How to Escape Lifetime Security and Pursue Your Impossible Dream: A Guide to Transforming Your Career [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Kenneth Atchity (Author) "Once upon a time I resigned my position as tenured professor of comparative literature at Occidental College in Los Angeles to pursue a new, full-time..." (more)
Key Phrases: career transit, comfort horizon, operating plan, Los Angeles, New York, Kansas City (more...)

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Product Description
For the Type C, or creative, personalities who want their work to "fill" their deepest creative urges, this is the frontline guide to making the transition from a secure and soulless job to a life built around a creative dream. Individuals learn how to follow the mind's eye to construct a life that conforms to personal vision, steal time to make creative dreams come true, use as assets the resources around them, and turn creative goals and objectives into an effective life plan.

About the Author
Kenneth Atchity is the author of numerous books, including A Writer's Times (0-393-31263-1). He lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Allworth Press; 1st edition (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581153856
• ISBN-13: 978-1581153859
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #999,797 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational Masterpiece, March 31, 2005

By	Dana Holyfield "D Holyfield" (Slidell, LA United States) - See all my reviews

I want to thank Kenneth Atchity, a creative genius for sharing his brilliant mind and writing an inspirational masterpiece that made me realize it is normal to be crazy enough to pursue my dreams for as long as I have been pursuing them and even though I sometimes feel that I have gotten nowhere, it is safe to believe that someday I will reach that place that I need to be and the true success is that I keep going until I get there, because no other place will do.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars he did it and you can too, January 5, 2005

By	Kris P. in NYC - See all my reviews

Kenneth Atchity has an amazing personal story. He was a tenured professor in literature when he gave up literal lifetime security to follow his dream to produce movies in Hollywood. And he succeeded! So you don't feel he's asking you to do anything he wouldn't do himself. It's almost as if he is on a hero's journey and you just want to join him.

5.0 out of 5 stars Help when it's needed, November 13, 2007

By	T. Persun - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read a lot and most self-help books are all the same. Not this one. Atchity has created a fantastic book. He doesn't sugar-coat the process you have to go through to pursue your dream, instead he provides answers on how to work through the hard times. He also delivers page after page of inspiration. This is overall one of the most valuable books on doing what you love, on making life an adventure, on following what others might view as an impossible dream. I continue to reread sections and find more helpful instruction.