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 [...]
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Neil Mullarkey of the Comedy Store Players on dealing with fear
Posted by John on November 8th, 2010
Every week for the last 25 years, Neil Mullarkey has taken the stage at the most famous comedy club in the UK, The Comedy Store, and started a 2 hour show with no script whatsoever. As you can imagine, he is no stranger to fear. He’s also made brave choices with his career, constantly changing [...]
The best 424 words on writing I’ve ever read
Posted by John on August 16th, 2010
One of my favourite pieces of writing on writing that I have ever read is by Paul Graham. Paul is a fascinating entrepreneur. He designed the algorithm used by most anti-spam software around the world and he now runs Y Combinator, a seed funder for startups. He is also a superb essayist. In this short [...]
Pablo Picasso on charging what you’re really worth
Posted by John on May 21st, 2010
One of the great challenges of getting paid to play is learning how to charge what you’re really worth. Unless you master it, you’ll always struggle to make the income you deserve. I have a good record for doing this (see How to become a £1000/day consultant) but I think Picasso really had it nailed [...]
How to be idle (and still be a success) – a video interview with Tom Hodgkinson
Posted by John on May 19th, 2010
Your vision of the rich life might not be about huge amounts of money. It might be having lots of free time that’s more important to you – just as Tom Hodgkinson discovered. Tom is editor of bi-annual magazine The Idler and author of several excellent books including How To Be Idle, How To Be [...]
Internet Entrepreneur Daniel Wagner on creating a location independent lifestyle
Posted by John on May 18th, 2010
Not that many years ago Daniel Wagner was working as a Pizza delivery boy. Now he’s created a successful business that he can run from anywhere in the world. So he decided to take the opportunity to leave England and go live in the sun in Cyprus. He recorded this great video on the plane [...]
Meet the man who travels the world and gets paid doing it – the Chris Guillebeau interview
Posted by John on May 17th, 2010
Chris Guillebeau makes a full-time living from his blog The Art of Non Conformity while travelling the world on his mission to visit every country on Earth. Last year he very kindly agreed to be interviewed for my book Screw Work, Let’s Play and share a little of what’s made his lifestyle possible. Chris, how do [...]
