Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself
Language: English
Published by Grand Central Publishing, 2002
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Widely acclaimed for its engaging style and provocative perspective, this book has helped thousands transform their working lives. Now including a 30-page resource guide that explains the basics of working for oneself. It's about fulfillment. A revolution is sweeping America. On its front lines are people fed up with unfulfilling jobs, dysfunctional workplaces, and dead-end careers. Meet today's new economic icon: the free agent-men and women who are working for themselves. And meet your future. It's about freedom. Free agents are the marketing consultant down the street, the home-based "mompreneur," the footloose technology contractor. Already 30 million strong, these 21st-century pioneers are creating lives with more meaning-and often more money. Free Agent Nation is your ticket to this world. It's about time. Now, you can discover: The kind of free agent you can be-"soloist," "temp," or "microbusiness"-and how to launch your new career. How to get the perks you once received from your boss: health insurance, office space, training, workplace togetherness, even water cooler gossip. Why the free agent economy is increasingly a woman's world-and how women are flourishing in it. The transformation of retirement-how older workers are creating successful new businesses (and whole new lives) through the Internet.…
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- Title
- Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself
- Author
- Daniel H Pink
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0446678791
- ISBN 13
- 9780446678797
It's about fulfillment. A revolution is sweeping America. On its front lines are people fed up with unfulfilling jobs, dysfunctional workplaces, and dead-end careers. Meet today's new economic icon: the free agent-men and women who are working for themselves. And meet your future.
It's about freedom. Free agents are the marketing consultant down the street, the home-based "mompreneur," the footloose technology contractor. Already 30 million strong, these 21st-century pioneers are creating lives with more meaning-and often more money. Free Agent Nation is your ticket to this world.
It's about time. Now, you can discover:
The kind of free agent you can be-"soloist," "temp," or "microbusiness"-and how to launch your new career.
How to get the perks you once received from your boss: health insurance, office space, training, workplace togetherness, even water cooler gossip.
Why the free agent economy is increasingly a woman's world-and how women are flourishing in it.
The transformation of retirement-how older workers are creating successful new businesses (and whole new lives) through the Internet.
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From the Inside Flap
"FREE AGENT NATION is the best book on work life since William H. Whyte, Jr.'s THE ORGANIZATION MAN. Whyte was the brilliant archivist of work in the old economy. Pink is the brilliant analyst-balladeer of work in the new economy. Confident prediction: 25 years from now we'll still be discussing FREE AGENT NATION. Added benefit: the book is as beautifully written as it is profoundly prophetic. It's so original and comprehensive I grew exhausted from underlining." Nancy Evans, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, iVillage.com:
"Women are definitely a driving force among free agents. I see it at iVillage and out in the world. Daniel Pink does a great job of understanding what inspires these individuals to strike out on their own -- the ability to lead a fulfilling, integrated life on their own terms. Here's hoping this book liberates even more free agents!"
Seth Godin, author of UNLEASHING THE IDEA VIRUS
"The most important book on the death of the large economy I've seen. Your current employer is DEAD. The dead-end job is DEAD. The days of huge companies dominating every facet of our worklife are OVER. Listen to Pink or lose out!"
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