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Want to do something radical with your life? Quit your job? Start a business? Get creative? Launch your great idea on to the world? Don't even know what it might be yet? Let me help you start something new.

Which one of these is you?

• No idea what you want to do with your life but you know it ain't what you're doing now?
• Know what you want but there's no way you can see to do it without starving?
• Got a great idea for a business but you're stuck because you need a business plan, a team of staff and a pile of cash?
• Have you realised that you would really rather not work at all? Maybe you just want to travel the world, save the planet, or be creative all day - go write that novel or make that album?
• Are there too many things you want to do and no single job or business that will ever keep you interested?

These are all examples of problems I have helped my clients with.

Is this you?

You've never liked the world of "jobs". You want to be creative more than anything in the world, you're not even sure you like "work" if it means sitting in an office watching your life go by.

You know no one else can you hand you a ready-made answer but you're ready to open your mind to new ideas. You're willing to think deeply about your self and what you really want. You don't want a "careers advisor", you want someone to think more creatively than that.

You're realistic - you're open to shortcuts when they're available but you know that doing something completely different for your work might take time, even years, to fully realise.

Can't decide what it is you want to do?

Don't worry, most of my clients need at least some help with this. If you're completely stuck I can help you come up with new ideas for businesses and creative projects. If you have too many ideas, I can help you make the choice of what to do first.

We'll lay out all your options - even the ones you thought were impossible - and put everything back on the table. I'll give you some worksheets to help with this. If you can't think of any options, I'll use my best sneaky tricks to discover new ones buried inside you that you didn't even know were there.

Making the right choice

My mission is to find the work that excites you even if you don't know what that is yet. I believe the work you enjoy is usually the work you're naturally good at and you're therefore most likely to succeed in.

The trick is to look for the overlap between the stuff you love doing and what the world needs most right now (and is willing to pay you for). This sometimes requires some seriously lateral thinking. And it's always better done using two heads rather than one.

We'll look for that moment in your work (or elsewhere) when you are at your most brilliant, you love doing it and you have enormous value to others. Then we'll look at how to build your entire career around this "moment of magic". Imagine how much fun would that be!

We'll also look at the common theme in the things you're passionate about even if they seem totally unrelated. Out of this will come a core message you have been communicating to the world your whole life and will never tire of giving.

It's worth bearing in mind that if you currently have no idea what direction to go in, we will need to spend most of the 4 session programme on this. The clearer you are on your direction, the more time we will be able to dedicate to getting you there.

Getting Started

Sometimes it takes a while to get where you ultimately want to go. So I'll be looking for ways you can start right now in your spare time - and if you don't have any spare time, I'll help you create some.

We'll also look at how the right collaboration could spring you into your new work-life faster than you could ever imagine. And I'll use all my contacts to help.

Too many interests to choose just one?

I specialise in working with people who have many different interests and don't want to choose just one to pursue in their work. If this is you, you are what's called a "Scanner" and must have variety in your life to be happy. I can help you create something that will give you this rather than having to face what Scanners fear most - boredom.

Have a look at my website for Scanners and my monthly London event Scanners Night.

Want to start a business or an income stream?

Do you want to go freelance?

Shockingly, most freelancers earn less than they did when they had a job. Let me show you how to set off on the right foot. I'll share from my complete range of marketing expertise as featured in my Make More Money programme. Listen to my 10 ten minute audio class on how to attract more clients to get some ideas you can use right now.

Fancy yourself as a consultant?

Let me guide you. I have consulted to blue chip companies like the BBC, Siemens and Accenture and others around the world - at a daily rate that meant I only needed to work 3 months of the year.

I have been a senior managing consultant at Deloittes and an Internet consultant at a European ebusiness consultancy. I can translate the tricks and techniques of the "Big 5" into something you can use as an independent consultant to win you more work at a better rate. Our starting focus will be to find your first client before you even quit your day job.

Got the entrepreneurial itch?

Want to create a business of your own? Let me guide you through your very first steps. Getting these right could you save months of work, a lot of money, and a lot of heartache. It could well make the difference between a business that succeeds and fails.

