@bengebre – Ack! HTML bug, fixed.

@whoa – It’s wasn’t intentional on my part to give that much away. I think I clicked a box to allow amazon to give a writing sample for kindle. I didn’t expect them to give away that much. I had a heart attack, figuratively, when I saw it was stretching into chapter 2. I thought I had accidentally given away the entire book 😛 But in retrospect it turned out alright. Chapter 1 actually does include a section (1.1) on whether the book would be useful to read.

Read the sample. Well done. Only problem is that it’s like reading something I would have written myself since all our thoughts align 🙂 I’m passing the information along though for those whom I can’t convince.

ERE is kind of a lonely experience really, be nice if more people joined us.

@SlowMo – You can either email your story to me (400-600 words) and I’ll feature it as a guest post or you can post it under Introductions in the forums. Thanks for buying the book.

My book should be here any day now! I will be posting about it on my blog and will also do an amazon review once Im finished.

Keep us updated on the sales and progress of this book. We are all cheering for you!

Cheers,
jeremy

That sampling via amazon hooked me! Just WOW!

I’m interested to see how the Kindle vs. hard copy sells, also as Robert alludes to…if you’ve seen a spike in sales since the preview.

I read the first chapter and look forward to the rest. My only problem with the ERE outlook is that it seems to be written for people stuck in cubicles. I actually have a good job–I work for a do-gooding nonprofit, have great flexibility in how where and when I do my work, am decently paid, have 6 weeks off a year . . . and just still am working toward retiring before I’m 50 (which is not “extremely early” I know, but I’m already over 40). I could use some moral support in wanting to leave a job that for many people would sound like a dream, because I long for even more time and less responsibility. That seems so much more selfish than wanting to escape some dead-end cubicle hell. Is there a later chapter for that?

@Ruth
Your intentions don’t strike me as selfish at all. You shouldn’t feel guilty for enjoying the circumstances that allow your skills to be remunerated.

Maybe you can work out a deal like the one I made with my “do-gooding non-profit.” I accepted a 10% reduction in salary for an additional 26 days of unpaid leave a year. These are great for frequent three-day weekends or extending paid holidays into a four-day mini-vacation. I’m using the time to explore deeply the things I might want to do if I end paid work altogether.

@Jacob: “you’re currently taking up space for someone who wants to spend more time on the job than you do” is actually a very useful way to think about it. I don’t value my job that much, someone else will value it more, let them have it!

@Maus: I did trade more time off for money, but I can’t trade any more because they actually want me there more than they want to save money. Fools 🙂

Thank you both for your help.