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Technology is leveling the playing field for a lot of businesses and industries.

It once took millions of dollars of capital to start a business. Now all you need is a computer and an internet connection.

Education is the next domino to fall. Learn Out Loud is pioneering that path.

The company, which sells audiobooks, also offers free books,  including several business and self-improvement classics.

Here are a few examples:

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You have to wonder sometimes: do you think the guy who tests rides at Disney World wakes up and says, “Crap… It’s Monday… I have to ride the friggin’ roller coaster.”?

Does the staff photographer at Playboy say, “Stupid 8 a.m. photo shoots,” when his alarm clock rings?

Wonder if the buyer for Macy’s gets up on Monday and thinks to herself, “I can’t believe I have to buy all those purses.”

It wouldn’t surprise me.

The bureaucracy and office politics of the workplace can suck the fun out of the most creative, most meaningful work, turning it into… a job. And jobs are full of micromanagers, non-existent managers, backstabbers, risk averters, and the ilk who seek to commoditize inspiration and who turn the thing you were born to do into the thing you are bored to do.

Fortunately, technology and new business models offer us radical options. The world can be your workplace. You can even keep your current job while you experiment with some of the following options, designed to refresh your inspiration and give you an opportunity to transform your job back into your passion.

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I just got Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated version. I was a huge fan of the original version and read it twice. Now I am reading the new version and can honestly say that it is awesome!

What is so great about this book anyway? How has Tim been able to go from unknown to super successful overnight?

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In economic turmoil and during periods of layoffs and firings, there’s one thing that crosses a lot of minds: I never want to be in this situation again.

Leading experts–from career coaches to new wealth gurus–all agree on the importance of creating passive forms of income. Passive income, generally speaking, is a form of income that, once set up, continues to flow in without any effort, or at least little extra effort.

While some forms of passive income can be challenging to set up, not all are difficult.

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