Womentality: Thirteen Empowering Stories by Everyday Women Who Said Goodbye to the Workplace and Hello to Their Lives
Erin Wildermuth$14.45
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Work doesn't have to be painful. It doesn't have to be demeaning. Work can be a leisurely process that evolves with us throughout our lives. For women around the globe, a new paradigm is evolving, shifting from full-time, nine-to-five, employer-driven work to a place where women define their own work-life balance.
This is not a book about people who do not work. It is a book about people who work very hard, but choose to operate outside of the traditional employment framework. It is a book about women escaping a pay gap that has kept them earning a percentage of the wages men earn. Instead of selling forty hours of their time each week, they choose the hours or products they sell on a continual basis. They choose the specifics of their work, the price of its output, and the hours required to accomplish their goals. With every contract, they choose anew.
To illustrate that the life of a freelancer is not reserved for an elite, American worker, these stories have been sourced internationally. Women from thirteen different countries detail the personal inspiration that made them become entrepreneurs, describe the challenges they overcame to achieve their goals, and offer insight into how people like them can establish creative, fulfilling businesses no matter where they are from.
This is not a book about people who drive fancy cars, frequent swanky nightclubs, or own companies. These are not stories of riches. It isn't about exploiting currency differences, though some of our writers do travel or live in cities that are less expensive than their hometowns. This book isn't about outsourcing labor or becoming "an owner." Instead, these are heartfelt personal stories about courageous women who decided to take control of their lives and escape the rat race. These are women who are leading the way to the future of work. As the writers in this book can attest: it isn't easy, but it's absolutely worth it.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rooms Press
Published: 10/08/2019
ISBN: 9781941110843
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/12/2019
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 16
This is not a book about people who do not work. It is a book about people who work very hard, but choose to operate outside of the traditional employment framework. It is a book about women escaping a pay gap that has kept them earning a percentage of the wages men earn. Instead of selling forty hours of their time each week, they choose the hours or products they sell on a continual basis. They choose the specifics of their work, the price of its output, and the hours required to accomplish their goals. With every contract, they choose anew.
To illustrate that the life of a freelancer is not reserved for an elite, American worker, these stories have been sourced internationally. Women from thirteen different countries detail the personal inspiration that made them become entrepreneurs, describe the challenges they overcame to achieve their goals, and offer insight into how people like them can establish creative, fulfilling businesses no matter where they are from.
This is not a book about people who drive fancy cars, frequent swanky nightclubs, or own companies. These are not stories of riches. It isn't about exploiting currency differences, though some of our writers do travel or live in cities that are less expensive than their hometowns. This book isn't about outsourcing labor or becoming "an owner." Instead, these are heartfelt personal stories about courageous women who decided to take control of their lives and escape the rat race. These are women who are leading the way to the future of work. As the writers in this book can attest: it isn't easy, but it's absolutely worth it.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rooms Press
Published: 10/08/2019
ISBN: 9781941110843
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/12/2019
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 16