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Bright, breezy and practical guide to escaping the 9 to 5 career cage and getting started on a free range lifestyle to suit you, right here, right now Practical step-by-step tools help you bust the myths that hold you back and show you what to do to get the lifestyle business you want Ideal for the huge tranche of people who want to work for themselves, do what they love best and earn a good, regular and reliable income as they do it

Table of Contents

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
• Section - ONE: Get ready for the ride;
• • Chapter - 01: What your school career adviser never told you;
  • Chapter - 02: Why this matters now;
• Section - TWO: Creating your free range life (how to decide what you really want);
• • Chapter - 03: Why doing what you love is not negotiable;
  • Chapter - 04: Dream big – then get off your butt and do it;
  • Chapter - 05: Defrosting – your secret weapon in figuring out what you want;
  • Chapter - 06: How to create your perfect ‘career’ when you want to do everything;
  • Chapter - 07: Spot your superpowers;
  • Chapter - 08: Taking free range action;
• Section - THREE: Think like a free range human;
• • Chapter - 09: Why you don’t need an original idea;
  • Chapter - 10: Why you don’t need oodles of experience (what you have to offer other than your CV);
  • Chapter - 11: What a free range business looks like (or: what can I do other than start a café?);
  • Chapter - 12: How to free range-ify your idea;
  • Chapter - 13: How to start for under £100;
  • Chapter - 14: How to know if your idea will work (test your idea in seven days);
  • Chapter - 15: Meet the people who don’t want you to escape the career cage (or: the beige army unmasked);
  • Chapter - 16: What to do with those reasons why not;
• Section - FOUR: Build your free range escape hatch;
• • Chapter - 17: Making a living without an office (or a boss);
  • Chapter - 18: Why you don’t need a business plan (or an MBA);
  • Chapter - 19: Why you don’t need to appeal to everyone;
  • Chapter - 20: How to decide who gets to give you money;
  • Chapter - 21: How to brand like a rock star;
  • Chapter - 22: How to stand out from the crowd;
  • Chapter - 23: How to do the Free Range Faststart;
  • Chapter - 24: How to get clients without paying for advertising;
  • Chapter - 25: Instant status;
  • Chapter - 26: How to communicate in an unsucky way;
  • Chapter - 27: Why you don’t have to be an all-rounder (you don’t have to do it all alone);
  • Chapter - 28: How to sell without selling your soul;
  • Chapter - 29: Get comfortable with setting your salary;
  • Chapter - 30: What to do when you get stuck (when to give up and when to give in);
  • Chapter - 31: How to live and work anywhere;
  • Chapter - 32: How to quit your job: 10 steps to freedom

About the Author

Marianne Cantwell is an expert on creating a free range career and a successful work-life doing what you love. She is a leading writer and international speaker and runs courses about how to make a living working when, where and how you want. A corporate escapee herself, Marianne now lives and works in several countries a year (carrying her business in a very stylish backpack).