1. A book by George Marshall called Get Out While You Can -
Escape the Rat Race has just changed my life a little bit.
Well, let me correct that statement. Whether it has
changed my life is yet to be proven, but it has certainly
changed my perspective. A lot.
3. First of all, the book is not necessarily for people who are
loving their job right now and who are in the throws of
taking on more and more responsibility or working longer
hours to impress senior management in a bid to fulfill
their ambition of getting further up the corporate ladder.
4. In fact, if I had to pin point an 'optimum' target audience
for the book (my opinion only), I'd say it's for people who
are pretty jaded from having worked for companies for
many years and are looking for something different.
Perhaps people looking for a way to gain greater control
over their own destiny and who are prepared to grab the
opportunities currently offered by the 'information age'
that abound currently.
5. A way to make a living without fear of being sacked/made
redundant or bullied at work. It's perhaps for people who
have always wanted to go self employed or run their own
business but don't have a lot of time or money but think
that there must be an alternative working hard for
someone else (what George refers to as 'Plan A'). And in
this book George then goes on to prove that there is
another way. There is a 'Plan B'.
7. Plan B is a way of generating income which can afford you
a lifestyle that probably seems pretty impossible to
achieve for most right now; work less hours, work the
hours you choose and earn money while doing whatever it
is you want to do with your time - all from the comfort of
your own home. Compelling isn't it?
9. The reason this book stands out as different, and why I am
fired up to implement it's strategies is that George breaks
down the whole thing into baby steps, so anyone can
follow it. In fact, I've read a lot recently about the
principle of generating 'passive income' i.e. not trading
your time for money but setting up systems that then
generate money for you on autopilot.
10. There are lots of interesting theories that can whip you up
into an over-enthused state but that's where it ends.
Theories. This book is different because it breaks the
theory down into easy to follow practical 'how to' steps to
achieving it.
12. So intrigued by George's simple-to-follow formula that I
am currently carrying out my own experiment. I'm in the
throws of following George's suggestions in the book and
I'm going to see for myself if I can make it work.
13. So if you're looking for a change of direction and want to
escape the rat race and start generating some passive
income, buy George's book and be prepared to put some
theory into practice!