Real Success Without a Real Job

Real Success Without a Real Job aims to describe how it is possible to escape a traditional working life and avoid the corporate existence most people fall naturally in to – hardly surprising when you realise that our education system and culture is geared towards preparing us for exactly that.

The author; Ernie Zelinski claims to work only 4 or 5 hours per day while earning a considerably better living than more than 80% of the corporate world. How does he do that? By writing books such as this one for starters.

If you are hankering to escape the 'rat race' then you might just find some inspiration in Real Success Without a Real Job and in fact the book goes to great lengths to describe how good an alternative way can be. However, if you simply want to sit around and do nothing then I suspect you won't find what you are looking for here; although Ernie's obvious zeal at staying in bed until early afternoon will probably appeal. In fact this is one area where I totally disagree with the author because I relish my early mornings (yes, even in winter!) and I find it difficult to understand anybody, but especially a writer, who doesn't enjoy the peace and stillness of our world as it gradually wakes up to another day. But perhaps that's just me.

I think the book lacks any real ideas or advice for living this idealistic alternative life without a corporate job, aside from becoming a writer or some brief allusions to making money on the Internet, and it does seem to draw heavily from Zelinski's previous publications; The Joy of Not Working, and How To Retire Happy Wild and Free. It is nicely laid out though, and features inspirational quotations and jokey cartoons on each page to break up the text making the book easier going on people who don't like reading pages of 'dry' text.

I know that people become institutionalized and conditioned to corporate life as this is borne out by the shock that many feel upon reaching retirement age and suddenly finding that their lives don't seem to have any real purpose. So I believe that Zelinski's ideas do have some validity and the book will certainly be inspiring reading for anybody contemplating an alternative lifestyle. However, if you are looking for definite answers or perhaps a 'blueprint' for achieving your own Real Success Without a Real Job then you might find that some further study elsewhere is necessary.

In conclusion: An entertaining read with some good ideas but critics could perhaps quote the book's subtitle There Is No Life Like It! as being more literal than the author intended.

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