Presence over Powerpoints
Published: Tue, 07/22/25
Last Wednesday, I pitched up to a team offsite at work to run a mindset & clarity session about how to be more on the front foot, figure out what…
Following Fulfilment
My thoughts on Couples Therapy
Published: Mon, 07/21/25
I've got into a bit of a morning routine recently. Baby Grundy stirs from her slumbers at 7am. That’s when we totter down Fort Grundy's winding stone…
A former client checks in
Published: Wed, 07/16/25
Here’s a lovely email I got from a former coaching client in response to my email on Monday: (re-printed with permission) ***Hi Tom, I hope you are…
Like Donald Trump gatecrashing a Chelsea team photo
Published: Tue, 07/15/25
I woke up yesterday to find my phone full of alerts. Turned out that Donald Trump had photobombed the Chelsea football team’s medal ceremony at the…
Keep going
Published: Mon, 07/14/25
A few weeks ago, I sent an email with the subject line: How to use your day job to fuel your side hustle In the email, I quoted a few lines from Scott…
“How do you handle the responsibility of affecting people’s life decisions?”
Published: Fri, 07/11/25
On Wednesday, I jumped on a Zoom call with a newsletter reader. As we chatted away about careers, coaching and life more generally, he asked me this:…
Help me choose the title for my new book
Published: Wed, 07/09/25
In Aesop’s famous fable, the plodding tortoise beats the speedy hare in a race when the hare puts his feet up just before the finish line and the…
How to get a good night's sleep
Published: Tue, 07/08/25
A delicious irony: Since the proverbial stork delivered Baby Grundy just over five months ago, I’ve slept in various beds, on a sofa, in a rocking…
To growth-minded folk who feel misunderstood
Published: Mon, 07/07/25
In December 2013, a US District Court made a baffling ruling. The court decided that Sherlock Holmes’s copyright had e pired... But only for Sherlock…
A one-handed email
Published: Fri, 07/04/25
It's 6.36am. I'm writing this email from a big, white, woolly rocking chair, deep in the inner recesses of Fort Grundy. I have a baby draped over my…