Marianne Cantwell

This is a terrific book which has helped me finally start acting on the plans I've had for years to stop being resigned to working in cubicle-land and start crafting my own work based on my natural strengths and what I love doing. Cantwell addresses both the emotional and the practical aspects of going Free Range, and her enthusiasm for the subject, combined with her own success and that of the people in her case studies, make for inspirational reading.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to leave the rat race but don't know where to start, or who are afraid that it's just not practical. Cantwell makes a powerful case for it being practical and life-affirming. If you do it right. Doing it right isn't that hard, but some of the steps are non-obvious and go against conventional wisdom. The thing is, conventional wisdom is based on decades past, and there many new opportunities which did not exist before.… (mehr)