Why haven’t 9-to-5ers been told these facts?
Published: Fri, 06/20/25
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
Is persuasion unethical?
Published: Thu, 06/19/25
For the last three days, I’ve been promoting John Bejakovic’s new book. If you’ve somehow missed it, John’s book is called The 10 Commandments of Con…
A riddle for writers
Published: Wed, 06/18/25
Riddle me this: What do Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Morgan Housel, Michael Neill and John Bejakovic all have in common? If you said “OMG! Are they…
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…