Book review- No More Mondays by Dan Miller

The full title of this book is: No More Mondays. Fire yourself and other revolutionary ways to discover your true calling at work.

If you don’t know who Dan Miller is, learn more about him at 48days.com.

Dan Miller is a career coach and his books and writings center around one theme. Finding work that we enjoy and are called to do. I learned about Dan Miller by reading Dave Ramsey’s books. Turns out they are both good friends. Dan worked in the corporate world for several years. Traditional jobs. Paycheck every two weeks, 2 weeks vacation a year, company car, health insurance, etc. But he saw limitations to his income in this type of job. Financial limitations. He went to college, got multiple degrees, and eventually became self employed. He started and ran many businesses over the years. He learned by trial and error, what works and what does not work. 17 years ago Dan ran two businesses with over 47 employees. Today, he has seven streams of income, and no full time employees.

Anyway, on to the book review-  Table of contents

Chapter titles- in bold.

1. Don’t be stupid. This chapter covers some basics of the current condition of the workplace and where it is heading. Companies are cutting costs. Reducing employees, dismantling pensions, and getting rid of things like health insurance. They are looking at the bottom line.
2. Let your life speak. Do you have a calling or just a job?
3. Who’s making your lunch today? If you want different results, you need to do something different.
4. Don’t wait for the wizard. We all do this. We keep waiting for someone else to “fix” our lives.
5. Donald’s not coming, fire yourself! What would you do if you got fired today?
6. Secure or imprisoned? The days where you work 30 years for one company are gone. The average job today lasts 3.2 years.
7. But you owe me. Companies no longer want to pay employees for their time worked. They want to pay for results.
8. Finding work that fits. Work models. Traditional work, freelance work, Selling, Consulting, Franchising, Distributorship, Licensing, Business opportunity, Personal service, “I never thought of that” work.
9. Once place forever- blessing or curse? This chapter addresses 5 common questions regarding moving away from traditional work.
10. Throw out your TV and your alarm clock too. Successful people read books and spend little time at the TV.
11. No money- No problem. Most people that leave traditional work and do freelance work double their income.
12. Living with passion purpose and profit.

My thoughts on the book

This book will help you to take a closer look at your life and especially your work. It will help you think outside the box and look at things from a different perspective. This book is about change. Change does happen whether we like it or not. We need to be ready for it. This book can help you prepare for the future of our working world. If you would like to start or own a business, become an entrepreneur, or become self employed some day, then this book should be of interest to you. This book will show you that meaningful work really is possible to find. We can find or create a job that we enjoy, and no longer have to dread Monday mornings doing something that we hate. This book is about coming up with a plan, then taking action!