It might surprise you to find out you don't need a 30 page business plan, a heap of cash and a full staff to get yourself off the ground.

Step one is getting your proposition right. What makes your idea compelling? And how can we give it that small twist that makes it stand out from the crowd and get you loads of free publicity?

What about the Internet?

The Internet is the ultimate low-risk medium for starting a business or just launching an income stream while you're still in a job.

It's also the most cost-effective way for the self-employed to market themselves - if you know how to use it.

And if you're currently selling your time, you can use the Internet to help you escape from the tyranny of the billable hour. Coaches, therapists, speakers and other experts can package their expertise in new ways that allow them to make passive income - ie income without turning up!

Even if you don't have knowledge ready to productise, you can build an income stream around promoting other people's products you love - without ever putting anything in the post!

As an ex computer programmer and Internet consultant, I love to help people take their first steps onto the 'net to make some income.

Want to do something really creative?

Perhaps you have a passion you've always wanted to indulge and you've no idea if or how it might ever make you a living. Want to be a writer? Want to change the world? Want more time for your music?

If so, we'll get you started doing what you love straight away, we'll find ways to free up more time for it and we'll work out how to structure it and promote it so you start to get an audience that could later grow into a customer-base.

Does your work feel like a struggle?

If your work feels like a struggle, you're doing the wrong work. My Start Here Programme now includes an incredible personality test called Wealth Dynamics that in 15 minutes will identify your path of least resistance.

Once you know which one of 8 paths naturally suits your personality, you'll know what kind of work you will find easiest, most enjoyable and fastest to succeed in - for the rest of your career. (And you'll know which work you should stop doing.)

As soon as you book, I'll send you a key to take the profiling online and receive your own 30 page report.

How it works

You book a ticket for 4 sessions together on the phone over a period of 8-10 weeks. Each session is 40 minutes.

I'll be learning about you, helping you have new insights and giving you the techiques and strategies of my own that are most likely to work for you. We pack a lot in so come ready to take notes.

We will usually set actions after a session to be done by an agreed date and you can choose to report by email when you have completed these - to give you that extra bit of accountability.

The work continues in between appointments as you put what we covered in the sessions into action. As we reignite your creative spark, you will find you start to have more and more ideas to help you. If something comes up, you can ask me quick questions by email in between sessions.

While you are a client, I also occasionally send items of particular interest to you such as useful contacts, relevant events, books, website recommendations etc. And if you wish, I can often put you in touch with someone in a similar position to you to compare notes with.

The cost of this package including 4 sessions, worksheets and your own wealth profile report is £437.

Payment is by credit card using a secure online service.

Read my simple Ts & Cs here before booking.

As this is intense work, I only have space for a handful of clients a week so get in contact now if you want help soon.

Not sure yet? Get some free help

Download the freestyle toolkit and in particular look at the Career DNA worksheets.

Read my CreativeMaverick blog for free tips on how to create a working life that's fun.

Join the Creative Entrepreneurs Club as a guest member. Read the online articles, listen to our Internet radio show and join the google discussion group. (Full members get access to me and 2 other superb business mentors for less than £7.50 a week.)

Or check out my bio for my career background.

Try me out

If you're someone who always has several projects on the go, come see me at Scanners Night, my monthly London event for multipreneurs and other creative types.

I am often to be found co-running Careershifter's monthly London workshops - a good place to go if you're considering a radical shift in your career and also a chance to see me in action.

And if you're still not sure after all that, book a Problem Buster session to try me out and get some quick help.

How much longer are you going to stay stuck?

You've done the thinking and it's gotten you so far. If you're stuck and you're finding you're now just going round in circles, you'll need someone else's new perspective to get you out of it. And that's someone who's ready to think creatively, open your mind to options you shut out long ago, and has the experience you need to help.

I've spent many years and 10s of 1000s of pounds on my training and development and I'm ready to give you the specific gems out of all of it that will help you most.

Remember that working with me is likely to alter the course of the rest of your working life - all for the cost of a few days' pay.

 

Once you've contacted me and you're ready to pay, click this link to make the payment online.