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Tim Smit, rock ‘n’ roll entrepreneur and creator of the Eden Project

By: John on: Nov 19,2009 In: Featured Articles, Interviews, What shall I do with my life?

Tim Smit led the creation of the £130 million Eden Project.
What was once a disused clay pit went on to become one of the most popular visitor attractions in the UK despite its relatively remote location in the hills behind St Austell in Cornwall.
Tim is, in my terms, very much a player. He takes on [...]

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“Where you look is where you go” (Or what I learned by riding a motorcycle into a tree)

By: John on: May 19,2009 In: Featured Articles, Stories

Life is supposed to slow down when your life is in threat. And yet it didn’t when I found myself on a motorbike in a Tennessee forest, pulling a wheelie, heading for a tree. One moment I was riding along a forest path, the next I was on the floor with a bike by my [...]

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Let’s Play

By: John on: Mar 30,2009 In: 4 Hour Work Day, Beat your creative block, Featured Articles, How to be a happy scanner, Make more money, Play all day, What shall I do with my life?

As I work on my proposal for a book on the themes of this blog, I’m starting to realise how important play is. To play all day and get paid sounds like the ultimate hedonism and while it should be fun, there is something more to this.
Why play?
When children play, they are learning about themselves [...]

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This is the personal blog of John Williams, author of "Screw work, let's play: How to do what you love & get paid for it" to be published by Pearson in June 2010.

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