Never Get a "Real" Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke

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Getting a job and trading your time for money may seem like a good idea. There’s only one problem with it. It’s stupid! It’s the stupidest way you can possibly generate income! This is truly income for dummies. Instead of a business plan, you should create a one-paragraph startup plan that boils your business down to its essential elements. It should summarize the following: Finally, examine your alternatives. If your number one plan doesn’t work out, what’s next? Could, in fact, plan number two be a better option in the first place? Weigh the pros and cons of your plans. The benefits of any plan should considerably outweigh the risks for it to be a wise venture.

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Drawing upon case studies, experiences, and observations, Scott dissects failures, shares hard-learned lessons, and presents practical, affordable, and systematic action steps to building, managing, and marketing a successful business on a shoestring budget. This can often result in communication missteps that offend. Neversays is your guidebook to learn and avoid these pitfalls. You have the advantage of being a small business in the early stages and, this gives you the opportunity to foster a closer relationship with your customers. Sure, you don’t yet have a clear strategy or huge funds at your disposal but, you can create a firmer relationship with your customers by being authentic. Customers appreciate when they can relate with a service provider so, take advantage of this and lay yourself bare. Listen during your consult with this person and pay attention to what they have to say. Remember to remain gracious and send an appreciation message after the meet. We’ve been socialized to accept that if one’s job does not meet the above criteria, then they do not have a real job. They are not responsible adults yet. They are going through a phase that will pass.The resume-driven society says, if we work hard and go to school, we'll get a job and be ok. That traditional thinking no longer applies," says Gerber. "Now, more than ever, you need to be entrepreneurial to be successful; you need to create a job to keep a job." Here are some reasons you should do everything in your power to avoid getting a job: 1. Income for dummies. Why is getting a job so dumb? Because you only get paid when you’re working. Don’t you see a problem with that, or have you been so thoroughly brainwashed into thinking it’s reasonable and intelligent to only earn income when you’re working? Have you never considered that it might be better to be paid even when you’re not working? Who taught you that you could only earn income while working? Some other brainwashed employee perhaps? One-Paragraph Start-Up Plan is a practical business tool that allows you to test your business ideas in the real world with a strategy that remains as dynamic as your business. As part of their obedience training, employees must be taught how to dress, talk, move, and so on. We can’t very well have employees thinking for themselves, now can we? That would ruin everything.

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Ask yourself if you really need a partner in your business. What kind of offer does he/she brings to the table you can’t? Can an employee rather than another shareholder fill whatever holes you need filled? Another area that usually takes a huge bite of your money is the expert advice. You can save here by boycotting expensive consultation fees and instead searching up the answers you need on the internet. Or, you could schedule in a lunch meeting with some relevant network of friends or a mentor. Here are some reasons you should do everything in your power to avoid getting a job: 1. Income for dummies So if your boss is really your evil bovine master, then what does that make you? Nothing but a turd in the herd. How practical is your partnership idea? Before diving straight into one, consider giving it a trial run with some short-term goals.

Scott Gerber is the Chief Executive of Community.co, an organization that builds and manages professional communities for senior-level executives in partnership with global media brands. Communities he has founded includes Forbes Councils, The Business Journals Leadership Trust, Newsweek Expert Forum, Rolling Stone Culture Council and Fast Company Executive Board. He is also the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, an invitation-only group comprised of successful under-40 founders. He is the co-author of Superconnector, author of Never Get a “Real” Job, and an Adweek contributor. Scott has been featured in the New York Times, TIME, CNN, MSNBC and CNBC, among many others, and has been honored by NASDAQ, Junior Achievement and the White House.

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When you work for someone else you're putting all your eggs into one basket that you don't own or hold. If you want to secure your financial future regardless of the bad economy, you need to be in control of your own life," he insists. This is not that kind of book. A twenty-something hustler, rainmaker, and bootstrapper who has survived and thrived despite never having held the proverbial "real" job, Scott Gerber is the ultimate "Generation Y-er. You must also learn to balance all aspects of your business, as an entrepreneur. In the beginning, you might have to wear all hats, juggling different areas of your business and understand them fully. This knowledge will eventually help you when you need to hire employees.Neither of us have had jobs since the ’90s (my only job was in 1992), so we’ve been self-employed for quite a while. In our household it’s a running joke for one of us to say to the other, “Maybe you should get a job, derelict!” Social media allows us to reach a network of people previously out of reach, bridging the time; distance and language gap but, is it really the most effective means of marketing?