I’m on a daring secret mission and I’m recruiting a few undercover agents to join me.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

A quick backstory first:

A few weeks ago, I wrote a guest post for author, podcaster and creator Paul Millerd.

In the guest post I laid out the full A to Z story of how I burnt out, quit my job, spent two years learning about how the mind works and then went back to work to discover my once-stressful job now felt fun and relaxed.

I was very lucky to find a way through this. 

I don’t think many people have the option to quit their job to recover and spend time figuring out what to do next.

But there’s an ironic twist at the heart of this story:

Quitting my job was what let me see that no-one needs to quit their job or find a new career to fix their stress, exhaustion and overwhelm.

Sure, if someone had told the fed up and stressed out Tom from 4 or 5 years ago that his overwhelming job could actually be a source of FUN, he would’ve thought they were in cloud cuckoo land.

It seemed so obvious that my job was the source of my stress.  Especially as I spent every moment of every day thinking about my job.

But what I see now is that it wasn’t my job which was causing all my woes.

It was my thinking about my job.

Which is another way of saying “my thinking”.

So even though urgent deadlines, back-to-back meetings and office bureaucracy are unlikely to change, our thoughts about those urgent deadlines, back-to-back meetings and office bureaucracy can change.

In fact, our thoughts our made to change.  That’s the nature of thought.

And when our thoughts change, our relationship with whatever we’re thinking about changes too.  Not because we’ve put a glossy spin on a boring or stressful meeting.  But because we don’t experience that meeting as boring or stressful in the first place.

I think this is what John Milton was getting at with his famous quote “The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven”

So while I would’ve been sceptical , I would’ve loved it if someone had tapped me on the shoulder 5 years ago and gently said, “Tom, I can help you with this”.

That didn’t happen for me.

But knowing what I know now, I want that option to be there for other people.

I want stressed-out bankers, lawyers, marketers and other professionals to know that it’s 100% possible to find a more relaxed, easy-going approach to work without changing anything about their job. 

And I'm on a mission to spread the word.

Not only that, but I’m recruiting a few secret agents to join me.  And I’ve prepared some off-the-record assets for those who step up.

Are you up for becoming a secret agent?

Here’s what I have I mind...

I’d like you to share my Paul Millerd guest post with a relevant audience.  

Here's the link to the post:

https://newsletter.pathlesspath.com/p/quitting-and-returning-to-work-guest

That could mean posting a link on your social media feed or in a group you’re part of.  If you use an internal messaging board at your job, you could post a link there.  Or it could mean emailing or DM’ing the guest post to someone else who has an audience of relevant people.

Once you’ve done that, forward me a screenshot of your post, email or DM. 

In return, you can choose one of the following exclusive and off-the-record assets for free:

***  A half hour laser coaching session with me on Zoom.  This session has genuine, real-world value (I charge £500 for a package of 3 one hour sessions).  Laser coaching could be perfect if you want more clarity, you’re facing a tricky decision or you’d like to find more happiness or peace of mind.  To be clear – this is not a consulting call.  I won’t be doling out advice.  Instead, I’ll help you find the answers that are already inside you 

***  A half hour “Rookie Recon” Zoom session. This is perfect if you’re thinking of becoming a coach or starting a newsletter and you’d like to pick my brains. Two and a half years ago I was thinking the same thing and now I’m on the journey.  Do I have a newsletter of 100,000 people?  No I don't.  Have I been coaching for the last 30 years?  Nope.  But I’d argue this is why asking me your questions is 10x more useful than chatting to someone who’s long forgotten what it’s like to be starting out

***  I’ll send you a brand new report I’ve created called Easy Breezy Writer.  In the report I reveal 5 mindset “hacks” I’ve picked up from 5 of the world’s leading experts on writing.  These hacks have changed the way I approach my writing and explain how I’ve written a chirpy daily email almost every weekday for two and a half years.  If you’re a copywriter, newsletter writer or 9-to-5er who finds writing a grind, Easy Breezy Writer will help you write with less pressure and more flow

One other thing:

This secret mission will self-destruct at midday UK time on Thursday 28^th November.

That’s 72 hours from now.

Forward me a screenshot of your post or email before then and let me know which off-the-record asset you’d like. 

But if you send me your screenshot after midday UK time on 28^th Nov, it’s too late. 

That's when the mission is terminated.

Here’s that link once more:

https://newsletter.pathlesspath.com/p/quitting-and-returning-to-work-guest