Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself - Softcover

Pink, Daniel H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446678791 ISBN 13: 9780446678797

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Widely acclaimed for its engaging style and provocative perspective, this book has helped thousands transform their working lives. Now including a 30-page resource guide that explains the basics of working for oneself. It's about fulfillment. A revolution is sweeping America. On its front lines are people fed up with unfulfilling jobs, dysfunctional workplaces, and dead-end careers. Meet today's new economic icon: the free agent-men and women who are working for themselves. And meet your future. It's about freedom. Free agents are the marketing consultant down the street, the home-based "mompreneur," the footloose technology contractor. Already 30 million strong, these 21st-century pioneers are creating lives with more meaning-and often more money. Free Agent Nation is your ticket to this world. It's about time. Now, you can discover: The kind of free agent you can be-"soloist," "temp," or "microbusiness"-and how to launch your new career. How to get the perks you once received from your boss: health insurance, office space, training, workplace togetherness, even water cooler gossip. Why the free agent economy is increasingly a woman's world-and how women are flourishing in it. The transformation of retirement-how older workers are creating successful new businesses (and whole new lives) through the Internet.

About this title

Review:

"As beautifully written as it is profoundly prophetic... the best book on work since The Organization Man."--Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence

"Provocative."--New York Times

"A delight."--Financial Times

"Warning: This book may make you rethink your career."--CNN

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0446678791
• ISBN 13: 9780446678797
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400