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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 two Screw Work readers invented the world’s first healthy ice cream and made it a hit

Posted by John on June 3rd, 2015

Brothers Harry and Charlie Thuillier read Screw Work Let’s Play back in 2011 and it inspired them on a series of adventures that culminated in creating the world’s first healthy ice cream, Oppo. Oppo has now won several awards, is sold in leading supermarkets, and is in the short list to win business help from Richard […]

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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. […]

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How to create a PayPal button and add it your website or blog

Posted by John on February 23rd, 2015

One of the very simplest ways to start making money on your website or blog is to create a PayPal buy button. Here’s my short video showing exactly how to do it: Want to learn more? Sign up to get more tips and strategies to get paid to do what you love. Tweet

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What to do when you want to start doing what you love but you need money now

Posted by John on February 4th, 2015

So you want to start doing what you love but you also need money – you know, for rent and food and similar luxuries. What do you do? This comes up a lot and the most pressing version of it is when someone has just left their job. The freshly escaped ‘player’ rushes headlong into writing their book or […]

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How to be a scanner and still be a success

Posted by John on April 8th, 2014

Recently I received an email from someone who had just read my book and had been hit by the realisation that they are a ‘scanner’. This is a transformational moment for a lot of scanners – to finally have a label for themselves. If you are a scanner you might remember the moment yourself. If […]

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How Claire Hughes started her business in 30 days

Posted by John on October 7th, 2013

2 years ago Claire Hughes wanted to start something of her own but she didn’t even have a business idea. So she joined the Screw Work Let’s Play 30 Day Challenge. Now she has a thriving business of her own – Handmade Horizons – and today she moved into her very own office. I took the chance to […]

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How to start a business – the ridiculously simple step by step guide

Posted by John on September 16th, 2013

Last week I was teaching 50 people how to find an idea they could make money out of and turn it into their own business. And I realised that far too many people would love to do the same thing but don’t know how to take the very first steps. So… I created a 2 […]

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Last chance to join my free “Screw Work, Let’s Get Rich” event live online

Posted by John on August 11th, 2013

UPDATE: 275 300 400 people now registered! In July I ran an event in London called “Screw Work, Let’s Get Rich” – and it sold out in just 5 days. In it, I revealed my strategy that anyone can follow to make a 6 figure business out of the work you love. And I announced a completely new, […]

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Could you be suffering from Chrometophobia?

Posted by John on July 31st, 2013

There is a phobia that is surprisingly common and yet very poorly understood. In fact you might even be suffering from it yourself without realising it. It’s called Chrometophobia and it is the fear of money. Now you might imagine that if some kindly person walked up to you and handed you a large pile […]