Careers and Life Choices for Securing Your Financial Future

A recent Gallop Poll showed that 63% of Americans, no matter what their economic circumstances, consider themselves upper or middle-middle class. And they are feeling burned out and under financial pressure.

 Middle-Class Lifeboat is a comprehensive guide to enjoying a more stress-free and financially secure future. It includes:

• Over 50 financially secure careers, many of which can be done at home, including profiles of cutting-edge careers like tabletop manufacturing, patient champion and post-corporate career coaching, as well as dependable local services, nichable virtual products and emerging green careers
• Nine innovative lifestyle choices for increasing satisfaction while lowering the cost of living, including best small towns, moving abroad, living on the road, at sea or off-the-grid, as well as four scenarios for turning city life into Americas most popular lifestyle choice
• Nine cashless ways to extend your income, work less and live more simply, including gifting, barter, local exchanges, co-ops, and local currency.
• Plus practical strategies for:
  - Eliminating all the stuff that drags you down
  - Stay financially afloat whether the economy is up or down
  - Saving money and living more energy efficiently
  - Pros & cons for a rich array of choices, inspiring stories, specific
  lllhow-to's along with 100's of resources
  

News & Events
New in the Kansas City Star
Read about Middle-Class Lifeboat and the fast-moving trend toward Relocalization in the January issue of Relocalization Network Newsletter.

Listen to our interview on how to build a secure Middle-Class Lifeboat on NPR San Francisco's Work with Marty Nemko. It's playing here.

Hear us on Dr. Carol Lieberman's national radio show.
She asks, Will the Housing Crisis Put You in the Poor House?
It's playing here.

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Check out our article Are you Prepared for 40 Days of Rain? in the January 2008 CostCo Connection