About this book This book will show you step by step how to get paid to play by turning the things you most love doing into a living. Whether you're currently feeling trapped in a job you don't enjoy or you're slogging away at your own business that's never quite taken off, you'll find both the life-changing concepts and the practical strat- egies you need to transform your working life. This is not about just having fun and hoping the money will magically fall out of the sky. I will show you the key to getting paid for doing what feels like play to you, how to win your first `playcheque', and then how to scale it up to making a living ­ and maybe even get rich. And if you still have no idea what you want to do with your life, I'll show you how to get clear on that first. Whether you want to launch your own business or freelance ca- reer, create your ideal job from scratch, write a book, get famous for your art, or change the world, this book will help you. I can't show you how to `get rich quick'. I haven't found anything yet that does that (let me know if you do!). If anything, it's about how to get happy quick. The fact is, whatever you want your life to be, you can create some taste of your ideal right now in the present. Doing this will make you happier and, as you will see, happiness often leads to success and wealth. The ten secrets The book is arranged as ten secrets to getting paid to play. These are not secrets that anyone is wilfully withholding from you and yet it's remarkable how few of us know them. We're certainly not taught them in school or college. They sometimes run counter to xii about this book