James Sheridan is a world-leading personality types expert, an award-winning and international bestselling author and speaker, co-founder of an Inc. 5000 corporation, and consultant to clients that have included Nasdaq-listed corporations. CPD certified trainer and recipient of the CPD Coach of Excellence award, and psychology and history graduate. James is founder of the “groundbreaking” and certified Sheridan Metageno Personality Test (SMPT) to set the new global standard.

Born in London, England. As the only son of a single mother, Sheridan started from humble beginnings before embarking on an eclectic journey of diverse careers and accomplishments. During college he became an ice hockey player in Britain’s premier league.

Using this highly paid job to save money, Sheridan paid for his own training to get a commercial pilot’s license, moving to America to do so. Upon earning his wings, he slashed his way through a bad recession to survive as a pilot, landing his first pilot job flying cargo to The Caribbean, and secretive diplomatic mail flights from Miami to Cuba in unmarked aircraft as a foreign national. After building enough flight time, he returned to England to find a job with a regional airline before attaining the prized goal of 737 airline pilot at London’s Heathrow Airport.

After peaking early as a 737 airline captain at 29 years old, Sheridan resigned to start businesses, invest in real estate, and trade financial markets, determined to unlock the shortcuts and secrets of all aspects of life that he then passed on through the world of self-improvement to his tens of thousands of students around the globe in a runaway success represented by the founding of an Inc. 5000 company; an award given to America’s fastest growing companies.

He is the founder of multiple proprietary investing and stock trading systems that continually beat the market by a wide measure.

Sheridan moved back to America in 2003, and in 2007, determined to expose a medical cover-up, Sheridan wrote the fact-based novel, The Pandora Prescription, which became a bestseller in America and China, also published in Italian and Turkish, and reaching the third highest selling book in all categories on Amazon, and number one in thrillers. It was also the first book in history to have a petition signed by tens of thousands of people to ensure it would not be banned (-American Library Association).

In response to public interest in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sheridan’s publisher requested that The Pandora Prescription be re-released in 2020.

Sheridan still flies occasionally, and in 2007 he set a world airspeed record in an experimental aircraft.

He has dedicated the last twenty years to finding the definitive answers for humanity’s biggest questions, and his recent, “groundbreaking” book, The You Code – Your New Life Map Hidden in Your Ancient Genes, represents the conclusion of his quest, becoming a #1 bestseller in Evolutionary Psychology on Amazon and winning first prize in The Pinnacle Award.

Jack Canfield (as seen on The Secret documentary and co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul) claimed the book is “Fantastic and groundbreaking.”

Building on the acclaimed success of the research The You Code book was built on, James developed the Sheridan Metageno Personality Test (SMPT), a more accurate and faster method of deciphering not just personality types but also an individual’s true purpose, delivering multiple applications to personal and professional life. Read why the SMPT is the only personality test in the world you can fail.

Multiple white papers have been published, empirical testing is under way, and DNA trials to follow, with the mission to prove what Sheridan discovered first-hand in the field since 2010 across the globe: that Metageno types are the only detailed, biological maps of the true self and individual purpose.

Sheridan is also the author of the bestselling dating book for women, "Kiss Fewer Frogs," which applies his personality research to matchmaking and relationships.

More recently, he released "Burn it Down: 7 Days to Reforge Your Life" to help people in crisis as he weaves in a memoir of the first 23 years of his life. This is one of the few published nonfiction books to have earned CPD accreditation. Kirkus Reviews said: “An articulate and raw look at humanity’s tendency for self-sabotage, with concrete steps to rise above it.”

He is a published researcher of psychology, specializing in behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology, and the history of consciousness.

As a critic review (Reedsy) for "Burn it Down" recently said:

"You will eventually face trials in life whether of your own doing or not and will require a reset.... Let him be your guide."