creative maverick

Derek Sivers is a remarkable guy. He’s best known as the founder of CD Baby which he sold for $22 million last year but he’s also been a professional musician and at one point a circus clown.
He is very much a Scanner who has found a way to manage his addiction to learning, creativity and variety to launch [...]

It’s funny that my first reaction this morning after last night’s talk by San Sharma at Scanners Night on Social Media is to quit 2 social networking sites.
What I’ve realised is that if I want to play all day and get paid, it’s essential I surround myself with people of similar values - people who [...]

Yesterday as I was walking back to the officespace I sometimes work at, I saw a young woman collapse just ahead of me. Some people nearby rushed to help her into the building to sit down.
She said that she suddenly felt numb down one side of her body. It sounded like she was having a [...]

Yesterday I found myself sitting outside in the London sunshine at a Thai restaurant with a friend. As we sipped Lemongrass tea and discussed her imminent move to America to further her acting, the conversation turned to money and doing what you love.
I said that I was feeling rich right now - because if I [...]

If you’re putting a lot of effort into your work for what you get back, chances are you’re “out of flow”.
Being “in flow” is about bullding your working life around the things that suit your personality naturally. The result is you end up enjoying your work you so much you actually feel guilty getting paid [...]

Here’s my conclusion about work as play:
When you are truly in play, when you are following the unfolding path of what provides you engagement, expression, excitement, and curiosity in the world, then your work is simply a natural expression of who you are and who you are becoming.
Work becomes a way of achieving the fullest [...]

Would you like to play all day and get paid - to do the creative, fun stuff you love doing, to have oodles of variety and freedom… and to make good money doing it?
If so, have a listen to my free audio class below.
I’ll explain why I think you need to switch from a worker [...]

…or what Columbo can teach you about discovering what you really want from life
I love the detective show Columbo. It’s the ultimate wind-down TV; while modern cop shows are neurologically over-stimulating with handheld cameras and 3 cuts a second, Columbo is slow-paced and charming.
The series has been running for over 30 years but my favourites are [...]

Not only will you have a hell of a lot more fun but you’re likely to make more money than you ever did before.
A player is someone who puts creativity, fun and fulfillment first. We go where we feel drawn rather than purely pursuing money. We are engaged in a lifelong process of learning and [...]

It might seem strange to bring death into a blog about doing what you love but in fact it is at the very heart of the topic.
When I was a 5 month old baby, my parents took my brother and I out in the family car to visit some relatives. Just a few minutes from our home, [...]