Taming your Advice Monster
Published: Tue, 11/25/25
I’m writing this email on a train back to London after Day 1 of my new year-long Coaching Apprenticeship training. One part of the day stood out in…
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The madness of open plan offices
Published: Mon, 11/24/25
A few days ago, I got chatting to a colleague about the bushy-tailed up-and-coming generation of bankers who are skipping merrily through the hallways…
How to use the “Tom Sawyer Effect” to turn boring, mundane work into a source of joy and delight
Published: Sun, 11/23/25
There’s a scene in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer where Tom’s punished by his Aunt Polly for getting his clothes dirty in a fight. Tom’s…
Fifty Shades of Earl Grey
Published: Thu, 11/20/25
This might sound odd, but it's 100% true: Whenever friends visit Fort Grundy for a cup of tea, I always give them the cup with the tea bag still fully…
Bitcoin Queen's outrageous Ponzi Scheme serves up reality check for corporate 9to5ers
Published: Wed, 11/19/25
Every Saturday morning, while the moon is still in the sky and the birds haven't yet started chirping, an unmarked white van pulls up to the gates at…
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well"
Published: Tue, 11/18/25
So said the frizzy-haired brainbo Albert Einstein. And I can’t help think he’s right. In fact, this little quote of Albie’s goes a long way to e plain…
How to sit at your desk like Buddha sat under the Bodhi Tree
Published: Mon, 11/17/25
If you’d like to be more cool, calm and collected in the office and you haven’t taken a leaf out of The Buddha’s book, you’re flat-out missing a…
How I feel about my new book, Don't Quit Your Job
Published: Fri, 11/14/25
I’m delighted to announce that my new book, Don’t Quit Your Job, is now written. The I’s have been dotted, the T’s have been crossed and the…
A coach who banks
Published: Thu, 11/13/25
Last month, during my week-long promo for my new coaching program The Music Inside You, I wrote the following: I used to see my coaching as what I did…
You can’t make a tomlette without breaking some legs
Published: Tue, 11/11/25
Here’s a strange "before and after" I’ve noticed recently: When I first began writing these daily missives three and a half years ago, I needed…