A Pause in my Writing Career
September 11, 2020
A number of people have asked me – “when will the next book in the Billy Houston series be available?” Well it’s all on hold for the next couple of years. Because whilst travelling around Southeast Asia for the last three years with intermittent trips to my home town of Noosa, Australia I’ve seen a […]
Read moreWhere Do I Write From?
February 20, 2020
I commenced writing ‘Billy Houston Rags to Riches’ in the first week of January 2018 whilst staying at Lamai Beach, Koh Samui in Thailand. I like to be staying on the beach, somewhere with a nice water view when I’m writing. I’m fortunate that my house in Noosa, Australia is right on the water with its own […]
Read moreEver Feared Failure?
January 27, 2020
Ever feared failure?Ever felt life is too difficult?Ever sensed there is no light at the end of the tunnel?Ever suffered physical and emotional events that you believe you will never recover from?Ever felt it was time to through the towel in, it’s all too hard? Then welcome to the club. We all do. It’s part […]
Read moreMy hometown Noosa, Australia
January 13, 2020
I’ve lived in Noosa, Queensland for over 28 years. Noosa is an Australian resort town known for its famous point breaks, beaches, restaurants and national parks. Noosa beach is one of the few beaches on the east coast of Australia that faces north, ensuring the beach is bathed in sunshine all day. Noosa has a […]
Read moreThe Power of Delegation in Business
January 7, 2020
I started my first business, an accounting firm in Noosa, with 3 clients. I was the accountant, the coffee maker, the secretary, the cleaner. Why? Because I was the only employee. I had my third child on the way, not much in the way of savings, a house with a mortgage and a wife who […]
Read moreWhat type of person are you?
December 31, 2019
In the world there are perhaps three types of people – Those who make things happen Those who watch things happen Those whose wonder what the (expletive) happened What type of person are you? Billy the main character in ‘Billy Houston Rags to Riches’ and ‘Billy Houston Fall from Grace’ definitely fits into category one. […]
Read moreI was once a workaholic- don’t fall for the trap like I did
December 19, 2019
Much like Billy Houston, the character in my first two novels, I too was once a workaholic. Yep I didn’t know when to stop. Work consumed me. I guess part of it was the so called thrill of the chase. The adrenalin you get as you grow your business, the feeling of excitement. The feeling of […]
Read moreHow do Billy Houston and Pat Gabriel, the two main characters in my novel ‘Billy Houston: Rags to Riches’ describe each other?
December 16, 2019
Billy and Pat first met as 14-year-old schoolboys at Santa Monica High School. Pat was the smart one, always top of his class who went onto become a lawyer specialising in franchise law. Billy has suffered life’s ups and downs since arriving in California as a 14-year-old schoolboy from Australia, the Land Down Under. Expelled […]
Read moreBilly Houston’s 7 Rules of Business
December 4, 2019
Over half of new businesses fail in their first five years of operations. Some experts say the number of business failures may even be closer to 90% in the first 5 years of operations. I’ve built a couple of very successful businesses over the last 25 years. I’ve also had one dismissal failure. Why did […]
Read moreThe benefits of reading (and writing) ‘Billy Houston Rags to Riches’
November 22, 2019
Ever feared failure? Ever felt life is too difficult? Ever sensed there is no light at the end of the tunnel? Ever suffered physical and emotional events that you believe you will never recover from? Ever felt it was time to through the towel in, it’s all too hard? Then welcome to the club. We all […]
Read moreHow I came to be writing a book
September 27, 2018
I’m an entrepreneur and love the thrill and excitement of building businesses from start-up phase. With my hardworking team we built GPS Wealth, my most recent business and arguably Australia’s most awarded Financial Services Licensee from a standing start to over 300 licensed advisers and accountants. All achieved in just over six years. A lot […]
Read moreMy new fiction novel is available on the 8th of November 2018. Pre-order your copy now.
August 22, 2018
My first ever fiction novel, ‘Billy Houston Rags to Riches’ is complete and available by eBook, paperback or hardcover on Thursday 8 November. You can pre-order your copy now (see below). The main character in the book is Billy Houston who arrives in Santa Monica, California as a fourteen-year-old schoolboy from Australia, the Land Down […]
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