How to slip past someone's mental defences

Published: Tue, 06/17/25

A short story you might like if you want more sway in your day-to-day life: I’ve written about my love of magic many times in these daily emails. The…

Why I’m promoting John Bejakovic’s new book

Published: Mon, 06/16/25

A couple of weeks ago, daily email maestro John “Bejako” Bejakovic fired off a call to arms to his newsletter subscribers. I’ve written about John…

My Greatest Email Hits

Published: Fri, 06/13/25

This newsletter is 3 years old today. As the champagne chills on ice here at Fort Grundy, it’s a good time to pause and take a look back at some of my…

How to use your day job to fuel your side hustle

Published: Thu, 06/12/25

Over the last few days I’ve been re-reading Scott Adams’s How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. You might know Scott Adams as the…

How I conquered my fear of presenting on Zoom calls

Published: Wed, 06/11/25

Here’s a DM I got the other day from a colleague who’s taking part in my Mindset and Clarity workshops at work: ***I found yesterday’s session…

Wild Courage (my interview with Jenny Wood)

Published: Mon, 06/09/25

Today I’m publishing a short interview with former Harvard Business School researcher and e -Google E ec, Jenny Wood. Jenny founded a program called…

Rob Wringham calls me a hooligan?

Published: Fri, 06/06/25

Updated: Fri, 06/06/25

Today I’m promoting a Kickstarter for New Escapologist. New Escapologist is a print journal run by author and comedian Rob Wringham, all about the art…

“What does a good work/life balance look like for you personally Tom?”

Published: Thu, 06/05/25

Updated: Thu, 06/05/25

That’s the question a colleague asked me during the Mindset & Clarity workshop I ran last week at work. It’s a great question. Not least because how I…

The 5 stages of de-stressing at work

Published: Wed, 06/04/25

At least, based on how it looks to me. But after 13+ years of taking grenades in the trenches in my banking job, then finding a way to turn down my…

Stoic supremacy at work

Published: Mon, 06/02/25

Let's be honest: The corporate workplace is a ruthless battlefield where status determines who wins and who loses. Some workers chase fancy job…