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Announcing something new

Posted by John on February 6th, 2016

Today I'm announcing something new. It's called LAUNCH! Inside Track and it's all about how to create something super-successful and market it in radically new ways to make it a smash hit - whether that thing is a book, a product, a service, an app, or your own coaching/therapy/freelance/consultancy career. And you're going to learn all that while looking over my shoulder

How would you like to be a Digital Nomad?

Posted by John on October 28th, 2015

I've spent all this month in Bali, having some time off, giving some talks, and connecting with the Digital Nomad community - a global movement of people who have designed their life to be location independent. It's never been easier to create a business you can run from a laptop anywhere in the world. And a lot

Posted in How to be happy, How to choose what to do next (Secret 2), How to play your way to the rich life (Secret 10), How to work out what you really really want (Secret 1)
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"The shortest answer is doing the thing"

Posted by John on May 26th, 2015

What should you dedicate your life to? What's your passion? Which of your ideas will really pay off? Which one can actually make money? Do you actually have the skills or even the confidence to pull it off? These are the kind of questions that can seize us when we're trying to choose something new to start. Sometimes they

Posted in How to be happy, How to choose what to do next (Secret 2), How to get started right now (Secret 3), How to guarantee your success (Secret 4), How to win your first playcheque (Secret 8), How to work out what you really really want (Secret 1)
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Here's the formula for getting paid to do what you love

Posted by John on May 15th, 2015

What if there was a formula for getting paid to do what you love? Well I reckon I've cracked it. Drawing on all my work with people over the last decade I came up with the Playcheque Formula. The formula has just 4 elements and once you've unlocked it you too can get paid to do something you love.

Posted in How to be happy, How to choose what to do next (Secret 2), How to create an irresistible offer (Secret 7), How to get started right now (Secret 3), How to play for profit (Secret 5), How to win your first playcheque (Secret 8), How to work out what you really really want (Secret 1)
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Playing from your heart

Posted by John on December 14th, 2014

Our last Screw Work Let's Play 30 Day Challenge just recently finished and as I reflect on all the wonderful projects launched in 30 days a theme strikes me - that the real 'challenge' for the participants is to dare to do something they care about and put it out into the world. I learned

Posted in How to be happy, How to play the fame game (Secret 6), How to work out what you really really want (Secret 1)
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What dreams have you left behind?

Posted by John on October 24th, 2014

We need to talk... about all those things you'd love to do, love to create, love to make happen... ...but which have been left behind like this lonely little doggie 🙂 Am I making you feel guilty yet? 🙂 We all have ideas for things we'd love to do –

Posted in How to be happy, How to choose what to do next (Secret 2), How to get started right now (Secret 3)
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Still hunting for your passion? Read this...

Posted by John on September 24th, 2014

Liz Gilbert, author of the international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love spoke at Oprah's "The Life You Want Weekend" recently and said something rather controversial about finding your passion: "I'm going to say something really weird and it's going to surprise you... I'm going to speak out for a second against passion." "You spend a lot of your life

Posted in How to be happy, How to choose what to do next (Secret 2), How to get started right now (Secret 3), How to work out what you really really want (Secret 1)
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"You'll never amount to much"

Posted by John on August 10th, 2014

"You'll never amount to much" - ever heard that message in your life? You might have heard a version of it from a school teacher or careers counsellor who suggested you lower your expectations. You may even have picked up a hint of it from your friends or family - don't expect too much, don't

Posted in How to be happy, How to choose what to do next (Secret 2), How to get started right now (Secret 3), How to guarantee your success (Secret 4), How to play your way to the rich life (Secret 10)
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What was your pivotal moment?

Posted by John on August 8th, 2014

This week I ran a live online training with over 300 people all over the world and we talked about the perils of The Job which can drive you crazy: the bad boss the nightmare colleague the miserable office the tedious commute and worse... You might put up with it all for many years until...

Posted in How to be happy, How to get started right now (Secret 3), How to guarantee your success (Secret 4)
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Ditch the boring people!

Posted by John on April 15th, 2014

I had some pretty cool jobs in my former career – special effects developer, European internet consultant, and others. And then I joined a well known global corporation but while the job sounded very impressive I wasn't happy. Part of the problem was the people. Nothing wrong with them, many of them were very smart.

Posted in How to be happy, How to guarantee your success (Secret 4), The play revolution (Chapter 1)
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