creative maverick

Back in 2005, Alex Tew was a 21 year old student from Cricklade in Wiltshire and was about to begin a three-year Business Management course at the University of Nottingham. Alex was concerned that he would be left with a student loan that would take years to repay so he brainstormed ways to make some [...]

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. 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 you answer [...]

I was interviewed by Dave Monk on BBC Radio Essex on Tuesday about how to find work you love, even in a recession. Dave challenged me with some tough questions - have a listen to see how I answered questions like:

Should you just fire off your CV to all the jobs you can find?
Isn’t it [...]

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 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 [...]

I was asked for input into an article for Look magazine this week, apparently the UK’s best selling women’s magazine. It’s to go with an article about recession-proofing your career and my bit is a beginner’s guide to starting a business as an alternative to staying in a dicey job market.
Here’s what I wrote:

Self-employment can [...]

Over at Creative Entrepreneurs Club, we are kicking off a series of monthly 30 day challenges to help Creative Entrepreneurs further their business.
Every month we pick a hot topic to get into action on - automating and outsourcing your least favourite tasks, making dreaded sales calls, writing compelling copy for your website, decluttering and streamlining your office [...]

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 [...]