Escape From Cubicle Nation - by Pamela Slim (Paperback)

About the Book

Inspired by reader submissions to her blog Escape from Cubicle Nation, Slim provides everything one needs to consider before making the decision to become self-employed, from the nuts and bolts of starting a business to a full discussion of the emotional issues involved.

Book Synopsis

Pamela Slim, a former corporate training manager, left her office job twelve years ago to go solo and has enjoyed every bit of it.

In her groundbreaking book, based on her popular blog Escape from Cubicle Nation, Slim explores both the emotional issues of leaving the corporate world and the nuts and bolts of launching a business. Drawing on her own career, as well as stories from her coaching clients and blog readers, Slim will help readers weigh their options, and make a successful escape if they decide to go for it.

Review Quotes

aOf course Pam Slim is brilliant, funny, experienced, and thoughtful, but more than that: sheas clear. Buy it.a
a Martha Beck, bestselling author of "Finding Your Own North Star"
aWhat a treat! Imagine that Dilbert, Peter Drucker, and Dr. Phil did a mind meld and wrote a book that was funny, savvy, and chock full of empathy. Pamela Slimas masterpiece provides the best mind set and moves for making a clean getaway from the corporate grind.a
a Robert I. Sutton, Stanford professor and author of "The No Asshole Rule"
aJust like Pam. Sheas true and her "Escape from Cubicle Nation" is, too. Pam gives you a process to add sanity to the scariest moment in your career a the day you realize that you want to stop working for the man and start running your own show. Practical, yep. Inspiring, uh-huh. Humorous, of course. Spot on for cube farmers, no doubt. Pamas lived it, observed it, coached it and now has captured it so you can make some of the most important decisions in your life a and just maybe escape from that cube farm.a
a Rich Sloan, StartupNation
aWhen you decide to make the jail-break of a lifetime, you want Pam Slim by your side.a
a John Jantsch, bestselling author of "Duct Tape Marketing"

About the Author

Pamela Slim is a popular blogger, career coach, and the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation. She lives with her family in Mesa, Arizona.