📄 Short Bio

Ricky Browne is a writer, coder, and creator based in rural New South Wales, Australia. He has published over a dozen unique books spanning humour, poetry, self-development, and productivity. He’s also the creator of tools like Freewriter, which gamifies the act of writing.

Currently, Ricky is developing Creator Coaching — a program designed to help people get unstuck and finish what matters.

Drawing from lived experience — including a schizophrenia diagnosis in 2001, battles with addiction, and the long process of rebuilding a purposeful life — Ricky distills hard-earned insights into practical, often humorous content that helps others shift their mindset and move forward.

🧠 Long Bio

Ricky Browne spent years starting big projects and finishing none — until he learned how to chip away, one piece at a time. Now, he builds apps, writes books, and helps others do meaningful work. He believes finishing beats perfection every time.

Ricky began publishing professionally in 2018, starting with humour before shifting into self-help and productivity — fields where he applies hard-won personal insights.

Based in regional Australia with his wife and two kids, Ricky is a high-functioning schizophrenic who spent a decade battling delusions, paranoia, and disconnection. But through patience and persistence, he clawed his way back. In the process, he became a finisher.

Since then, he’s created dozens of tools and books, and he’s just getting started. With a distinctive voice and a knack for turning complex ideas into simple, sharp insights, Ricky has built a small but loyal following among creatives, misfits, and seekers looking for something real.

📚 Latest Books

Coming July – Level Up at Life: 692 Thoughts on Overcoming & Becoming

A punchy, reflective guide to thinking better, living truer, and becoming who you were meant to be. This book helps readers rewire their mindset, question false beliefs, and finally grow up — without losing their heart. It’s not about perfection. It’s about progress, power, and personal truth.

Out Now – Chip Away: 488 Thoughts on Mastering the Creative Life

A creative productivity handbook packed with practical, punchy insights to help you work, write, build, and finish. Success doesn’t come in giant leaps — it comes in inches. Chip Away helps readers embrace the process and master the mental game of finishing what they start.

📊 Stats

• 1200+ followers on Facebook
• 4400+ books given away via Google Play
• 20+ books currently available online
• Short film Australian Stick Museum featured at the Dubbo One Eye Film Festival

🗣 Media Topics

• Productivity, procrastination, and the psychology of creative work
• The path from stuck to finished for creators
• Personal transformation and mental health
• Living with schizophrenia and rebuilding life after illness
• Levelling up at life through personal actualisation
• The intersection of inner change and societal contribution

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