Real Success Without a Real Job: There Is No Life Like It! (Paperback)

by Ernie J. Zelinski (Author)
Key Phrases: unreal job, unconventional business, leaving corporate life, The Joy of Not Working, United States, New York (more...)

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

Product Description
Career success is much more than having a real job and earning a decent income. Real career success is truly enjoying what you do for a living and having the personal freedom to perform your work virtually any time you want. This one-of-a-kind guide challenges and inspires you to: • Create your own dream job or operate an unconventional business. • Find your own important mission, true calling, or passionate pursuit with which you can make a great living. • Gain courage to escape the corporate world so that you don’t have to spend the rest of your life trapped in a cubicle. • Be creative and have fun in your work. • Restructure your life so that it has meaning, direction, and joy. • Take charge of your physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual well-being. • Experience true personal freedom in all areas of your life. • Above all, get the most out of your life —personally and professionally!

This revolutionary book is for those millions of organizationally averse people who would like to break free of corporate life so that they have complete control over their lives. Throughout the book you will read about several ordinary individuals who have attained extraordinary success without a real job. International best-selling author Ernie Zelinski also uses experiences from his own life to show how the powerful success principles emphasized in this book can help you joyfully avoid the shackles of the corporate world for the rest of your life.

Positive, lively, and captivating, Real Success Without a Real Job is designed to help you live an extraordinary lifestyle that is the envy of the corporate world — there is no life like it!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 229 pages
• Publisher: Visions Int'l / Zelinski; illustrated edition edition (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580088007
• ISBN-13: 978-1580088008
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #216,625 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More important than the "how to"..., August 16, 2006

By	Leslie Truex "Work-At-Home Success" (Palmyra, VA United States) - See all my reviews

After working from home in an 'unjob' for over 8 years, I can tell you that success in any venture has less to do with "how". There are 100's of books that tell you "how to" whether its starting business, retiring or pursuing a dream. But if the "how to" was all that was needed, everyone would be living their dreams.

"Real Success without a Real Job" can help you put together the other ingredients required to reach success other than the "how to". Successful people aren't smarter or luckier. What they do have is a desire to have success that's bigger than their fear, a willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and don't let the nay-sayers, stream stealers or plain bad luck and disappointment stop them. That's were Ernie's book can help. It's filled with information and resources designed to get you to take action on those "how to's". It inspires and motivates you to take stock of your life and create a life that fills you with joy and abundance. It teaches that riches come from living in within your values and being true to yourself. Once you have that, the money and more importantly, happiness and fulfillment will follow.

If you are unhappy in your work (or retirement) and want to find something more fulfilling and yes, even fun, this is a great book to help you put in place all the internal ingredients (desire, commitment, persistence, etc), so that you can take action and achieve your dreams.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Plan for Professional Freedom and Personal Fulfillment, September 4, 2006

By	Richard R. Blake (Bridgman, Michigan) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Ernie Zelinski provides motivation, inspiration and guidance in his book "Real Success Without a Real Job". Ernie's purpose in writing this book is to help the reader develop personal potential and to fulfill their dreams.

The book provides thought provoking questions and exercises that help you discover what it is you really love to do. There is a natural progression and action steps to help strategize your plan.

Zelinski helps the reader recognize that career success is more than having a real job. Real career success comes from enjoying your work and having the freedom to perform that work just about any time you want. He inspires you to create your own dream job or to operate an unconventional business.

To accomplish this you must find your mission or true calling, a passion for something with which you can meet your needs. Zelinski stresses that creating a new career requires courage as well as desire.

Throughout the book the author uses letters and stories from readers who have attained amazing success without a real job. He also uses experiences from his own life to show how the powerful success principles emphasized in this book can help you.

Personally, I appreciated the quotes and pithy sayings from well known personalities featured as highlight sidebars throughout each chapter. He not only provides quotations but also recommends other authors and helpful career books and motivational resources.

Ernie's book creates an environment for creative dynamic thinking. He leads the reader to take that first step of risk needed to turn a passion for living into rewarding financial fulfillment "without a real job."

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars WOW, July 15, 2007

By	Orangegirl31 "orangegirl31" - See all my reviews

It does motivate you to acheive success by showing that anyone can write a book. The marketing section is also of interest.

But....This certainly isn't intellectual reading (to put it mildly), and it basically says the same thing, in hundreds of ways, throughout the book. For some reason, the author thinks it's necessary to talk about the money he makes now, on several occasions, which I did feel was arrogant, because there are many other ways to get your point across without bragging about yourself.

Then for the kicker - he makes the comment on page 174 that 'If you borrowed this book from the library - particularly if you are a well-paid professional- then you are not really committed to real success without a real job'. How is insulting the reader who borrowed this book from the library supposed to be a motivator? I don't think it matters how you gain information, whether free or not! I own several hundred books, but sometimes I borrow them from the library first to make sure they are worth the purchase. I can tell you right now this book is not worth purchasing - I can sum it up for you here:
Stop working at a job that you don't enjoy. It is destroying your soul and taking up all your time. Life is too short. Figure out what your passion is. Then figure out how you can turn that passion into a career you will love.