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The Money Is The Gravy: Finding The Career That Nourishes You

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I'm not a self-help kind of a person, but this book has helped inspire me to pursue a meaningful career that is based on what makes my soul feel good, not just my bank account. This book has practical information on making a positive change that is so important now, as people are remaining in careers that bring them absolutely no gratification or inner peace, but a nice paycheck. This book helped me realize that at 40, I want the last half of my working years to be fruitful on a personal note, not just financially. If you enjoy what you're doing, the money will follow, or the lack of it won't be an issue. This book has helped me begin the process.

I greatly enjoyed the book The Money is the Gravy. I have struggled with the question of career versus self-actualization for more than twenty years. For most of that time I have been in the real estate business. I became proficient in my business yet never found joy in it.

Sometimes I felt like I had been working on a 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle without the box lid that has the picture of the finished puzzle-The Money is the Gravy was the box lid with the picture on top of it. The picture of the puzzle was on page 68. X marks the spot where skill, meaning, and enjoyment converge.

I have finally accepted there will be little joy as long as I am in an ill-fitting occupation.

You will enjoy Clarks "voice" and the way he uses subtle humor, cartoons, pull quotes and many historical references. This is a style I enjoy reading.

I highly recommend this book. Don't wait twenty years to figure it out like I did. Books about making money are plentiful--this one tells you how to be happy and make money.

If you are an INFP, on the Myers Briggs personality preference inventory, I hope you read this book. I found much of myself in this book and was able to fill in the missing pieces to many of the reasons that I am not satisfied with my career. I have started on a new career path of my own. Thanks to this book I have more understanding and courage to make a change in my life at 42 years old.

I am reading this book for the second time in a month. I just can't say enough good things about it. I am invigorated by the ideas within it and am going to put the main concepts into action to make sure that my next job will match my innate ablities, is enjoyable and provides meaning. I'm ordering 3 copies to hand out to friends and family members.

I read this book in September, and was completely captivated. The way John Clark expressed himself was literally everything I was thinking and feeling, especially regarding a career that simply pays you yet does nothing to nurture and support the fiber of your being, is a high-civilized form of bartering your soul. The comic insertions and quotes were the perfect touch, and I'm not only inspired to move forward with my plans, but actually taking ACTION to insure their success.

The book The Money is the Gravy is truly a hidden treasure. It inspires me with a vision of how work can be fulfilling when it is aligned with our core values, our strengths and our passions. Our work is enjoyable when our motivation comes from these inner sources. We don't dread getting up in the morning to go to work for another day of drudgery because the nature of the work is ill-fitted to our values and vision. The writer himself lives what he preaches because he is a former lawyer who has now found just the right mix of work to bring him satisfaction. As a life coach, I recommend this book as it offers plenty of food for thought for those who are searching for career direction or life direction. A very well written piece that should receive high acclaim.

I finished reading "The Money is the Gravy" a week ago and now find myself reading it again. It's just as good as all the other reviewers claimed it to be. I consider "The Money is the Gravy" to be a masterpiece among career guidance books. It's a book that will profoundly inspire you and get you excited about yourself. It's a book that will touch your soul. I would recommend it to anyone embarking on a career or dissatisfied with their current one. Beautifully written and enhanced by great quotes and Calvin and Hobbes cartoons, it is really a joy to read.

I read this when it first came out, and boy, am I glad I did. This book gave me the courage to take small steps towards making the changes that needed to be made. It also gave me a new way of looking at work, and clarified what I had suspected, that one 40 year career, working anywhere for 40 hours a week was the old way, and on its way out, and I'd *better* find a new way of doing things, in fact the new way of doing things could even be *better*. And it has been. How far I've come. I'm still on a journey of learning, but that is life. Life is good.

I've been saying for years that I would rather be doing something else. But here I am, still a lawyer. I haven't actually made any changes because something has always held me back.

I've read some career change books. They've either overwhelmed me with their length or turned me off with simplistic new age messages. The other problem is that most careers books seem to be written by ex-theologians or life coaches who have had little experience of the business world.

"The Money Is The Gravy" is unlike any of these. John Clark is from the business world. I get the feeling he has experienced what I'm going through. He unites ideas drawn from many different fields, and gets across very profound themes, often using humour, cartoons, etc. So this is a career change book, but a lot more too. It's a whole approach to life.

Basically what the book has done is give me an intellectually credible framework for moving forward and making changes in my career. Plus the book has engaged me at an emotional and spiritual level.

My guess is that this book is destined to become a classic among professionals who don't like their careers much. There is wisdom and inspiration on every page. If you're like me, you'll read it in one sitting, then want to read it again, slowly.