Why haven’t hard-working professionals been told these facts?
Published: Fri, 04/03/26
In September 2008, I joined the merry world of banking as a fresh and hungry graduate. During my first few days, I was handed all sorts of HR Manuals,…
Following Fulfilment
The spreadsheets won't save you
Published: Thu, 04/02/26
Lauren and I are packing all our possessions into big, brown bo es. In a few days, we leave the mean streets of East London and the stone-clad floors…
The oldest trick in the book
Published: Wed, 04/01/26
As today is April Fool’s Day here in the UK: One of my favourite April Fool’s stories comes from London in the 1860s. A group of pranksters sent out a…
Why I ignore every uplifting & motivational post on Dimstagram
Published: Tue, 03/31/26
I’ve taken part twice in Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within. It's a jamboree which big Tony himself modestly calls “the greatest personal growth…
It's only work
Published: Mon, 03/30/26
It’s always dangerous writing an email like this one. Emails where I’m reporting directly from the front line, taking grenades in the workplace…
The 5 stages of de-stressing at work
Published: Thu, 03/26/26
Based on how it looks to me, anyway. But after 13+ years of taking grenades in the trenches at my banking job, then finding a way to turn down my…
The Corporate Ostrich
Published: Wed, 03/25/26
Here’s something to chew on if there’s a task you keep putting off at work: At 3pm last Friday (a mere two hours before the deadline), I submitted the…
Why I risk your boss’s wrath every time I send a daily email
Published: Tue, 03/24/26
A reader drops me a line about the Zen-like tips I shared yesterday for not losing sleep over your inbo : (keeping her anon as requested) ***Hi Tom -…
Zen and the art of ignoring all your emails
Published: Mon, 03/23/26
What’s this? An email about emails? The irony isn’t lost on me. But if your inbo is always running the show and you’d like to get on top of it, this…
Legendary tennis coach unearths the real key to peak performance
Published: Fri, 03/20/26
A few months ago, I ran a Subtraction Method workshop for NYT bestseller Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s online community. During the workshop, I spoke about…