Rat Race Rebellion - Reviews of The 2-Second Commute

The Wall Street Journal
     "Rather than responding to ads and come-ons, however, most of these home-based workers are generating their own opportunities through hard work and self-promotion. For information, check out "The 2-Second Commute," by Christine Durst and Michael Haaren, co-founders of Staffcentrix, a Woodstock, Conn., training concern."

John Tesh - Musician/entrepreneur and host of nationally-syndicated "The John Tesh Radio Show"
     "I strongly recommend The 2-Second Commute for anyone considering a virtual, home-based career. The material on integrating a home-based business into the family is especially useful."

Midwest Book Review
     "Christine Durst and Michael Haaren's THE 2-SECOND COMMUTE comes from the founder of the Virtual Assistant industry herself, paired with an ex-Wall Street attorney who was one of her clients and helped her launch Staffcentrix, a leading VA training company, and the International Virtual Assistants Association. These assistants work from home and provide admin support, consulting, and more - all via email, fax and phone. Any who dream of working from home must have THE 2-SECOND COMMUTE as a guidepost to success."

Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
     "Christine Durst and Michael Haaren have produced a very good “how to” on becoming a great virtual assistant. For rural

America

, this offers one more chance for people to live in rural and build careers tied to the larger world economy. We recommend this new book."

Association of the United States Army - Recommended Reading List

The International Virtual Assistants Association - IVAA (October 2005 IVAACast Newsletter)
"This book takes you from searching your soul for why you want to become a virtual assistant, through building your business and maintaining and growing it. It is a very practical guide that aspiring and experienced virtual assistants alike can use on a daily basis, and should be referenced as you build your business plan."

Daniel H. Pink - Author of A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation
"If you're interested in becoming a virtual assistant, this is the only book you'll need. It's full of savvy advice and excellent tips. Prepare to take notes!"

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Gary Moulton - Microsoft Accessibility Technology Group Product Manager, and Co-Author, Accessible Technology in Today’s Business
     "Whether you’re an employer or an employee, I'd bet that you had no idea what productivity gains and career opportunities your PC could offer up unless you told me you had read this book."

Prof. Kathy Striebel - Lead Instructor, Virtual Assistant Certificate Program, MiraCosta Community College, California
     "A practical, hands-on approach from someone who’s ‘been there.’ The authors combine sound business advice with a sense of humor and don’t hold back on sharing the joys, heartaches, successes, and failures of entering the realm of the self-employed VA. This book should stay open with dog-eared pages on every new VA’s desk!"

Rebecca Kochenderfer - Co-founder and Senior Editor of Homeschool.com, and co-author of Homeschooling for Success: How Parents Can Create A Superior Education For Their Child
     "Homeschooling parents have long sought a work-from-home solution, and The 2-Second Commute 'brings home the bacon.' The text excels with pragmatic advice and real-world examples of successful Virtual Assistants, and the exercises for stregthening the family while growing the home-based business are not to be missed."

Carrie Lee, a.k.a. "Sgt. Mom" - Military Family Life Expert -- (www.SgtMoms.com)
     "Very informative for any VA -- just starting out or 'seasoned. Military Spouses around the world should refer to this book for help with their 'virtual career' or home business."

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James Ware - Co-founder and Executive Producer, Future of Work (www.thefutureofwork.net), and former faculty member, the Harvard Business School
     "Whether you work for a large organization or for yourself, in a corporate office or out of your home, you need to know how to survive in a world that's distributed, virtual, globally connected, and based largely on individual initiative and creativity. This book is a very practical, hands-on guide to the future of work, because that future is already here."

Prof. William E. Halal - Professor, George Washington University, and CEO, TechCast LLC (www.TechCast.org)
     "As the tidy offices of the past are relentlessly blown apart by an explosion of mobile devices, we are all increasingly working in virtual mode. This path-breaking book defines the new breed of professional assistant emerging to help out wherever we find ourselves -- the Virtual Assistant."

Kathie Hightower and Holly Scherer - Authors of Help! I'm a Military Spouse - I Want a Life Too! How to Craft a Life for YOU as You Move With the Military and columnists for the Air Force/Army/Navy/Marine Corps Times newspapers (www.jumpintolife.net/military.html)
     "Wow! Finally a book for those of us struggling to move our careers as ‘trailing spouses.’ This book opens your eyes to possibilities and resources -- no matter what career field you are in. As two women who've had virtual businesses for many years, we sure wish this book had been available when we started out. AND we've learned new things to help our businesses continue to grow."

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MommysPlace.Net
      "It isn’t often that a book or product pleases me all around, but I’m happy to say this book was one of the few that I put my complete stamp of approval on. It was thorough, packed with insight, tips, resources and I highly recommend it to any VA starting out."

Christian-Mommies.com
     "The 2-Second Commute is a must read!"

Christian Work At Home Mom
      "If you have ever wondered about how to begin as a VA, this book will give you all the answers. The authors have packed it full of all the necessary advice to get you started."

Digital Women
     "For those women wishing to work from home, for those women who want to stay home with the kids, and even for those men wishing to leave the rat race, this is an excellent resource to have at your fingertips."