, unlike many of the books written in this genre. The book is very positive and that pulls the reader in. Many of her suggestions are easy and that makes this book a winner.

This is a very straightforward and practical volume by my friend Carrie Wilkerson. She outlines the approach she's taken to starting up her own business(es), and gives helpful guidelines for succeeding at becoming your own boss. Here's my blog/video review: http://brandimpact.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/be-your-own-boss-barefoot-style/