THIS morning, as I sat reading through some of the many newsletters I subscribe to, I realized something startling.

I'm the only author who writes about money fantasies.

In past issues I've written about my expensive cars, world travel, flying aircraft, living in a hilltop mansion, achieving the playboy lifestyle (OK, I made that last one up, sorry dear!)

And in the other newsletters... these sensible-as-laced-shoes ezines... there is none of that.

I might even be a little counter-culturish...

When everyone else says save for a rainy day, I say...

Like a lot of people, I had a butterfly mind.

I was easily distracted, tended to flit from one topic to another... I had trouble concentrating. And got nowhere fast.

But I conquered it in time, and one day soon I'll tell you how I did it.

But let me tell you a secret... Unless you solve the problem of focus, you won't get anywhere either... in winning the lottery, or life.

Now, one of the main problems that lottery players have is deciding when to play.

They ask themselves, should I play this week? Didn't I see some pretty strange numbers coming up after that last game? Next week? What if the numbers are just as bad? And before you know it, they are undecided and lost at sea.

Not knowing which way to turn.

Well, I've made that decision easier for you...

My Dualit toaster sits prettily on our kitchen bench.

As you probably know by now from following my newsletters over the years, I have a leaning towards quality.

My wife and I have just come back from a weekend seeing our daughter in Sydney, Australia.

Our country, New Zealand, is about 3-and-a-bit hour's flying away, but the difference between the countries is vast.

Australia (or Oz as I'll call it from now on), is thousands of times bigger both in population and size.

Sydney's population is bigger than the entire population of our country. Crikey!

In Oz, it takes 40 minutes to get anywhere important - my daughter's standing joke - because everything is a long way from somewhere else.

It's the same in any large country like USA, South America or Asia. Travel is long and takes forever.

But there is an upside to all this grand size... the lottery jackpots in the bigger countries are enormous.

And you would think that your chances of getting the main prize is better too. Not so...

I'm in the business of winning. So I'm always interested in winners, and how they achieved their vision.

And in the years of reading, talking and watching, I believe I have the answer to why winners - in all areas of life - succeed. The answer is simply this: They stick to their game. Look at the huge succeeders in life. You will see, time after time, they have...

Most of us eat a couple of eggs a week.

I'm a little different. My intake is probably 7-10 eggs weekly, spread over either breakfasts or lunches.

In fact, when I finish this newsletter I'm going up to the kitchen to make a two-egg omelette with tomato and some broccoli for lunch.

But Rob and Vanda eat over 100 eggs between them, and are Britain's top bodybuilding contenders, according to an article I read in today's Mail Online edition.

The personal trainers (what else?) are Britain's strongest couple and the country's top bodybuilders.