 Finding
the Sweet Spot by Dave Pollard
The Natural Entrepreneur’s Guide to Responsible, Sustainable, Joyful
Work
Foreword by Dave Smith
Synopsis
"Now what am I going to do?" is a question many people ask-and leave
unanswered-at critical potential turning points in their careers.
Perhaps you're a new graduate, but instead of lining up for a boring
entry-level job at a big corporation, you wish you could start your own
sustainable and responsible business. Or maybe you've been stuck in a
job you hate for a few years, but you still dream of doing the thing you
love and that you're actually good at. Or maybe you're a boomer and
you're ready for a second career, a personal venture that will represent
a total change from what you've spent most of your work life doing.
Whatever your situation, this is the book to help you get started.
Finding the Sweet Spot explains how sustainable, responsible, and joyful
natural enterprises differ from most jobs, and it provides the framework
for building your own natural enterprise. You'll learn how to find
partners who will help make your venture successful, how to do
world-class market research, how to innovate, how to build resilience
into your enterprise, and how to avoid the land mines that sink so many
small businesses. Most importantly, you'll learn how to find the "sweet
spot" where your gifts, your passions, and your purpose intersect.
List Price: $17.95 + S&H
 Mortgage
Free! Innovative Strategies for Debt-Free Home Ownership by Rob
Roy
As a wave of foreclosures sweeps the country, many people are giving up
hope for owning a home of their own. They have good reason to turn their
backs on the banks, but not on their dreams. In this revised edition of
Mortgage Free!, Rob Roy offers a series of escape routes from
enslavement to financial institutions, underscored by true stories of
intrepid homeowners who have put their principles into action.
From back-to-the-land homesteads to country homes, here is a complete
guide to strategies that allow you to own your land and home, free and
clear, without the bank. Included is detailed advice about:
· Clarifying and simplifying your notions of what’s necessary;
· Finding land that you love and can afford;
· Taking control of the house-building process, for the sake of sanity
and pleasure; and
· Learning to take a long-term perspective on your family’s crucial
economic decisions, avoiding debt and modern-day serfdom.
About the Author
Rob Roy knows what it means to live mortgage free. As director of
Earthwood Building School since 1981, he has instructed many in the arts
of natural building, and renewable energy. He is also the author of
Earth-Sheltered Houses, Cordwood Building, Timber Framing for the Rest
of Us, The Sauna, and Stone Circles. Rob and his family live in West
Chazy, New York.
List Price: $24.95 + S&H
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