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Amber — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:10:52 -0000

I started reading this yesterday and just finished (I have to do my reading in between crises - I have 2 very small children at home).

Anyways, I wanted to thank you for the recommendation. I'm feeling really inspired. It couldn't have come at a better time for me. I just lost my job, I didn't particularly love it, and I'm ready to 'go renegade' and pursue my passion. But I feel sort of like I'm being impractical or irresponsible (see 2 small children). This manifesto helped me see that no, I'm really not. I'm seizing an opportunity that has been presented to me.

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

Amber — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:10:52 -0000

I started reading this yesterday and just finished (I have to do my reading in between crises - I have 2 very small children at home).

Anyways, I wanted to thank you for the recommendation. I'm feeling really inspired. It couldn't have come at a better time for me. I just lost my job, I didn't particularly love it, and I'm ready to 'go renegade' and pursue my passion. But I feel sort of like I'm being impractical or irresponsible (see 2 small children). This manifesto helped me see that no, I'm really not. I'm seizing an opportunity that has been presented to me.

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Amber — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:10:52 -0000

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Amber — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:10:52 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

Amber — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:10:52 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

Amber — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:10:52 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

Amber — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:10:00 -0000

I started reading this yesterday and just finished (I have to do my reading in between crises - I have 2 very small children at home).Anyways, I wanted to thank you for the recommendation. I'm feeling really inspired. It couldn't have come at a better time for me. I just lost my job, I didn't particularly love it, and I'm ready to 'go renegade' and pursue my passion. But I feel sort of like I'm being impractical or irresponsible (see 2 small children). This manifesto helped me see that no, I'm really not. I'm seizing an opportunity that has been presented to me.

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

Guest — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:32:26 -0000

Hi Jonathan,
When you mention "FF Remixed" are you referring to the Firefly Manifesto? Just curious. Let me clarify, I like(shouldn't have said "love") my job but the amount of time that I spend there is my main concern. I want more time to "smell the roses" and maybe help others rather than working every hour of the day to keep things afloat financially. When I go to the gym, and that is almost every day, I get up at 3:40 AM and I typically don't get home until 7PM. Then I typically hit the sack around 9:30PM. The time of my life is devoted to working. This is what I want to change and hopefully I will get there. When I read about the time you spend with your daughter, in one of your recent posts, I was jealous because I never had that time with them, at least during the week. You are very fortunate but I can see that you already realize that fact.

Best,
Bob

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bobbessette — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:32:26 -0000

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Guest — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:32:26 -0000

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bobbessette — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:32:26 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

bobbessette — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:32:00 -0000

Hi Jonathan, When you mention "FF Remixed" are you referring to the Firefly Manifesto? Just curious. Let me clarify, I like(shouldn't have said "love") my job but the amount of time that I spend there is my main concern. I want more time to "smell the roses" and maybe help others rather than working every hour of the day to keep things afloat financially. When I go to the gym, and that is almost every day, I get up at 3:40 AM and I typically don't get home until 7PM. Then I typically hit the sack around 9:30PM. The time of my life is devoted to working. This is what I want to change and hopefully I will get there. When I read about the time you spend with your daughter, in one of your recent posts, I was jealous because I never had that time with them, at least during the week. You are very fortunate but I can see that you already realize that fact.Best,Bob

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

Jonathan Fields — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:58:17 -0000

Bob,

Thanks so much for sharing those thoughts. No doubt, both the book and the manifesto were written as tools to provide both inspiration and a whole lot of strategy to those who are really unhappy with their current or recently lost gig. It's not so much that I assume that everyone who works for someone else hates her or his job, that's just not the primary audience I've written those two chunks of content for. If you've lost a job you love and a similar one exists elsewhere, by all means, go for it!

But, even then, I'm still a firm believer in leveraging a lot of the strategies laid out in the book and in the action section of FF Remixed to begin to build your own "portable" personal brand. It'll give you more power in both the hiring process, may actually lead people to find and chase you and provide more juice in the retaining and growing process within any organization.

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jonathanfields — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:58:17 -0000

Bob,

Thanks so much for sharing those thoughts. No doubt, both the book and the manifesto were written as tools to provide both inspiration and a whole lot of strategy to those who are really unhappy with their current or recently lost gig. It's not so much that I assume that everyone who works for someone else hates her or his job, that's just not the primary audience I've written those two chunks of content for. If you've lost a job you love and a similar one exists elsewhere, by all means, go for it!

But, even then, I'm still a firm believer in leveraging a lot of the strategies laid out in the book and in the action section of FF Remixed to begin to build your own "portable" personal brand. It'll give you more power in both the hiring process, may actually lead people to find and chase you and provide more juice in the retaining and growing process within any organization.

