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The Escape Manifesto

The book we needed when we escaped.

Rob, Dom and Mikey were fed up with the corporate treadmill. When they decided to change careers, they looked for a website to help them escape – except there wasn’t one. So they started their own. Five years later and they have started a movement called Escape the City. Over 300,000 people have joined www.escapethecity.org in pursuit of exciting and unconventional careers. They are the first online start-up in the world to raise more than £600,000 in investment equity crowdfunding – and they did this entirely from their own members.

The Escape Manifesto is the book that the guys wish they had read five years ago on the London Underground when they were commuting back and forth from their corporate cubicles. It is an inspirational call to action, packed with practical advice and encouragement. If you work in a corporate job that doesn’t make you tick and you have ever wondered whether there is more to life, this book is for you. Step off the corporate treadmill – find an exciting job, start your own business, or go on a big adventure. Stop dreaming, start planning and do something different!

Reviews from Leaders and Authors

Derek Sivers

“Most people don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing. They imitate others, go with the flow, and follow paths without making their own. These guys get it, thats why the world needs The Escape Manifesto.”

Derek Sivers

Founder of CD Baby and Author of Anything You Want

Roman Krznaric

“Seriously inspirational. A revolutionary handbook for the unfulfilled workers of the world.”

Roman Krznaric

Author of How to Find Fulfilling Work and Co-Founder of The School of Life

Darren Westlake

"In a world of conformists we need organisations who are prepared to do things differently. How many other startups would turn down venture capital in order to raise £600,000 from their own members? An important book for anyone interested in stepping off the treadmill.”

Darren Westlake

Co-Founder of Crowdcube

Pamela Slim

“I consider Mike, Rob and Dom as trusted peers and collaborators in our joint mission to lay a clear, secure and viable path for corporate employees who want to leave and start a business. Their advice is sound, and their experience is based on success in the real world. Buy the book!”

Pamela Slim

Author, Escape from Cubicle Nation

Jeff Jarvis

“Do as they say and do as they do. These guys have the keys to the chain that’s keeping you locked to your desk. Time to escape.”

Jeff Jarvis

Author, What Would Google Do?

Rob Archer

“Our minds can be our worst enemies when it comes to making big life decisions. The important thing to remember is that we aren’t meant to ‘find ourselves’… it is through action that we create ourselves. The Escape Manifesto is a potent reminder of the power of initiative over procrastination. Do something. Start by reading this book. But to change your life, then go out and do something different!”

Rob Archer

Founder of The Career Psychologist

Alastair Humphreys

“People often say to me: ‘I wish I could do what you do’. The correct answer is, of course, that they can. They just don’t think they can. Here is a book aimed at turning that wish into a reality.”

Alastair Humphreys

Adventurer, Author, Speaker

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