the points in this book, when applied and lived by everyone, the whole world can get transformed. everyone's life is directly or indirectly spinning around the "money". money is like blood in the human body. the more it will flow, the more healthy it becomes.

Barbara Wilder's book is a spiritual gem that guides her readers
in a powerful and thought provoking way. Energy does follow thought....what we think about all day long is what we get...she
guides us down a beautiful path that helps us understand not only our relationship to money but also our relationship with ourselves as we deal with money and others. I highly recommend
this book.

This extraordinary book stages a radical revision of the concept of money, reversing the traditional emotional and spiritual polarities around our most potent form of symbolic exchange from abject fear to unbounded love. Wilder reveals that the underlying power of money derives not from the privileged hoarding of scarce resources, but from the foundational principle of a life-endowing eros. In this sense, her thought resonates not only with New Age prosperity thinking, but with such social thinkers as Marcuse, recent feminist philosophy (including Irigarary) that emphasizes the idea of a connective, mutually supportive love-based economy, and with the dynamic implications for transformation contained in the latest research in quantum physics and chaos and complexity theory. Wilder's idea that the latent power of money is to be found in its role as a vital connecting agent capable of promoting spiritual transformation is both deeply subversive and richly ennobling. Since the catastrophe and turmoil of Sept. 11, her message of healing and love is even more timely and necessary. This is a powerful book!

This book provided me with a clear understanding of the roles of the players in the divorce, alternatives to court and the general notion of "be nice" to each other.

I wish I had this book 5 years ago only to validate that my ex and I were doing the right thing by not fighting. Older kids should read the book too so they have an understanding of the options available and are just more informed of the process.

Barbara Winter's Making a Living Without A Job casts self-employment as a liberating experience - one that frees the "joyfully jobless" to pursue her dream as she sees fit, not tied to the whims of managers or other creativity-killing institutions. As a result, she spends a lot of time focusing on the ideas surrounding self-employment, rather than the how-to.

She sprinkled exercises designed to seek out my passions and to brainstorm "profit centers" throughout the book. I didn't take the time to go through them this time around; I wanted to finish the book first and then go back and do them. Still, during my reading I did realize that I definitely want to write and philosophize, and I've come up with several ideas for Profit Centers. In that regard, the book stimulated me to think critically about my financial future.
Moreover, the author doesn't focus entirely on the theory of self-employment. With suggestions such as the $100 Hour (where you promise yourself to spend an hour per day brainstorming ways to make another $100, visualizations and affirmations, and advice on business cards and marketing, she provides a good "jumping-in" point for people (such as myself) considering the idea of becoming "joyfully jobless."

She paints making the plunge as an act of faith and describes her own life as one of "Roots and Wings". She attempts to balance putting down roots (living a stable, secure life) and growing wings (seeking her dreams, living with passion and excitement). I found myself thinking that the people who can successfully do both often lift up on the ground in which they've taken root. They try to pull their loves up with them.

Buckminster Fuller, contemplating suicide at 32, stood on the edge of Lake Michigan asking himself: "Do I know best, or does God know best whether I may be of value to the universe?" The answer that presented itself to him, the mere fact of his existence, proved to him that he had some purpose of being. As a result, he spent the next fifty-six years living a daVincean life. Winters asks us to find our own passions and make them our jobs. How, then, can we go wrong?

I'd definitely recommend anyone serious about starting their own business purchase other books in addition to this one (conveniently, she provides a recommended reading list in the back), because I know that I need more information than Winters provides here, about running a business, keeping books, and dealing with all the details. I need to know how to get started. Winter's book can help you define your ideas, get excited for the change, and know in general what's in store, as well as how to deal with the new life.

I'd like to recommend "Making a Living Without a Job" by Barbara J. Winter. This is the first book that really put a bee in my bonnet that maybe I can take my financial future into my own hands. It explains how at the turn of the century, most people were self-employed, but then came the industrial age, and people made more money working for a corporation.This created a generation of people who didn't believe they could make it on their own, people who didn't know how to work for themselves because they had no examples to go by.

The part of this book that caught my eye was the chapter on creating multiple profit centers. What that is, is whereas the employee thinks in terms of the single income source, the entrepreneur develops multiple income sources, like a portfolio that encompasses all of your different skills.

I would recommend this book just for the encouragement it gives. It doesn't answer a lot of questions, and I haven't taken the plunge yet, but it certainly gives ideas about how a person can make a living without being employed.

My work history has ranged the spectrum from Corporate Clone to short-term contracting, and even when I was employed full-time at a "real job" I always had one or two other businesses going on the side. But, like most Americans, I'd been brainwashed into thinking everyone should have a well-defined and well-thought-out CAREER, so I didn't take my "sidelines" seriously. And, after thirty-plus years in the work force, I was still searching for the One Perfect Job that would best utilize my abilities and satisfy my soul. This book changed my thinking: Barbara Winter shows how to evaluate your talents, interests, and skills, and turn what you already like to do into multiple income streams. She gives inspiring examples, provides tools for self-analysis, and offers encouragement; she doesn't give specifics on how to create your perfect work, but she can't because everyone's combination of abilities and knowledge is unique. The book started me thinking on how I could create income sources from the things I enjoy doing, and convinced me that I don't need to find that elusive Perfect Job after all. I recommend it highly to anyone searching for a better way to work.

I was asked to read this book by the Prostate Cancer Charity in UK and on first sight my heart sank. Full of dry medical information - how wrong I was! My husband had a radical prostatectomy in 1997 and has recovered well but I still found encouraging material - especially about managing impotence. The book covers all aspects of prostate cancer - from diagnosis to living with the results of treatment. It deals with the medical terms and emotional effects of each stage in a down to earth manner. I also really valued the fact that it was written to me - the woman. It made me feel understood in a way that much of literature doesn't as it all male orientated. Enjoy reading it as you approach stage by stage and keep dipping into for knowledgeable reassurrance. My one regret was that all the helpful contact numbers and addresses were all American.

I believe we all need to do nice things for/with our husbands on a regular basis. Not the usual day to day things that we do. But surprises. This is a very simple book that provides quick ideas and examples that you can use. If you are looking for something deep, this book isn't it. The ideas in this book are not complicated, they are short and sweet; nothing outrageous. If you are looking for some quick suggestions on things you can do for your relationship, this book will help. You can do it!

Using the book/journal has brought more understanding of my spouse. After 25 years of marriage, who would have thought I could still learn so much. My husband puts in long hours of work, but we exchange the book daily. He writes at lunch, I read in evening and write my part. By writing, I believe we share more intimate thoughts and discoveries. Thank you Raineys. This book works if you'll do the writing. Only suggestion, a spiral bound would make it physically easier to write on the left page.