It is one of the most influencial best sellers of all time, selling over 15 million copies around the world. The reasons for its success: because it does what it says on the tin! During the research for the book, he interviewed 500 of the most affluent men and women of the time and put together a 13-step formula to achieve the same success - here they are:

We all have hundreds of habits - many of which have built up over the years without realising it. It's therefore important to try and accumulate a few GOOD ones from time to time in order to compensate for all the BAD ones (especially when it comes to our health). This free Healthy Habits download, is a collection of 27 habits (3 for each Principles Behind Great Health) that can be printed off and stuck to the fridge door - or anywhere else it can be looked at for a minute or two everyday until the habit has been formed.

It is often said that success comes from experience, and experience comes from failure (or words to that affect). However, we don’t need to experience failure all the time to become successful at something – often it’s better to learn from someone else who’s already gone through that learning curve and is happy to share [...]

We’re getting fatter than ever before! Depression and suicide rates are up! We’re dying of heart attacks in our 30’s! Michael Jackson is still alive! Okay, only joking about the last one…but the others are very real! Fortunately help is at hand to turn things around and massively reduce the chances of becoming part of [...]

No matter how many times it happens, we always promise ourselves...NEVER AGAIN! Until the next opportunity for some drinks comes along, and we go out with the utmost resolute and unshakeable intention of 'only having a few'. Several hours later, we're at it again...ordering shots of sambuca from the bar before bouncing on to the dance floor for some John Travolta moves.

His follow-up, The Four Hour Body, has been two years in the making (probably taking some of those extended holidays), and many more years of research and self-experimentation. A master of outsourcing, leveraging and delegation (to hundreds of nice people in India), he's certainly raised the bar with his new book when it comes to super health (mental and physical) - in fact, it blows anything else we've read out of the water by a mile - and all for less than the cost of a large Dominos Pizza!