The 7 Must Have Books on Career Manageme

1. The HungryPeople Career Guide
7 Must Have Books On Building Your Dream Job
by Jay Michael O. Jaboneta @jayjaboneta
HungryPeople wants YOU to succeed that's why we are sharing with YOU the list of the most helpful and thought-
provoking books on the art of making a living out of your passion. The individuals behind these books have built
entire businesses out of their passion (not to mention building their personal brands along the way as well). Learn
not only how to love what YOU do but also do what YOU love all at the same time.
We guarantee that reading these 7 books will free your mind to create a plan on how to build a
business around your passion, around your interests and around things that drive you.
If YOU are a fresh college graduate looking at starting on your dream job. Why not build it yourself? Learn the
secrets to creating your own career path.
If YOU are a manager who's tired of the corporate life. Are YOU tired of the daily grind? Tired of working more
than 8 hours per day? Join the career renegade revolution!
If YOU are a business leader, this list will open your mind to the coming revolution from the workforce. And will
help YOU prepare compelling policies and environments to attract the best talent out there.
A decade ago, The Cluetrain Manifesto was written and captured the imagination of the online world. Today,
thousands are joining a workforce revolution aimed at building work out of our passions and interests. The
conversations that the Cluetrain manifesto spawned led people to build online businesses (even offline businesses)
that leverage on their passion and strengths. Workers are saying goodbye to bad-ass bosses and depressing
company environments.
(Click on the book title to get the detailed description from Amazon.com)

2. TOP 1 – The Four-Hour Workweek
by Tim Ferriss
Probably the book that fired the first salvo in this worker
revolution, Tim Ferriss' highly engaging guidebook and how-to
book spawned a worldwide revolution on our concept of work.
Promoting not only a balanced work-life dichotomy, Tim
Ferriss challenged our primary assumptions on the definition
of work and our idea of a healthy lifestyle.
Coming from various failures in his life, Tim shares with us
how he built his personal brand, built a business around his
passion and discovered the ideal lifetyle design. He wrote this
book not only to share with us his amazing discovery in the
true art of living but also to provide the long-awaited attack
on corporate excesses.
This is the most ideal book to read if YOU are preparing
yourself to take the less traveled road and become a 'career
renegade.'
Are YOU ready to work for less than 4 hours per week (and
yes, that's per week not per day)? Read this amazing book.

3. TOP 2 – Career Renegade
by Jonathan Fields
Jonathan Fields has changed his game. After working as a hedge-
fund lawyer for most of his adult life, he embraced the alternative
lifestyle and probably the first person to popularize the notion of the
'career renegade.' In his book with the same title, he provides one of
the best offline resources on the art of making a living outs of your
passion. He not only offers clues but also concrete examples as to
how YOU can build your dream business or dream job around
interests and things that drive YOU.
Coming off from his successful ventures into business, he decided to
share powerful and practical insights to us on this coming revolution.
Thousands have taken up 'arms.'
Are YOU ready to embrace the Renegade lifestyle? Isn't being a
renegade much more fun than just following the status quo? Join
now!

4. TOP 3 – Crush It
by Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk is the next best thing in Social Media or so they
say. In fact, what fascinates most of us about Gary is that he has
built his 'dream job' not out of thin air as most renegades do but
out of his family's business. More than a decade ago, Gary was
just one in the many wine store owners in the world. But due to a
great insight into web opportunities, Gary built an online business
through his video blogs and winelibrary tv. His story is an amazing
one as he built not just a business but a global personal brand.
Gary is now the undisputed 'guru' on wines.
And in this book with the title “Why Now Is The Time To Crush
It! Cash In On Your Passion,” he shares with us intimate
insights and ideas on the art of building (again) a business out of
your passion. He is probably one of the best examples of people
who have leveraged social media tools to grow their existing
businesses to greater heights.
How hard can it be? Crush the creative juices out of YOU now and
get going!

5. TOP 4 – Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and
Outmarketing Your Competition
by Guy Kawasaki
You're probably wondering how a book written by an
owner of a venture capital company is part of this list.
Though Guy Kawasaki is already a made man, his insights
in Reality Check are worth a read. His book hands down
is the start-up bible. As YOU embrace the 'career
renegade' lifestyle, YOU become sort of a de facto
entrepreneur. As we stated in our other list, The
HungryPeople Dozen, we deeply encourage every
entrepreneur out there who is starting out and even those
who have already started to buy the book, read it in one
sitting, read it again, read it some more and then apply it.
And then read it some more. It is probably better to read
it together with his other amazing book The Art of the
Start. And Reality Check really offers many solutions to
the challenges that every starting entrepreneur faces. It
is not only a guide-to-book but also a great source of
inspiration. Guy's blog entitled How to Change the World
is a good addition to this book.
Are YOU ready to start your gig? Check your assumptions
first!

6. TOP 5 – Escape From Cubicle Nation
by Pamela Slim
Pam Slim has changed her game. Much like how Jonathan Fields
left the corporate world to pursue his passion, Pam Slim provides
interesting and exciting insights into this art. Her book explores
not only the how-to of starting up your own business but also the
emotional issues involved.
Her take is refreshing as she has delves deeper into the art and
science of entrepreneurship and provides critical clues as to
common pitfalls after you leave your corporate life. She writes
“Hating your job intensely is not a business plan.”
Are YOU ready to escape the daily grind YOU probably hate?
Read on.

7. TOP 6 – Talent, Tom Peters Essentials
by Tom Peters
Who could argue against Tom Peters? In this slim but
highly-engaging book, Tom shares with us his fascinating
insights into the future of work and talent. Creativity and
Innovation are surely the new metricr by which workers
are graded but only a Tom Peters can dissect the how-tos
and the coming shifts that every worker and individual out
there ought to hear. This book is an offshoot of his other
more comprehensive take on the future of business, Re-
Imagine.
This book is a great guide on how to build your personal
brand whether online or offline. A good addition to this
book would be Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind and
Richard Florida's The Rise Of The Creative Class.
What's your Personal Brand? Do YOU even have one?
Learn how to differentiate yourself. Make yourself
UNIQUE. Read this book.

8. TOP 7 – The Power Of Less
By Leo Babauta
You're probably wondering how this book came into our
list. Leo Babauta talks about simplying life. In The Power
Of Less, he shares with us thought-provoking insights into
the art of simple living. We, at HungryPeople, believe
that in order for us to succeed in living the 'career
renegade' lifestyle, we must learn to do more with less.
Effectiveness is the key to the game. But efficiency will
carry us day-to-day.
Are YOU ready to make your life simple? Are YOU ready
to unclutter your 'mind?' Read this book.

9. One Warning
These books won't help YOU when YOU are still lost as to what and where your passion is. In order to benefit
greatly from reading these books, learn first what drives YOU. YOU can start by reading What Is The Color Of
Your Parachute? By Richard Bolles. Or if that's too long for YOU, try Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist.
Conclusion
Nowhere is it more exciting to build a business around your passion than today. The emergence of the Internet and
other tools on the web has enabled us to reach people and organizations much faster, quicker and easier. Social
media tools have allowed us to open conversations with everyone on the planet. Businesses can truly be started with
a few clicks of a mouse button. The experts behind these books are living examples.
The web's invention is truly leading us to a global community where people not only share and collaborate but also
'trade' goods and services as in the old days. In 1998, The Cluetrain Manifesto stated markets are conversations.
And today, conversations have also become markets. If you're willing to embrace the creative renegade lifestyle,
read these books and we guarantee you're in for the most exciting adventure of your life!
So there YOU go!
The HungryPeople Career Guide.
Read it. Learn it. And more importantly, APPLY IT!
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