Archive for the ‘Players’ Category

Stop faking it

A few days ago I watched a youtube video of someone playing a song on the piano. She was one of the 200 participants in the 30 Day Challenge and she had responded to one of our exercises by taking the risk to record a video of her playing and show it to the other [...]

Losing a hero is tough…

Today, I am still reeling from the news of Steve Jobs’ death. Losing a hero is tough and Steve has been a hero of mine for many years – from my time as a software geek to my life now, writing and running my own business. Yesterday when I should have been writing my new [...]

If you don’t do it, no one else will

The interesting thing about any significant creative project you undertake – whether it’s a book, blog, or business – is that while you might have a title (and even a strap line), you don’t really know what it’s about until you dive into making it. Sometimes you think you know at the start, but it always [...]

Postcard from Bali

This is a copy of my email newsletter sent at the end of a month living and working in Bali. The wonderful thing about creating your own business today is that you can design it to be portable. All you need is a laptop computer, a mobile phone, and a WiFi connection, and you can [...]

Obvious to you. Amazing to others

You have new ideas and thoughts every day and you’ve probably had more than one that could make you some money. But… how many of them do you act on? Do your ideas seem too obvious to you? Do your talents seem like ‘nothing special’? Then take a lesson from Derek Sivers, musician, entrepreneur, and [...]

What’s your big adventure?

Our Head Coach, Selina Barker, is about to set off on her own big adventure. She’s packing up her life, reducing all her possessions, and putting everything that remains into a campervan named Beryl. Then she sets off for a 6 month road trip around the UK and Europe, meeting people, having fun, and running [...]

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, [...]

Who do you hate? (Or “How to get unstuck”)

Here at Screw Work Let’s Play HQ we’ve been busy getting ready for the Screw Work Let’s Play Programme which starts tomorrow. On the 8 week programme we deal a lot with the internal blocks that stop people getting the working lives they want. As a result, we’ve learned a lot about why people get [...]

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 [...]