The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less, Earning More [Mass Market Paperback]

Jeff Cohen (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: September 2, 2008

Feeling Overworked and Underpaid?

Welcome to your ticket to achieving the ultimate workplace benefit-- more time and more money!  Each of us gets just 168 precious hours of life per week.  If you're like most folks you work fifty of those hours and sleep another fifty.  That means 60% of your time is spoken for before the alarm even rings Monday morning.  

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less, Earning More is all about learning to pay your life first.  It's about learning to work less, earn more, and ultimately live a better life.  So if working fewer hours while increasing your current income sounds good to you, then you've come to the right place!

In this book you'll learn:

- Expert advice on turning your talents into cash, through consulting and freelancing

- Tips and tricks for retaining a steady day-job paycheck-- without working 9-to-5

- Passive income techniques, including real estate investing and Internet marketing

- Valuable ways to run your own business-- without it running your life

- How to pay your life first without sacrificing income

- What it takes to engage in work that best complements-- and enhances-- your skills

- How to face the most common fears associated with changing your work approach

- Ways to structure your work around your personal time

- How to fill your address book with networking contacts who help bring business to your door.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

How many hours do you spend at work every week?  Is it 35, 50, or maybe even 80?  Add on evening conference calls from home, late night blackberry emails from bed, plus weekend work catch-up time and you just might be spending 50% or more of your week on the job.  Add-in sleeping time and your week is spoken for before it even begins.  

Have you ever wanted to cut those working hours in half without sacrificing money?  What if I told you your income could double or triple while still dramatically cutting your hours on the job?  Do I have your attention yet?  

What I'm about to share in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less and Earning More is not a get rich quick scheme.  It's also not a book about reading tea leaves to choose your lucky lottery numbers.  You won't be advised to try out for game shows or convince your parents to bequeath your inheritance early.  You won't read about hot stock tips to quit your day job and become a day trader.  You won't be trolling beaches with a metal detector hoping to score a rare coin.  

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less and Earning More is a practical, clear, and most importantly attainable game plan for reducing the hours you spend on the job while maintaining or raising your income.  Whether you work as an employee, run your own business, or work as a freelancer, this is your personal guide to a life of financial security and ample free time.  I know you're thinking you can't have it both ways.  Either you put in long hours to build wealth or you live more modestly to support a lower income job.  

I'm here to break that mindset and prove to you that high income and abundant leisure time can co-exist. I'm living proof.  I more than doubled my income in half the working hours after I left my job to follow the very plan you'll learn in this book.  Today, I maintain this income working three or four days per week maximum.  You know how you look forward to long holiday weekends? Well I get one of those weekends every week of the year and you can too.  

So what's the secret if you don't need to buy a metal detector, audition for Wheel of Fortune or load up on lottery tickets?  The key is asking yourself two fundamental questions.  How many hours do you want to work each week and how much money do you want to make in those hours?  Answer those two questions and you'll know in minutes if your current job can support a working less, earning more lifestyle.  My traditional job certainly didn't stack up and that's why I changed my approach to generating income and enjoying free time.  I hope to take you on the same journey through this book.
 
So let's make some money without burning the midnight oil! --For the Work Less Reader

From the Back Cover

You know it can be easy to get lost in the rat race, but you'd rather live your life on your own terms.  If you're willing to think outside the cubicle, you can survive -- and thrive -- on less than a 40+ hour workweek.  This book is your ticket to the ultimate workplace benefit-- more time and more money.  

In the book you'll get:

1) Expert advice on turning your talents into cash

2) A 10-step success program for reinventing your work life

3) Ways to overcome common fears about changing the status quo

Learn from Jeff Cohen, the poster child for working less and earning more,  as he teaches you how to work less than ever before while earning more than you do today.

--Back Cover

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (September 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592577989
• ISBN-13: 978-1592577989
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #572,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!, March 28, 2009

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donalyn (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less, Earning More (Mass Market Paperback)

I've skimmed several books like this; This guide is the only one that I've read all the way through and taken copious notes to plan my next steps. I plan on revisiting this book after my new consulting biz takes off, to make sure I've covered all the bases.
To address one comment's concern: I do think it would work for non-office jobs, not just corporate execs. Read for yourself. This Idiot's Guide is definitely not for idiot's. Excellent advice!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book........it changed my life!, January 15, 2009

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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less, Earning More (Mass Market Paperback)

I LOVED this book! I read it cover to cover twice and I am inspired...Jeff's plans and ideas are just plain flat out SMART and REAL. None of the mumbo-jumbo self-help business book stuff that never really says anything. Some of the ideas in here are ones I already do in running my store. But some of the other concepts and FRESH IDEAS he laid out on being more productive and making more money will push me farther...I'm kicking it into high gear.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing, October 13, 2008

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Janis R. Cohen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less, Earning More (Mass Market Paperback)

After reading this book I actually had a step-by-step plan to follow for changing my work life. The book is easy to read and has many examples and questions for the reader to answer.