If I handed you a $100 bill, would you…?

If I handed you a $100 bill, would you…?

If I handed you a $100 bill, would you… buy something that makes you feel good? save it? pay a bill? give it away? Your answer reveals something of your money personality, your values, and your childhood programming. It’s important to value ourselves, so (a) can...
The Mastery Club Screen Adaptation Deal Signed!

The Mastery Club Screen Adaptation Deal Signed!

A long long time ago (2006) I self-published a novel called The Mastery Club – See the Invisible, Hear the Silent, Do the Impossible. In 2007 it won an award for youth fiction and I began giving talks and running workshops. I received many many beautiful emails and...
Jacob’s egg, Jacob’s elephant…

Jacob’s egg, Jacob’s elephant…

This is a shout-out to artist Jacob Harnwell for the brilliant cover he illustrated for Quest For Riches. The captivating egg is of one of his other ‘practice illustrations’. He was experimenting with light… I’d actually first asked Jacob to create a new...
Fiction can make you smarter and more empathetic!

Fiction can make you smarter and more empathetic!

I often hear people say that they don’t read fiction – it’s too ‘fictional’! They prefer real-life content and books that focus (seriously) on current issues or research rather than ‘made up stuff’.  But what they don’t realise is that more and more studies are...