Before I start on my review of the book…Over 8 years ago I set up two companies with the intention of leaving the rat race.  My goals were as follows:

• To build up an asset that would eventually provide a passive income
• To have a 6 figure income
• To enjoy the work that I did and express my creativity
• To work from any location in the world (If I needed too)
• To meet awesome like-minded people
• To learn, grow and experience life as a company owner
• To express my core belief that business is about serving people (find out what people want and then helping them to get it)!

For the most part, I’ve achieved most of those things, but they came at a steep price.  I worked 100 hours a week, had a bad eat-on-the-go diet, separated from my husband (we’re back together now), and had many mini nervous break-downs.  In the end I realised that I went wrong somewhere along the line. I was missing one massive goal.  Knowing what I now know, I should have also included the following:

• To build my business around things that interest me most – things I’m passionate about and would love to do for the rest of my life.

Heck, I’m learning.  So – here goes round two.

I picked up the book, ‘Get Out While You Can,’ by George Marshall because I felt as if I was still living in the rat race – even though I had my own companies.  The first section of the book provides a tonne of reasons to leave the traditional employment world.  If you’re currently employed now and need a bit of motivation on why you should leave this is your book!  In fact, if you have just a small niggle about wanting to be your own boss, I predict that reading this book will turn that niggle into a massive ‘must-do’!

After the author provides countless reasons as to why employment sucks, he then explains the ways that he creates a nice income for himself.  And the great thing is that Mr Marshall only focuses on doing things that he likes or is interested in.  This concept caused me to buy the book.

Further, the author makes his living from home simply using his computer.  That means that there are no overheads, no employees, no HR issues, no commute, no legal battles,  no politics, no 100 hour work weeks, no…

Within the book Mr Marshall offers information on setting up websites, selling other people’s products (affiliate marketing), buying and selling web addresses, getting paid from your website viewers clicking on links within your website, selling on eBay and a variety of other things.

What I love about the book is that Mr Marshall is a real person that has demonstrated a real success.  There are so many people out there that love to teach you how to do things, but they themselves haven’t done what they’re actually teaching.  It’s kind of like getting a salary paid IFA/Stockbroker to make you money on the stock market!  If they haven’t made themselves money how do you expect them to make you money?

Anyway, I was also spurred on when I looked at the websites that the author created – they’re nothing special!  When I read his advice and looked at how he was making money I felt that if he could do it, so could I.

And based on the information provided I learned how to create WordPress websites (the site you’re on now is WordPress) and install Google Adsense (the little adverts you see on the site – if someone clicks on them, I get paid) and find products to recommend (like the amazon books I recommend – I make money if you click on the book and buy it).

I set up another website (for fun and experimentation) at http://www.SpaTreatmentsReviewed.co.uk also.  I have several others lined up and I’m learning as I go, but wow –I’m having fun learning/creating.

The cool thing is that I’m now thinking about what I like…what I’m passionate about…and from there I’m going to create an income from it.

Yeah – I’m sure in a year or so I’ll set up another £500 million turnover business but for now, I’m really enjoying the concept of getting to grips with doing what I enjoy – with following my heart.  And I’m very excited about the idea of doing everything on my own terms, in my own home (wherever in the world that is) and on my own time.

Designing your life on your own terms can be possible – I’m going to prove it to myself.  Now…I need to figure out how I’m going to also fit in golfing, sailing, travelling and spending as much time with my family as possible.

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