The Joy of Self Employment: Entrepreneurship and Education in a Changing World [Hardcover]

Todd Leigh Mayo (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0964770040 | ISBN-13: 978-0964770041 | Publication Date: May 1997

Hardcover - 424 pages (May 1997)

Economic and Career anxiety has taken hold of America. The Joy of Self-Employment provides solid solutions to the problems that face today's working Americans. By focusing on innovation and technology, alternative education, and the enhancement of creative intelligence, Todd Leigh Mayo provides succinct instructions on how to succeed both personally and financially through self-employment.

The Joy of Self-Employment provides strategies for getting the most out of our educational system and explains the tools and techniques needed to survive in our ever-changing economy. This book provides a comprehensive set of guidelines that is of primary importance to those who will succeed as self-employed persons. The Joy of Self Employment gives hundreds of examples of entrepreneurs who have conquered the same problems that concern you. It also illustrates how they used tools like those in this book to achieve both personal satisfact! ion and economic prosperity.

The Joy of Self-Employment provides new tools to challenge old ways of thinking. It prepares the reader to reach new levels of accomplishment.

- Learn to succeed in an era of unlimited opportunity
- Learn how hundreds of other entrepreneurs made their fortunes
- Learn why your college diploma might now be worthless
- Learn how to control your economic destiny
- Spend your life doing something you really love
- Learn to build a successful business with nothing more than an idea

Self-employment opportunities are endless. If you have an idea, you have an opportunity. Topics included and discussed:
- Entrepreneurship
- Career development
- Alternative education
- Individuality, creativity, innovation
- Starting a small or home based business
- Special focus on self-employment for women
- Capitalizing on economic change
- Economic prosperity
- Personal achievement
- Financial independence

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Business writer and consultant Todd Leigh Mayo's The Joy of Self Employment: Entrepreneurship and Education in a Changing World is designed to show readers how satisfying it can be to work for oneself and to help those interested in giving it a try. Written in an unabashedly proselytizing style, it is divided into four sections. The first addresses the changes in today's workplace that encourage such endeavors. The second focuses on the role of education in the mastery of relevant skills and information. The third discusses actual creation of a new enterprise. And the fourth describes dozens of self-employed successes.

About the Author

Mr. Mayo has been an investment advisor for nearly two decades. He was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, living there until 1993 when he opened the company's new headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. He began his career in 1979 with the Mayo Investment Group. He founded Pinnacle Financial Advisors (the predecessor to Security Capital Corporation) in the summer of 1990. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Group, Inc., Security Capital Corporation and Pacific Capital Corporation. He is the current Director of the Investors Education Association, a Registered Investment Advisor and a prolific writer and speaker on various financial and investment topics.

Mr. Mayo's recent business writings include:

Books: The Art and Science of Successful Investing: Your Guide to Creating and Managing Wealth and The Joy of Self Employment: Entrepreneurship and Education in a Changing World.

Periodicals: World Class Investor and The Capitalist Chronicle.

Educational Manuals: How to build a Global Investment Portfolio; How to Choose an Investment Advisor; and how to Earn High Monthly Income with Security.

Articles in national publications: The Spirit of Enterprise; In Defense of Capitalism; The Intelligent Investor; Valuing companies Using Cash Flow; Creating Wealth; Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997; Deflation Threat; Investing in Latin America; Economic Turnarounds; Japanese Small Cap Stocks; 50 Year History of the Dow; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Profiting from the Global Communications Explosion; Market Madness; Emerging Markets Review; Protecting Your Portfolio; and International Small Caps.

Country Focus Reports: Indonesia, Portugal, Venezuela, Spain, Chile, Japan, Philippines, Argentina, Thailand, Mexico, France, Brazil, Singapore, Russia, Sweden, China, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Israel.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 424 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964770040
• ISBN-13: 978-0964770041
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,694,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Eye Opening and Practical Read, November 8, 2010

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This review is from: The Joy of Self Employment: Entrepreneurship and Education in a Changing World (Hardcover)

This book has inspired me to go about all of my aspirations as an aspiring composer, lyricist, songwriter, author, and poet while still in college. Much of what the author says about education in the public school system being so irrelevant to the interest of what people really want to know and the fact that we are trying to hang onto the same old "safe and secure" job positions is ever changing as is the world of work. In school, too much of a teacher's time (especially at the university) is spent teaching standards for big tests instead of testing the student's true knowledge and skills attained. Much to the contrary, life is what you put in and not always about what the bossman gives you. Life is about aspirations and following through with them, even when society is dictating the negative. Not doing for yourself anymore is not an option. This is what the book teaches you.
I am using this book to inspire my ventures into self-employment after college graduation. I would certainly recommend this book to those who are interested in the shocking truth about the workplace.