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Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur Audiobook
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Despite grim headlines about the economy, you don’t have to stay in a job you intensely hate. There’s a better opportunity waiting out there, and escaping from cubicle nation is easier than you think.
Pamela Slim spent a decade traveling all over the country as a self-employed trainer for large corporations. She was surprised to find that many of the most successful employees at these companies harbored secret dreams of breaking out to start their own businesses. They would pull her aside after a meeting and whisper, “I would love to work for myself, but have no idea how to get started. How did you do it?”
So Pamela started a blog—Escape from Cubicle Nation—to share her experience and advice. Soon, questions and stories poured in from corporate prisoners around the world. As her blog gained popularity, she also interviewed some of the brightest experts in entrepreneurship on topics from finance to branding to marketing via social networks. This audiobook includes Pamela’s very best material, based on thousands of conversations and reader submissions. It provides everything you’ll need to consider a major change—not just the nuts and bolts of starting a business, but a full discussion of the emotional issues involved. Pamela knows firsthand that leaving corporate life can be very scary, especially if you have a family and other obligations. Fears and self-defeating thoughts often hold people back from pursuing an extremely gratifying solo career.
Get ready to learn your real options, make an informed decision, and maybe, just maybe, escape from cubicle nation.
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"A great book for anyone that just wants to get OUT of the office. All the way from "is this for you?" to "what could I do?"I read it almost exactly one year after quitting my dayjob and still learned/was inspired by a lot "
— tara (4 out of 5 stars)
Escape from Cubicle Nation Listener Reviews
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" So far its great -- Its also helping me decide that right now is not the best time to escape... but later :) "
— Rob, 2/20/2014 -
" Must-read for anyone looking to branch out of the regular 9-5 and start their own business. As I already have a side business established and am perfectly happy with my 9-5, I found the book to be of far less use. "
— Michael, 2/17/2014 -
" This book was great at addressing my inner fears about leaving the 'track' and taking a chance on starting a business. She cover all the 'what ifs' and 'what abouts' that I had, like a mind reader. But bottom line, she couldn't get me to make the move. I'm still chugging down the train track like all my cubicle ("shared office") colleagues. However, in all honesty, I probably need something outside of a book to make me jump from the train, like a giant hand coming down from the sky and one giant push. "
— Lu, 2/15/2014 -
" This book was a little long and drawn out. People who are just about to make the jump into starting a biz would find this book very useful. It has a lot of good questions and processes that can be used to do things like find your own health insurance, or insure your finances are in order. However, for earlier stage "aspiring" entrepreneurs like myself it did not hold as much immediate value. "
— Michael, 2/1/2014 -
" Good book ... but I'm still in a cubicle. "
— G, 2/1/2014 -
" If you're considering starting a business, this is a must read. Part motivational, part informational. "
— Jeff, 1/13/2014 -
" Pass. It tries to be a motivational book as well as a checklist. Succeeds in being neither. "
— Faisal, 1/13/2014 -
" this book is amazing. very insightful "
— Vishal, 12/24/2013 -
" I loved this book and I highly recommend it. If I had a good business idea I would definitely feel equipped to leave the cube behind! "
— Angela, 12/8/2013 -
" She goes into great detail with practical advice and preparation of what to do before you leave your 'cubicle' in order to lay a certain path of success. Lots of good information here. "
— Jo, 12/1/2013 -
" Good book. If you have never read any business books or started your own business before, this is the book for you. Otherwise, don't read it. "
— Aaron, 8/12/2013 -
" great audio book, plan on buying the book and going through the exercises. "
— Le, 5/2/2013 -
" Excellent how-to book for any entrepreneur. Handy in preventing you from making the same dumb mistakes everyone else did. "
— Tyler, 11/5/2012 -
" so good and very readable! If you want to start up a business, you should read it. Even though I already have, it validated so many of my feelings and gave me lots of new insight. "
— Laura, 10/23/2012 -
" It wasn't as great as i was expecting. Its an older publication & i kept feeling that i'd already read all this. Its possible at the time of reading i was a little over loaded with how-to-make-it books/blogs/articles. "
— Val, 10/4/2012 -
" Not that applicable for me. If you are stuck in a cubicle and not happy, worth a read. "
— Zachary, 7/19/2012 -
" Best book I've read yet on the thinking and doing necessary for leaving the corporate world behind and embracing the life of the entrepreneur. I wish it had been around when I made the leap back in 1992. "
— Colleen, 2/27/2012 -
" Some good ideas and humor. I especially find the letter to a CEO to be insightful and accurate. The author's use of foul language takes some credibility away. It's just unprofessional. "
— Nicole, 9/21/2011 -
" More for those who are currently employed, rather than those who are already on the journey. "
— Lain, 8/15/2011 -
" I loved this book and I highly recommend it. If I had a good business idea I would definitely feel equipped to leave the cube behind! "
— Angela, 4/26/2011 -
" Another good book for someone starting a business or looking for ideas to improve a current one. "
— ConnieK, 2/23/2011 -
" this book is amazing. very insightful "
— Vishal, 11/14/2010 -
" Good book ... but I'm still in a cubicle. "
— G, 9/20/2010 -
" Excellent how-to book for any entrepreneur. Handy in preventing you from making the same dumb mistakes everyone else did. "
— Tyler, 2/13/2010 -
" It wasn't as great as i was expecting. Its an older publication & i kept feeling that i'd already read all this. Its possible at the time of reading i was a little over loaded with how-to-make-it books/blogs/articles. "
— Violetkey, 2/7/2010
About Pamela Slim
Pamela Slim’s unique expertise in personal and business change was developed through consulting inside corporations such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, and Charles Schwab. She is frequently quoted as an expert on entrepreneurship in publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Money Magazine, and Psychology Today. Slim currently resides in Mesa, Arizona.
About Sandra Burr
Sandra Burr is an AudioFile Earphones Award–wining narrator. She has read more than one hundred books in her career, including the New York Times bestselling Cedar Cove romance series by Debbie Macomber.