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jonathanfields — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:58:17 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

jonathanfields — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:58:17 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

jonathanfields — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:58:00 -0000

Bob, Thanks so much for sharing those thoughts. No doubt, both the book and the manifesto were written as tools to provide both inspiration and a whole lot of strategy to those who are really unhappy with their current or recently lost gig. It's not so much that I assume that everyone who works for someone else hates her or his job, that's just not the primary audience I've written those two chunks of content for. If you've lost a job you love and a similar one exists elsewhere, by all means, go for it! But, even then, I'm still a firm believer in leveraging a lot of the strategies laid out in the book and in the action section of FF Remixed to begin to build your own "portable" personal brand. It'll give you more power in both the hiring process, may actually lead people to find and chase you and provide more juice in the retaining and growing process within any organization.

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Guest — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:19:36 -0000

Hi Sarah,
I really enjoyed it but I think there is an assumption that Jonathan is making that people who lost their jobs hated them. I also have a corporate job which I love and I think if I lost it I would still pursue replacing it with a similar job. I also think that if you are a family man, as I am, having the funds to get by in the interim, would be necessary to just switch employment streams. This would be a huge concern of mine. I think Jonathan probably had plenty of money when he left his corporate job but that is only an assumption and I could be off-base. I have a brother who lost his job as an attorney about 9 months ago and is still searching for a replacement job. I think for him to be a career renegade would be extremely difficult. But then again, I guess maybe I'm just making excuses for him.
In certain situations, dropping everything and heading into another direction makes sense, as in Celestine Chua's situation. She was/is single to the best of my knowledge. She decided to pursue her passion as a single person and didn't have others depending on her, to the best of my knowledge. I can see how it worked for her but I'm skeptical about others in different circumstances. But that is what is great about Jonathan Fields. He pushes the envelope and we need people like him in the world!

Best,
Bob

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sarahrobinson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:56:39 -0000

Easy to write kind words about something great, Jonathan!!!

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sarahrobinson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:52:51 -0000

Bob I really really enjoy Jonathan's work - and I am glad you do to. He is so accessible and real. Which is one of the many additional reasons I like this manifesto. Can't wait to hear what you think!

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sarahrobinson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:49:21 -0000

Well - it's IS Jonathan Fields after all. :-) And I love sharing good resources with my peeps!!!

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bobbessette — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:19:36 -0000

Hi Sarah,
I really enjoyed it but I think there is an assumption that Jonathan is making that people who lost their jobs hated them. I also have a corporate job which I love and I think if I lost it I would still pursue replacing it with a similar job. I also think that if you are a family man, as I am, having the funds to get by in the interim, would be necessary to just switch employment streams. This would be a huge concern of mine. I think Jonathan probably had plenty of money when he left his corporate job but that is only an assumption and I could be off-base. I have a brother who lost his job as an attorney about 9 months ago and is still searching for a replacement job. I think for him to be a career renegade would be extremely difficult. But then again, I guess maybe I'm just making excuses for him.

In certain situations, dropping everything and heading into another direction makes sense, as in Celestine Chua's situation. She was/is single to the best of my knowledge. She decided to pursue her passion as a single person and didn't have others depending on her, to the best of my knowledge. I can see how it worked for her but I'm skeptical about others in different circumstances. But that is what is great about Jonathan Fields. He pushes the envelope and we need people like him in the world!

Best,

Bob

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Guest — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:19:36 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

bobbessette — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:19:36 -0000

Re: Escaping Mediocrity Recommended Reading: F2 The Firefly Manifesto REMIXED

bobbessette — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:19:00 -0000

Hi Sarah, I really enjoyed it but I think there is an assumption that Jonathan is making that people who lost their jobs hated them. I also have a corporate job which I love and I think if I lost it I would still pursue replacing it with a similar job. I also think that if you are a family man, as I am, having the funds to get by in the interim, would be necessary to just switch employment streams. This would be a huge concern of mine. I think Jonathan probably had plenty of money when he left his corporate job but that is only an assumption and I could be off-base. I have a brother who lost his job as an attorney about 9 months ago and is still searching for a replacement job. I think for him to be a career renegade would be extremely difficult. But then again, I guess maybe I'm just making excuses for him. In certain situations, dropping everything and heading into another direction makes sense, as in Celestine Chua's situation. She was/is single to the best of my knowledge. She decided to pursue her passion as a single person and didn't have others depending on her, to the best of my knowledge. I can see how it worked for her but I'm skeptical about others in different circumstances. But that is what is great about Jonathan Fields. He pushes the envelope and we need people like him in the world!Best,Bob