Archive for the ‘How to get started right now (Secret 3)’ Category

How to start a business – one play project at a time

By Selina Barker, Head Coach at Screw Work Let’s Play Ian was stuck. He knew he didn’t want to carry on in his job in an ad agency, but he had no idea what he wanted to do instead – or even what he could do. Ian was a classic case of a frustrated creative. Bright, [...]

Are you a self-help addict? Check for these 4 warning signs

I love self-help and I’m guessing you do too. All those books, courses and workshops can genuinely help increase your happiness, success and wealth (they have mine). But how much is too much? When have you become a self-help-aholic? See if you recognise these signs in yourself or anyone you know: It all starts off innocently enough with [...]

How to plan a life-changing project in 5 minutes

Sometimes the things we most want seem overwhelming to achieve – like finding work we love, starting our own business, or launching a range of products. The Screw Work Let’s Play solution is the Play Project. Use Play Projects to try out a possible new work direction or business idea and start it right away [...]

What to do when your idea’s too big

You’ve got an idea you want to put into action – an idea for a business, a mission to become famous, or a vision of making a living doing something you love. But… it’s BIG. Too big. It requires you to quit your job. Or it needs a lot of money. Or a whole team [...]

Join the 2011 Play Revolution

If your promises to yourself for this year include finding a way to get paid for something you love, I want to help you do it. Last year, Screw Work Let’s Play hit the bestseller lists, was raved about in The Times – twice – and this year, it’s being translated into Dutch, Italian and Korean. But we’ve [...]

Meet your tribe of players, scanners & entrepreneurs

If you’re reading this blog, chances are you’re a creative person with a lot of ideas (otherwise known as a scanner). And your biggest challenges include choosing which idea to pursue, making it happen quickly, and turning your best ideas into something that might make you a living. If that’s the case, don’t try and [...]

Why self-help books don’t work (and what does)

I’m a fan of self-help books – as you might expect being an author of one. Self-help books have changed the way I view the world forever, they’ve inspired me to believe I can have what I want, and they’ve shown me how to create it. But we all know they don’t always work. We [...]

The power of a play project

I’ve been busy recently co-running the Screw Work Let’s Play Programme, helping ten people find out what work would really feel like play to them. The core of the programme is getting the participants to launch a play project – a 4 week project that will be fun to do and explores an area of [...]

Does your business idea pass the shower test?

A central idea of Screw Work Let’s Play is that in order to be successful in launching something new – starting a business, writing a best-selling book, creating an income stream with Internet Marketing – the central topic of what you’re doing must be something you have real interest and passion for. There isn’t any successful [...]

Mythbusting: “I’ll get lonely working for myself”

This is a guest post from Marianne Cantwell of Free Range Humans who is collaborating with me on some very exciting projects around Screw Work Let’s Play to be revealed soon. Why working for yourself doesn’t mean working by yourself You’re a people person. You don’t want to be holed up at home everyday, with [...]