Screw work, let's play: how to do what you love and get paid for it

Cover

Screw Work, Let's Play

Contents

About this book

Acknowledgements

Join the play revolution

Join the revolution

It pays to have fun

Get the autonomy you crave

The world will be your office

From worker to player

Scrap your career plan

My story: 'I never want another job for the rest of my life'

Secret one How to work out what you really really want

Start from the right place

Introducing your secret weapon: your playbook

'Just one more thing . . .', or what Columbo can teach you about discovering what you really want

Stop trying to work out what to do with the rest of your life

Need a little more inspiration?

Too many things to do to fit into one year?

Welcome to the universe(s)

Here's the good news: you can have what you really want

Introducing Play Wednesday

Put it into play

Secret two How to choose what to do next

The happiness equation

Find your moment

How to get into flow

an introduction to Wealth Dynamics

Feeling uncomfortable?

Talents, skills and passions

The great love-versus-money balancing act

How to avoid being a starving artist (or actor or musician or poet or novelist . . .)

How to choose what to do next

Put it into play

Secret three How to get started right now

The problem with goals

The problem with thinking

Pick a play project

How to choose your project

Think big, start small

Kick off your play project

The benefits of being in play

Put it into play

Secret four How to guarantee your success

Welcome to the roller-coaster

Introducing your nemesis

Build your support team

Feeling scared yet?

How to be indestructible

Stop asking for permission

Take some tips from the world's best expert on your success

How to cheat

Take the Millionaire Test to stay on track.

How to make progress when you've got no time and no energy

Manage your overwhelm, not your time

How to manage your brilliant ideas

How to be a creative genius

The power of 'creative idling'

Put it into play

Secret five How to play for profit . . . and purpose

Let's go problem hunting

Want to change the world?

Which problem to solve?

Put it into play

Secret six How to play the fame game

and win

Step one: Pimp your project

Step two: Choose your channel of communication

Step three: Who are your kind of people?

Step four: Start the conversation

Step five: The art of seduction, or how to turn your fans into customers

And finally, a note about coping with controversy

Put it into play

Secret seven How to create an irresistible offer

Providing a service

How to make money in your sleep

or the wonders of passive income

1. Information products

the new way to sell your expertise

2. Affiliate marketing

or how to sell a product without having to make it

3. Blogging

4. Membership programmes

Other ways to deliver your solution

Put it into play

Secret eight How to win your first playcheque

But I need some money right now!

Winning your first playcheque

Run a campaign

When you get there, celebrate!

Put it into play

Secret nine How to play full time

The Job 2.0

Going freestyle

Create your portfolio career

Collaborate for speed

Do the numbers work?

When to quit your day job

How long is all this going to take?

Put it into play

Secret ten How to play your way to the rich life

1. Create your vision of the rich life

2. Manage your money like a millionaire

3. Remove your internal blocks to getting rich

4. Dare to charge what you're worth

5. Choose a rich strategy

Put it into play

Let's play.

Bonus content on ScrewWorkLetsPlay.com

About War Child UK

The 21 myths of work.