Table of Contents
Plan of Attack 1
Terms of Engagement 3
1 Flip the Script 9
Objective: Choose the Winning Ticket to Your Career Lottery 9
2 Your Money and Your Life 25
Objective: Have Both 25
3 Always Bet on Yourself 57
Objective: Beat the House 57
4 Prison Break 101 77
Objective: Master the Right Skills 77
5 The Answer in Your Inbox 101
Objective: Find Your Thing 101
6 Life Coaching from Jay-Z 123
Objective: Expand Your Options, Then Limit Them 123
Next Steps: A Menu of Options 140
7 Side Hustle 143
Objective: Make More Money 143
8 You, Inc. 175
Objective: Build a Small Empire 175
9 How to Become a Firefighter (or Whatever You Want) 195
Objective: Play the Came That Will Increase Your Odds 195
10 The Self-Employed Employee 221
Objective: Become Indispensable 221
11 DIY Rock Star 243
Objective: Recruit a Small Army of Fans and Supporters 243
12 How to do Everything You Want 263
Objective: Refuse to Choose 263
13 Winners Give Up All the Time 287
Objective: Pursue the Right Opportunities (and Say Farewell to the Wrong Ones) 287
Appendix 1 Tool Kit 303
Appendix 2 "Here's How I'll Make You a Lot of Money" (Email Pitch) 306
Appendix 3 Never Lose at Tic-Tac-Toe (Bonus Lesson!) 308
Index 310