Don't Keep Your Day Job: How to Turn Your Passion into Your Career

by Cathy Heller

Overview

From the creator of the #1 podcast "Don't Keep Your Day Job," an inspiring book about turning your passion into profit

"Heller pivots effortlessly from encouraging readers to accept “miraculous changes,” find their bliss, and examine their authentic selves to practical tips for building mass marketing email distribution lists and identifying web-based social media and teaching portals that allow small-business owners to capture additional revenue...both approachable and incisive." —Booklist

From the creator of the #1 podcast "Don't Keep Your Day Job," an inspiring book about turning your passion into profit

The pursuit of happiness is all about finding our purpose. We don't want to just go to work and build someone else’s dream, we want to do our life's work. But how do we find out what we’re supposed to contribute? What are those key ingredients that push those who succeed to launch their ideas high into the sky, while the rest of us remain stuck on the ground?

Don’t Keep Your Day Job will get you fired up, ready to rip it open and use your zone of genius to add a little more sparkle to this world. Cathy Heller, host of the popular podcast Don’t Keep Your Day Job, shares wisdom, anecdotes, and practical suggestions from successful creative entrepreneurs and experts, including actress Jenna Fischer on rejection, Gretchen Rubin on the keys to happiness, Jen Sincero on having your best badass life, and so much more. You’ll learn essential steps like how to build your side hustle, how to find your tribe, how to reach for what you truly deserve, and how to ultimately turn your passion into profit and build a life you love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250193605
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/12/2019
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	695,983
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

As the creator and host of Don’t Keep Your Day Job, Cathy Heller is growing one of the biggest, most engaged audiences in podcasting. DKYDJ averages 180,000 listeners around the world weekly and has over 2,300 5-star reviews on Apple Podcasts and was nominated for a Webby Award for Best Business Podcast. Prior to her podcast, Cathy handcrafted a career as a songwriter, licensing her music to film/TV and advertising.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Cathy Heller:

“Cathy really ‘gets it.’ Listen to Don’t Keep Your Day Job! It is filled with the advice people need to pursue their passions and make their lives more meaningful.” —Emily Giffin, #1 bestselling novelist

"Heller's creative insights both inspire and challenge us to chase our art, earn the right to share it others, and never lose sight of what truly matters." —Jeff Goins, author of Real Artists Don't Starve

“Heller has a message more timely than ever: now is the time to go after your dreams—because the only person’s permission you need is your own.” —Alex Banayan, author of The Third Door

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