I received a review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley for my honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

While this book did have some great tips on setting priorities and how to pursue your dreams, it went from 0-60 and I wish it taught a more gradual process of giving up everything to fight for the career you want.

I thought this book had a great message. It was well written and very engaging. The author gave some sound advice, like taking care of your customers, realize their complaints are not necessarily about you, people have bad days and take it out on the people they come in contact with. Put your heart into your work, treat people the way you would want to be treated. The main thing I did not like was being or trying to be an influencer online, some people just don't have the makings for that, lots of introverts trying to just survive. Overall I recommend this book, it was and interesting read.

Good not great, loved the practical examples, and overall content but I did not think this one was life changing. I'd buy it for a friend feeling stuck who needed a kick start but not for the friend totally lost as its not quite in depth enough for that. Great though if you're feeling the New Year New You, help I've got burnout going on and need a gentle nudge.

Dont Keep Your Day Job mixes history of the author with useful tips about how to make a career from a hobby and be passionate about your job and life.

I really enjoyed this book! It was inspiring to read the stories of people building their businesses from the ground up. And then it gives you permission to follow the same path.

This book is excellent for anyone looking to expand into their possible dream solution of finding a career they love. This book goes through steps in becoming a person with a passion and a career that matches it. It gives you tips and steps and stories of how others before you have done the same thing. This is one you definitely want to take notes on and keep around for reference whenever you get into a rut about your dream job.

I really enjoyed all of the practical stories included in this book. The author not only told stories from her personal life but also from other real people who overcame adversity and did what they were called to do. I truly believe that I can follow these examples and live up to my true potential as well.

Cathy Heller does a great job convincing me that I need to follow my passion and move away from my day job. She writes very conversationally and the book is easy to read. I appreciated her enthusiasm and her uplifting voice. There are many anecdotal stories of people that have successfully turned their work lives around. The drawback for me was in the lack of education on the steps to achieving one's goal. How did those people do it/ I suspect it might have something to do with them having high incomes and personal savings; something lots of people that have the desire to move up are lacking. I would have liked more how to, less why to.
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I liked this book in terms of motivating me to use my passion/hobby and turn it into a business. If only it was that easy. There are many things where you don’t know if yours will picked up so it’s more luck of the draw. Although it is fun book and it makes you want to pursue your goals will it work out in the end? I don’t know. So even so I liked this book. Thanks for giving motivation to at least get started in the direction I want to go.

In today’s age these books are easy to come by. Everyone wants to tell you that you too can post on Instagram and be famous and get rich quick, but it just isn’t that way. I appreciate the idea of wanting to run your side business and making it work for you, however, cold calling people and forcing them to be in your facebook groups probably aren’t the most successful ways for vyone and it’s a good way to piss people off. I think I would recommend this to people who are strongly interested in becoming an influencer and who already have a pretty decent following.

Imbalance and Not Actionable

Written by popular podcaster Cathy Heller, this book purports to help you turn your passion into your career. Implicit in the title and subtitle is that this is an actionable book. I feel like the book failed to deliver on that promise. It is really mostly stories about people who have had success, but their stories haven't really been analyzed to give universal truths that the reader can consider and implement as they work on a more purposeful career. There are Journal prompts, but I didn't find them enough to really move someone from a day job to a passion-inspired career. The book lacked balance: too many stories and not enough analysis or action steps. I didn't take away what I was hoping I would from the title, subtitle, and the book's description.

I didn't get any motivation from this book, it just seemed like it was stories of other people's success. I feel like there should have definitely been a workbook area, or at least goals for you to put into place, instead of just stories from others. Not everyone has the opportunity come slap them in their face.

Much more practical than I was expecting. Also, less "if you don't like what I have to say you're <i>beige!</i>"

I liked that there was a section on personal finances and further resources. While some of the profiles seemed both a bit too niche and a bit too aided by luck more than anything else, the overall settled, down-to-earth tone of the book read better than other "quit and follow your dreams" books I've read lately.

Definitely worth a read for anyone yearning for a life-change, if only for a dose of perspective.

A book with interesting tips that will hopefully help others on their quest to pursue their passions. Unfortunately just not the book for me, I was hoping it would be more inspiring than it was.

Unique, interesting, and helpful. This is a good written format for the podcast it's derived from. It combines prompts, interviews, and suggestions to help people consider and explore their creative entrepreneurial sides. I think for now, I'll keep my day job, but wow this was a good way to help me think about my other passions as being worthwhile to dedicate my time and energy towards.

This was an okay read, but I don't feel like I got anything out of reading it. It didn't motivate me like I've read others say. I also feel like I can get the same advice from a free podcast.

I've been a listener of Cathy Heller's podcast for a little while now and was so excited for the opportunity to read this book. I had initially thought this book would be a nice fluff read as a supplement to her podcast but I found myself highlighting paragraphs and bookmarking pages to refer back to later. I loved how each chapter of the book had journal prompts and takeaways which allow the reader to take action in their own journey and not just read about some else's. I learned so much about how to explore different avenues and take actions to grow my passion into a lucrative business. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to start or already has a creative business.

I read this book without knowing the author or having listened to an of her podcasts, and maybe that give me the disadvantage because she doesn't have built-in credibility with me. However, I don't know if this is quite realistic for a regular person. I appreciate her upbeat tone and her encouragement to help people to find their passion through various examples of entrepreneurs and success stories but for me, it's a miss.

Maybe I should listen to her podcast and try again! I am happy to know that there are upbeat people like her in the world who do try to help people to find their joy! The world needs people to seek a brighter and happier mission for their lives. But not everyone can sustain their families through becoming a podcaster or book reviewer, etc

I received this book from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This book is well-written and conversational in style. It seems to be a companion to Cathy Heller's podcast by the same name. The execution of the book is very similar to that of a podcast. She "talks" directly to you and is inspiring in her words.

I appreciated the stories of various people who have turned their passion into a career. There were many of these dispersed throughout the book, and they punctuated Heller's points well.

What I didn't enjoy were the repetitiveness of the authors inspirational messages and the fact that not much was written to actually explain "how to turn your passion into a career." The book focuses more on telling you how much you need to do so and giving you examples of those who have without telling you a lot about how they got there. I believe this book would have been better if Heller remembered that not everyone has the knowledge of the steps it takes to go from a day job to making six-figures as a podcaster or artist, yoga instructor or baker.