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"This is a direct, honest and truly scary book. I hope you have the guts to listen to what Chris has to say, and not become one of the monkeys he warns you about."
-Seth Godin, author of "Linchpin"
"Chris Guillebeau is the Indiana Jones of career experts."
-Gretchen Rubin author of "The Happiness Project"
""The Art of Non-Conformity" is like a lightning bolt to the head. Read it and your brain will spark and sizzle."
- Neil Pasricha, author of "The Book of Awesome"
"The conventional world order has blown up, much to the relief of students, cubicle dwellers, artists and activists who knew there was a better way. This brilliant book will wake you up and inspire you as it guides you to create a new life on your own terms, earn a great living and positively impact your corner of the world."
-Pamela Slim, author of "Escape from Cubicle Nation"
"Some people are content to report on others' success. Not Chris. He lives and breathes what. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
-Seth Godin, author of "Linchpin"
"Chris Guillebeau is the Indiana Jones of career experts."
-Gretchen Rubin author of "The Happiness Project"
""The Art of Non-Conformity" is like a lightning bolt to the head. Read it and your brain will spark and sizzle."
- Neil Pasricha, author of "The Book of Awesome"
"The conventional world order has blown up, much to the relief of students, cubicle dwellers, artists and activists who knew there was a better way. This brilliant book will wake you up and inspire you as it guides you to create a new life on your own terms, earn a great living and positively impact your corner of the world."
-Pamela Slim, author of "Escape from Cubicle Nation"
"Some people are content to report on others' success. Not Chris. He lives and breathes what. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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If you've ever thought, "There must be more to life than this," The Art of Non-Conformity is for you.
Based on Chris Guillebeau's popular online manifesto "A Brief Guide to World Domination," The Art of Non-Conformity defies common assumptions about life and work while arming you with the tools to live differently. You'll discover how to live on your own terms by exploring creative self-employment, radical goal-setting, contrarian travel, and embracing life as a constant adventure.
Inspired and guided by Chris's own story and those of others who have pursued unconventional lives, you can devise your own plan for world domination-and make the world a better place at the same time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Promises, promises...,
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This review is from: The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World (Paperback)
It's hard not to LIKE Guillebeau; he's just so damn earnest. But this book suffers from the same dynamic that motivational speakers engender; post-talk letdown. Some meals consist of a number of tasty morsels, but not much actual nutrition. You're hungry almost immediately afterward. So it is here.First the positive stuff: Yup, this will get you in the proper mindset for examining your priorities, needs and goals. (But, what self-help book doesn't?) It's encouraging to hear how the author has "made do" (and then some, apparently) with an unconventional approach to "making a living", while actually managing to have some fun. He's perhaps the ultimate paradigm for getting paid for play. An inspiration or model for others? Perhaps. The book starts out as if it will really lead up to something, but peters out; a promising "let's get our thinking in order" platform kind of trails off into a series of vignettes concerning his quest to visit every country on earth, ramblings on "world domination" (his rather loose construct for living live on your own terms) and numerous appropriations from a number of other self-help guide authors (Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Chris Brogan, etc.) If cheer-leading is what you're looking for, this book never relents. If you want more, you'll be disappointed. In sum, this is what I call a 'booklet' - a couple of core ideas that have been expanded and expounded on enough to fill several hundred pages. (Seth Godin is a master of churning out an endless series of flabby brochures of this kind.) EVERYTHING in this book is available for free on Gillebeau's blog. As much as I like Guillebeau and admire his feisty way of making a living, I can't avoid observing that a BIG part of this book is pure filler. On the other hand, if you want to get a (quick) handle on why Guillebeau's blog is so damn popular, this is probably as good a way as any. (Just don't expect to start issuing world orders right away.)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Meh, not what I was expecting,
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This review is from: The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World (Paperback)
Bought this as a last minute impulse, wasn't too sure what it was about but maybe I was unfortunately pulled in by the front cover (which I hear you should never judge a book by). The start was interesting talking about how everyone does the same and you don't have to, but then it turns into a story of a guy that hated working for others and stopped doing it as soon as possible and followed personal goals like travelling to every country in the world. Now it is not in the normal sense where he started a little business and started making millions a year so that he had this freedom, no, he simply makes enough to support his lifestyle (why should you make more). Then it turns into a how to start a blog manual which was unexpected. Still eyeopening, it reminded me of my brother who has worked less than a quarter of the time since he graduated university then he's been unemployed for the other quarter and travelled the world the other half (it's been about 5 years) - so maybe that's why it wasn't too shocking. One part I didn't like was the evidence for his ideas or outlooks is a story of a friend or a someone he has heard of. It feels a little bit like the book is being written 1. to get the ideas out to the world (as stated in the book) but also 2. so that he can make a form of passive income while he travels (missing a lot of meat for what I'm used to)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A mindset focused book,
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This review is from: The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World (Paperback)
This book was great in terms of mindset. He really communicates why life is better if you are a non comformist and stribe to change the world. Very inspiring.Because I knew about the author previously and had been following his blog, I felt as though he could've put more of his "premium material" into it. Chris G. sells e-courses, a brief tester or a small example of what these courses are like would've gone a long way to help others start uncovering a strategy to support their lives economically to better serve their non-comformist principles. It would un-doubtedly have boosted his sales of the courses too! I was about to buy one before the book, read the book to better motivate myself and now I am unsure. His story is inspiring, his insight is great, his motivational stories and examples of other people making big choices are very good... he just needed to share more, in my opinion, about how easy it is to start "building an empire, starting your small army, and conquering the world".
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