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|title=Out of Office: Work Where You Like and Achieve More

|author=Chris Ward

|publisher=Blue Dot World

|date=April 2013

|amazonus=<amazonus>0957612303</amazonus>

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|summary=An encouraging book for those seeking to break out of the office, and create something of their own, using coffee and the Internet.

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''Imbibe coffee and become imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit'' would be an apt summary of the gist of ''Out of Office'' by Chris Ward. If you choose to read the book, be prepared to receive inspiration rather than practical instruction on how to build an empire, if anything. This is not to discredit the book; it is attractively designed, full of fundraising event photos and company founder portraits, motivational quotes and brief enthusiastic testimonies of the interviewees featured. But in terms of content, it doesn’t offer substantial advice on how to make that leap from the office cubicle – a context quite heavily vilified by Ward – to the existence of the creatively liberated mover and shaker.

There seems to be a complete dismissal of the fact that there are individuals who aren’t so keen on creating the next Forbes 100 candidate. For those who do, Ward doesn’t give much more than recommendations for qualities to look out for in people with whom one might surround oneself, such as ''the smart geek'' who ''could well still enjoy working in a quiet office''. But Debussy did say that ''Rules do not make works of art''. And I can admit feeling that maybe the lack of clear-cut professional advice is reflective of Ward’s recognition of this fact (with the artistic endeavour being the establishment of one’s name in one’s field of choice). ''Out of Office'' might, by virtue of its purely motivational nature, trigger a boom of terrific brainchildren; I can’t say. Either way, if you do not open the book expecting step-by-step guidelines on how to be successful, you may still find unoriginal, yet uplifting, mottos such as ''Be a leader'' and ''Believe in yourself'' are just what you need.

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