How entrepreneurial physicians can be "Career Renegades" too

Since I read a lot and love to talk about what I learn from my books, I thought I'd start a new "Book Review" category.

And what better way to kick off than to review my latest favorite book, Career Renegade: How to make a great living doing what you love by Jonathan Fields (also author of Awake at the Wheel Blog).

Fields is a self-described mega-firm securities lawyer turned "serial lifestyle entrepreneur, speaker, writer, marketing guru, yoga innovator, artist and author".

Along the way, he figured out how to turn his passions into profitable businesses, despite the naysayers insisting it couldn't be done. And he's now captured his journey, along with a wealth of highly practical tips and resources in his book. He's essentially written the professionals' guide to getting out of the trenches and into the land of dreams-come-true.

Whether you are planning a new career as an entrepreneur or taking a hard look at your life with the idea of changing jobs, this book offers plenty to chew on and digest. What adds credibility and richness to each chapter is the wealth of anecdotes describing the success stories he uses to illustrate his points.

It's not hard to imagine how this would apply to physicians wanting to change careers, start new businesses, or reinvent their practice experiences.

Here's how the book breaks down:

Part 1 is devoted to the question "What makes you come alive?", in which he challenges you to uncover your passion(s).

In Part 2, he asks "What kind of renegade will you be?", and details seven proven paths to a renegade destination. Ideas such as:

• Redeploying your passion in a hungrier market
• Refocusing and mining the most lucrative micro-markets
• Exploiting gaps in the information needed to excel at an activity
• Exploiting gaps in education
• Exploiting gaps in gear or merchandise
• Exploiting gaps in community
• Exploiting gaps in the way a pursuit is provided

Part 3, "How to master your passion and build a worldwide following" provides the how-to nuts and bolts behind the book's premise.  Whether it's starting a blog, finding free online courses, building authority are learning how to network effectively, the tips and resources are all there!

Part 4, "Let the revolution begin", addresses the emotional aspects of being a career renegade.

I love this book for a couple of reasons:

1. It makes my life as a physician business coach a whole lot easier as, instead of having to explain every step to my clients, I can ask them to read this book and then we can work on accomplishing the steps together -- thank you for that, Jonathan!
2. There is some overlap with the non-NYT best-seller book that I'm writing, but not enough that it makes my book redundant.  In fact, I can see the two being complementary for my much more targeted audience. Again, thank you Jonathan.

If you're looking for a breezy writing style, and an introduction to the many ways of starting a business plus the plethora of resources that are now available for little or no money, I suggest you look no further than "Career Renegade".

Your opinion?