sick and tired manifesto bolaji oyejide

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The Sick & Tired Manifesto.

In case of cubicle fever.

Or 9-to-5-itis.

Open this.

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About the Author:

Hi! My name is Bolaji O.Yes. Like the hotel in Vegas.(Which is not mine. Yet.)

Im a renegade rat racer trapped in a rat racers body.

And so ever since I was old enough to work, Ive been workingon ways to:

- Get off the hamster wheel.- Escape from cubicle hell.

- Nix the 9-to-5.

I have made more mistakes than most, since turning

Internet Entrepreneur over 15 years ago.

And Ive mapped out my pitfalls along the way.(Go find your own pitfalls. I found these fi rst.)

After 3 layoffs in the past 6 years, I finally got sick-and-tiredenough to commit to pursuing my dreams full-time. So

here I am.

I have a knack for simplifying the complicated.

I hope I can be of assistance to you

As you plan. and execute your own rat race escape.

Learn More about me here:http://www.rat-race-escape-artists.com/about-us.html

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Sick and Tired.


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Im sick of office politics.

Im sick of beingpassed over for promotions.

Im sick ofother people taking creditfor my work.

Im sick of leaving a job I thought I needed,only to find out that the job never needed me.

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Im sick of ambiguous and nonsensical orders

coming from on high.

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Im sick ofthe routine

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day

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mind-numbing

day.

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Im sick of doing this to meet other peoples

expectations. Of what my life should look like.

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Im sick of postponing my dreams.

Year-after-year.

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Im sick of cubicles.

liberate me NOW.

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I'm sick of falling home values. And rising rent.

Im sick of bailing out Wall Street fat cats.

Im sick of doing work I dont believe in.

Im sick of bending myself into a pretzel to find vacation days.

Im sick of emergencies caused by other peoples lack of planning.

Im sick of performance reviews that focus on how much I suck.Instead of building up the things that Im good at.

Im sick of office printers.I think theres someone hiding in there, eating my print-outs.

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Im sick of expense reports.

Im sick of a 40-hr work week that is always more than 40 hrs.

I'm sick of my addiction to e-mail. Hang on. I have a new e-mail.

Im sick of the office hierarchy:Executive deities who must not be questioned.(The new e-mail was spam, by the way.)

Im sick of Dilbert. Its not funny when its true.

Im sick of department meetings. Why do 50 people have to gather in order to hear thesame 5 people talk?

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Im sick of work for works sake.

Hasnt someone already done this?

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Im sick of Death by Powerpoint. i


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Im sick of people

who cant wait

to cut you down in a team meeting.

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Im sick of side hustles.

I want to be a successful entrepreneur.

So I can ditch this joint.

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Im sick of people with no life

outside work.

Who think 5pm is a good time to

stretch, before getting back to

work.

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Im sick of bosses with

anger management issues.

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Im sick of people who

take up two spots.

Your car isnt that great

to begin with.

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Im sick of

selfish egomaniacmiddle management.

That steps on me toclimb up the corporateladder.

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Im sick of acronyms.

Most of us dont even know what they stand for!

(But use them anyway.)

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Im sick of my addiction to caffeine.

Can I just sleep in, like, sometimes?

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Im sick of having nightmares about what work is due tomorrow. i

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Im sick of last-minuteassignments on a Friday.

Im sick of being asked todeliver things:

- a.s.a.p.

- before c.o.b.

- yesterday

At the highest quality,in the shortest time, andat lowest price.

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Im sick of being expected tosay: How high?

every time Im

asked to jump.

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Im sick of having nightmares about

what work is due tomorrow.

And what pitchfork-carrying villagers

are waiting to descend on me this time.

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Im sick of overpaid CEOs and their golden parachute severancepackages.

Im sick of huge bank executives messing up and getting bailed out.But Im still stuck with my student loans.(Which are obviously too big to fail.)

Im sick of the status quo being the rule of law.

I'm sick of office gossip. Get a life.

I'm sick of co-workers that insist on chatting, when they can obviously see that I'mbusy.

And of those who guilt me into buying their kid's cookies.

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Im sick. And Im tired.

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Theres got to be a better way. i

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There is.i

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Sometimes. You Do Get Your Mojo Back.i

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Your future is as bright as you make it. i

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So design your new career. i

What do I want to be

when I grow up?

What do I want to be

when I grow up?

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Build your personal brand. i

John Smith.

Awesome to the

Power of Rad.

Im different.

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Get your financial house in order. i

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Create a passive income stream. i

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Make more time for family i


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Make more time for family. i

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iExpect more for yourself. And from your life.

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But its going to be really hard.

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You will stumble. And fall. A lot.

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It will often feel like you re on your own.

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You re not.

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But I'm closer than I was yesterday.

~Author Unknown

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If we are facing in the right direction. i


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All we have to do is keep on walking.

~Buddhist Saying


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We must accept finite disappointment. i


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But we must never lose infinite hope.

~Martin Luther King


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Edison failed 10, 000 times. i


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Before he made the electric light.


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How long should you try?

Until.

~ Jim Rohn


By perseverance. The snail reached the ark. i


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Problems are not stop signs. i


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Theyre guidelines.

~Robert Schuller


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Sometimes, the impossible. Is possible.

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This is real.

You CAN escape the Rat Race


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You CAN escape the Rat Race.

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