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Flee 9-5: Get 6 - 7 Figures and Do What You Love
How to quit the rat race, do what you love, and make money doing it Ben Angel, also known as the "Agent of Influence," is Australia's top personal branding and influence specialist. Entrepreneurs, companies, speakers, and famous authors look to him when they want to learn how to engage their target audiences and the media or build a highly influential personal brand. In this new book, Angel offers practical, actionable advice on how to ditch the nine-to-five life and do something that both inspires and enriches you. With step-by-step strategies on how to design, fine tune, and market your business idea, this book shows you how to discover what you want to do, crack the code of the new social media landscape, find the tipping point that makes your business go viral, and make money authentically, by doing what you love. With lifelong job security a thing of the past, the most successful people are those capable of reinventing themselves and what they do. This book shows readers how to do that by monetising their particular area of expertise to change the world―and get rich in the process. If you want to start your own business, forget the nine-to-five life and start doing something that you love. With this book in hand, you'll learn to use social media and modern marketing techniques to build a brand, create revenue streams, and earn a six- to seven-figure income.
- GenresBusiness
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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April 13, 2014
Some great concepts in here, good easy read... Although I suspect the book makes it all seem a whole lot easier to escape 9 to 5 than it really is.
Any time he introduces a concept that needs a bit more info he tells you to visit his website. Fair enough that it's not all in the book I suppose but also a tactic to drive web traffic and upsell just as he teaches.
Still well worth a read just don't expect a self contained book with all the info you need to achieve your escape.
Any time he introduces a concept that needs a bit more info he tells you to visit his website. Fair enough that it's not all in the book I suppose but also a tactic to drive web traffic and upsell just as he teaches.
Still well worth a read just don't expect a self contained book with all the info you need to achieve your escape.
September 10, 2018
good book. Can help plan things out.
Really systematic.
Really systematic.
April 11, 2014
Timothy Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek launched a revolution around earning income: you can earn more and spend less time doing it.
Australian author Ben Angel had already achieved a high level of success when Hurricane Sandy swirled into his life, demanding he take a different approach to business. As Sandy threatened to cause power and communication outages in New York, Angel had days to automate his business.
In Flee 9 to 5, he provides a complete system that reveals how he did that and how you can too. It’s aimed at people who, like you, want to make massive change in the world at a profit. He calls people like you Agents of Influence.
The path from your current situation starts with clarifying your vision. From there you must know how to monetise your personal brand and automate that process so you have the freedom to enjoy your lifestyle while adding an ever-expanding base of products to generate more profits.
The best thing about what Ben Angel has done in this book is that he’s mapped out a step-by-step system that anyone can copy. Use this book to beat overwhelm and find freedom.
Australian author Ben Angel had already achieved a high level of success when Hurricane Sandy swirled into his life, demanding he take a different approach to business. As Sandy threatened to cause power and communication outages in New York, Angel had days to automate his business.
In Flee 9 to 5, he provides a complete system that reveals how he did that and how you can too. It’s aimed at people who, like you, want to make massive change in the world at a profit. He calls people like you Agents of Influence.
The path from your current situation starts with clarifying your vision. From there you must know how to monetise your personal brand and automate that process so you have the freedom to enjoy your lifestyle while adding an ever-expanding base of products to generate more profits.
The best thing about what Ben Angel has done in this book is that he’s mapped out a step-by-step system that anyone can copy. Use this book to beat overwhelm and find freedom.
January 12, 2015
The subject is fascinating, equipped with a voracious appetite for precisely what the book covers (working when you want with a great income) I found the book to be an excellent guide, no matter what entry level you are in.
For most of it, I felt a little overwhelmed at times and realised how little I have committed towards achieving my long term goals but I picked up a lot of key actions that I could implement immediately and when I have done so and increased my related education, I expect to be able to implement more new things from re-reading it a second time but at a higher level.
Best of all, I was inspired along the journey of reading this book, to come up with new ideas I could implement along the way that was not necessarily in the book. He gave me the motivation and inspiration any business owner needs!
Ben Angel's style of writing is captivating, easy to follow and even includes inserts about his own personal experience which makes it easy to relate to. Best of all, this is the first book that I have managed to finish right through to the end for the first time in so many years!
For most of it, I felt a little overwhelmed at times and realised how little I have committed towards achieving my long term goals but I picked up a lot of key actions that I could implement immediately and when I have done so and increased my related education, I expect to be able to implement more new things from re-reading it a second time but at a higher level.
Best of all, I was inspired along the journey of reading this book, to come up with new ideas I could implement along the way that was not necessarily in the book. He gave me the motivation and inspiration any business owner needs!
Ben Angel's style of writing is captivating, easy to follow and even includes inserts about his own personal experience which makes it easy to relate to. Best of all, this is the first book that I have managed to finish right through to the end for the first time in so many years!
February 22, 2015
Interesting book that feels a bit gimmicky at times. Light read, and if you skimmed through certain parts like I did, the book wouldn't take too much of your time. Finished this book because I value diversity in my readings.
May 19, 2016
Found it a bit ... meh. Plenty of good ideas and I am sure someone in the right place and some idea of where they want to get to will be plenty out of it. Maybe this is just an excuse for me not to actually take any action after reading the book.
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December 20, 2016Didn't finish it. Not for me at this stage.
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