Be A Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills

This is my 3rd time reading this book, I read it 2 in the first edition years ago and now in the 2nd. I love it! I read a lot and something different about Marianne's spirit makes me have hope for the future (different from other similar books). I am following her advice in the book and have become a "Free Range Human" on Sept 26 and have my escape plan in action. She makes this easy and fun to dream and that anyone can live their dreams. My goal is to live my best life free and fulfilled and this book was an awesome guide.

Such an wonderful and useful book. Wish I read this before I left my traditional job. Brava! This is worth the read!

I enjoyed this book for its depth, thoughtfulness and humor. While not all aspects were applicable, I especially enjoyed the chapters that referenced the "beige army of bureaucrats." I have returned to that section on numerous occasions just for motivation.

“Be a Free Range Human” is chock full of inspiring stories about people who successfully followed their own path to create a custom-fit life and livelihood to suit their individual style and personality.

Great book

To Be a Free Range Human requires leaving the 9 to 5 corporate work culture behind for a better work-life balance.The book suggests that everyone has a bit of entrepreneur in them just waiting to be discovered. By using exercises, it tries to help the reader find their inherent skills that can be transferred to a gig lifecycle. Once the idea is found, the book explains how to test your ideas merits in as short as one week. Does it pay enough to support you and your family? The book is full of myth busting of old ideas that may be stopping you from starting out on your own. For example, your idea doesn’t have to be original. Not everyone can invent an iPhone but plenty of companies including Android, Google and Amazon can copy that formula and reach a different audience. There are also many empowering stories describing how real people became free range humans.Anyone needing motivation to quit that corporate job that is slowly killed them from the inside out will enjoy this book. That said I’m not sure how many practical skills for beginning a company are listed here. It is all well and good to say that you don’t need a business plan, a MBA, or to research to start your own business. That may be true for many readers of the book. However, for most readers they will need to do some research. If they need a loan to begin their own company, they will also need a business plan. I think it would have been better if the author was a little more honest in her assessment of how easy it is to start a business when you are not a person with a million bucks (or even $10,000) in the bank. But again, the stories within this book will motivate you to work towards your dream. However, expect to read several other books in addition to this one. I wish the author had included a “For Further Reading” list at the end of Be a Free Range Human. Because she didn’t, I can’t give this book more than 3 stars.Thanks to Kogan Page Ltd. and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

Marianne Cantwell has championed those of us wanting to leave the career cage and build a life of wealth for years. And notice I didn't just say income! It all started with this little book. I now am able to work from anywhere and absolutely love what I do for a living. It doesn't even feel like work! Yet I've been able to grow to my greatest potential and live the life I was meant to live, for who I am. An earlier review talked about investment and a business plan. That's not so in today's world. A must read for anyone trapped in their job and truly wants to find a different way to grow their income! I'd give it 10 stars if I could!

This book is not only easy to read but practical! I loved how the exercises allowed me to think outside of the box about what I could actually do with my time and life. It helped me organize my mind and thoughts onto paper in an organized way and really start to think about WHAT I would do and HOW I would do it. There are also lovely stories of how others have done this throughout so you do not feel alone in the journey. Highly recommend!

This book is LIFE-CHANGING! (again...because I read the first book a few years ago). There are so many more gems in the second edition.I find the Free Range message and mission is so POWERFUL because it’s so SIMPLE & PRACTICAL. I love all the practical exercises and tools to actually help give this Free range approach a go and keep giving it a go. Which I now am - hurrah!But for me, the superpower of this book is that it truly can be applied to anyone and everyone - no matter who you are, what your interests and ideas are or what you have going on in your life. Because the whole philosophy is centred around YOU, the reality of your life right now (in all of its perfect imperfections) and the dreams of the life you want to build. You don’t have to learn to be anyone other than yourself.Thank you for this book!

Free Range Humans has been around for a while now, but in this Second Edition, Marianne has brought together not only the best of the First Edition and the website/blog, but also her endless enthusiasm, experience and encouragement. If you're looking to kickstart a change in your life, this is the book you need. There are plenty of exercises and opportunities to reflect. It's realistic too. It's not just about making a huge life shift, it's about the smaller shifts too. As you read the book and work through the exercises, it's just as if Marianne were there, working alongside you.

Well what can I say, what an amazing book. I’ve been variously self employed/freelancing/had a few businesses over the last decade plus and oh how much I wish this book had been about when I’d started out. What a difference it would have made to figuring out not just what I was doing but how to do it best for me. For my style. For how I work and the life I want to live.It’s really eye opening and they way Marianne seems to write to you personally, the stories and the very much, find yourself and your fit, fit it to you approach is not only refreshing but oh so helpful. I’m nearly finished the book and have been doing the exercises and listening to all the bonuses and podcasts. Have already started a project and adjusting how I approach others. Now that I’ve figured out my attractor style there’s adjustment needed but I can see how it changes things already.Cannot recommend this book enough. Already been buying it for friends and I think a few people might find this under their tree this Christmas!

Clear and very actionable advice to break free of tour cage and grasp the career you really dream of. I’ve been a fan of Marianne for a few years now and this update to her original book is well worth every penny. Thanks Marianne, you’ve put me back on the road to freedom.

This book is so inspiring! So easy to read, the author cuts through all the corporate nonsense and speaks to you person to person. It was the kickstart I have been waiting for. Highly, highly recommended for anyone looking to build a life they truly love.