The Economy of YOU: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00HESNKOO | Format: EPUB
The Economy of YOU: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life Description
Weary of pink-slip anxiety and the never-ending money squeeze? Join the millions who are starting side-gig businesses, and taking back their financial futures!
Do-it-yourselfers and solopreneurs are everywhere, launching eBay stores, artisanal eats, e-books, life coaching services, apps, tutoring businesses - you name it - on top of their regular jobs. They?re adding to their incomes, building safety nets, learning new skills, and finding a sense of fulfillment they never dreamed possible.
One study found that more than a third of under-40 respondents had started supplemental businesses. And the trend extends further, as Baby Boomers eyeing retirement are turning to sideline endeavors to sustain their lifestyles.
Get in on the action with The Economy of You, a groundbreaking book that both documents the exploding side-gig phenomenon and supplies how-to information for creating a lucrative venture of your own, including:
- Tips for figuring out the ideal side-gig
- Ideas for keeping start-up costs low
- Advice on juggling a fledgling enterprise and a full-time job
- Strategies for finding your "tribe" and building a social network
- Branding and marketing basics that bring results
- When and what to offer for free
- And much more
The Economy of You recounts story after story of people who are liberating themselves from financial strain: A deli employee who makes custom cakes at night. An instrument repairman who sells voice-overs on his website. A videographer who started a profitable publishing house on the side. Even the author?s own entrepreneurial journey, triggered by the job anxieties of a turbulent profession and income demands of a new baby. Her self-created series of financial planners, along with extra freelance work, supplied the additional revenue stream she needed.
Your current job may be comfortable, but there?s no guarantee it will grow suff...
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 9 hours and 1 minute
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC
- Audible.com Release Date: January 15, 2014
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HESNKOO
If you are thinking of starting a side gig to generate additional income this is a great resource. There are a ton of real life examples of people who have or are trying to start a side business doing something they love, some of which became their primary occupation, very inspiring!
More practically the book:
1) helped me think through my motivation for pursuing a side gig,
2) brainstorm ideas of things I am good at / interested in and people would pay for including ways to fit it into my already busy life / career
3) understand how to prepare and launch my idea including free resources to help me create, market and manage it
4) provided great information on utilizing social media as well as branding and pitching the side gig
The book also has a series of questionnaires and worksheets that are so useful when you start to take action. (e.g., a questionnaire to determine if you are ready, a worksheet to help you brainstorm ideas, another to create a plan, one to help with the pitch, another to help with the financial aspects, etc.).
Lastly, it has an AMAZING appendix of the top fifty side-gigs that includes a description, what type of person(s) each is best for, information and/or example(s) and resources for each.
By Vincent Crowley
I just handed off my first Kim Palmer book "Generation Earn" to my recently graduated sister and now I'm happy to have this new book on my shelf. As someone who really took to heart her message of responsible and frugal financial management for young professionals, I find this specific look at entrepreneurship very enlightening. She mentioned before the benefit of diversifying your income with side-projects and now she really tells you how to get that going.
The Economy of You is smart. It encourages authentic careers that stem from what you love most. She even includes a Top 50 Master List to get your imagination going. The book is organized in chapters that share stories of how other people maintain gratifying side-gig, and the "Top Takeaways" for you, the reader. An example that really hit home for me is the issue of time management, and deciding how to balance job, family, and a new side-gig. Since Palmer is a financial expert, she tells you how to make the money work so you can gain financial freedom.
All in all... Palmer is your go-to-girl for tips on living in today's economic climate. If you were to supplement her fresh ideas with a basic financial planning book like
Buy Low, Sell High, Collect Early and Pay Late: The Manager's Guide to Financial Survival you'll have a great understanding of down-to-earth money management. (RC)
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