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The art of non-conformity : set your own rules, live the life you want, and change the world / Chris Guillebeau.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Perigee bookPublication details: New York : Penguin Group (USA), 2010.Description: xii, 242 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780399536106 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM811 .G85 2010
Contents:
The remarkable life -- Sleepwalkers and the living world -- Setting the terms of your unconventional life -- Smashing through the brick wall of fear -- How to fight authority and win -- Reclaiming work -- Competence is your security -- Graduate school vs. the blogosphere -- The power of your own small army -- The personal finance journey -- The power of convergence -- Radical exclusion and the quest for abundance -- Contrarian adventures -- Your legacy starts now -- Conclusion: dangerous ideas -- Postscript: the most important thing.
Sleepwalkers and the living world -- Setting the terms of your unconventional life -- Smashing through the brick wall of fear -- How to fight authority and win -- Competence is your security -- Graduate school vs. the blogosphere -- The power of your own small army -- The personal finance journey -- Radical exclusion and the quest for abundance -- Contrarian adventures -- Your legacy starts now.
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Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 303.372 GUI 1 Available T00513744
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In 2008, full-time blogger and entrepreneur Chris Guillebeau published a report called 'A Brief Guide to World Domination' on his blog. It outlined a plan to take over the world through individuals doing what is most meaningful to them while serving others in a unique way. Within weeks it was downloaded more that 100,000 times in 60 countries. Here Guillebeau expands on his ideas and challenges common assumptions about how people should live and work, motivating readers to create their own ideal life - working harder than they ever have on work that they really love.

The remarkable life -- Sleepwalkers and the living world -- Setting the terms of your unconventional life -- Smashing through the brick wall of fear -- How to fight authority and win -- Reclaiming work -- Competence is your security -- Graduate school vs. the blogosphere -- The power of your own small army -- The personal finance journey -- The power of convergence -- Radical exclusion and the quest for abundance -- Contrarian adventures -- Your legacy starts now -- Conclusion: dangerous ideas -- Postscript: the most important thing.

Sleepwalkers and the living world -- Setting the terms of your unconventional life -- Smashing through the brick wall of fear -- How to fight authority and win -- Competence is your security -- Graduate school vs. the blogosphere -- The power of your own small army -- The personal finance journey -- Radical exclusion and the quest for abundance -- Contrarian adventures -- Your legacy starts now.

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Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

We are living in austere times, but this inspiring book suggests how to survive and even thrive in this environment. Guillebeau, creator of the online manifesto A Brief Guide to World Domination, embraces challenging the status quo and valuing personal freedom and service to others above all. From the perspective of his extensive international experiences, unconventional higher education, and reliance on self-employment, he describes ways to escape the constraints of a typical life and construct a more remarkable one based on one's passions and focus on a worthwhile legacy. Like a modern-day hippie, he espouses countercultural values concerning money, possessions, and formal higher education, though hard work and determination are also emphasized. Trained in sociology, Guillebeau maintains his own website and is a regular contributor to news outlets such as CNN and BusinessWeek. In addition to his personal story, the book contains further sources of information on innovative travel and frugal living. Though his book is thought-provoking and well crafted, the ambitiously simple lifestyle he advocates may not be practical for many. VERDICT A spirited self-help guide to reclaiming work and reinventing life in the 21st century. Recommended for free-thinking readers.-Antoinette M. Brinkman, MLS, Evansville, IN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

The underlying message of Guillebeau's book, based on his popular blog, is that "You don't have to live your life the way other people expect you to." Those who are open-minded, ready to challenge the status-quo, hard-working, and personally responsible can lead lives of rare authenticity through radical goal-setting, the author counsels, rewriting motivational standards in edgier prose: "The pathway to world domination, or whatever it is you want to do, begins with clearly understanding what you want to get out of life." Although directed at readers of all ages, his message is likely to appeal most to those without dependents. Although he believes that "competence is your security," many readers may feel a need for more of a safety net than that, such as a retirement plan. The ideas presented here are interesting, the advice grounded in logic and common sense, and, ironically, the outlook based in the same outside-the-box thinking that corporations are coming to adopt. The author challenges the status quo on college degrees, spending and saving, employment, collecting, and other issues, and coaches for success with a likeable, energetic voice. Peppered throughout with stories from his own life, Guillebeau's intriguing guide will motivate readers to listen to their impulses and realize their goals. (Sept.) Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.

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