To anyone having kittens about an impossible deadline today
Published: Wed, 03/18/26
If you’re dreading a huge deadline as you tootle into the office today, know this: You already know how you’ll hit that deadline. Sure, you might not…
Following Fulfilment
My newsletter incites a workplace rebellion?
Published: Tue, 03/17/26
A few weeks ago, I asked readers to send me some words to describe my daily emails. Various words filtered back into my hungry inbo . Words like…
Let it rip
Published: Mon, 03/16/26
A few weeks ago, I dropped author and podcaster Paul Millerd a message on WhatsApp. I wanted to check if Paul was okay with me including my 2025…
How to spot the invisible rules running your career
Published: Thu, 03/12/26
Baby Grundy has got into a strange food-related habit recently. Whenever we serve her a bowl of porridge straight from the stove or hand her a freshly…
Maverick's career advice
Published: Wed, 03/11/26
On Sunday night, Lauren and I settled on the sofa with a glass of whisky and fired up the rip-roaring movie Top Gun: Maverick. If you haven't seen it,…
7 things I’m looking forward to right now
Published: Tue, 03/10/26
I’ve been doomscrolling more than I care to admit recently. So I thought I’d change the channel in this email. Rather than wallowing in the news,…
How the Subtraction Method could revive Emma Radacanu’s tennis career
Published: Mon, 03/09/26
On Friday, I came across an interview on BBC Sport with the British tennis superstar Emma Radacanu. Emma famously won the US Open in 2021 as a…
The Brad Pitt School of Clear Thinking
Published: Thu, 03/05/26
A movie I thoroughly enjoyed was the Brad Pitt sports flick Moneyball. Some parts are undoubtedly jazzed up for Hollywood but the story is as true as…
Patience over speed
Published: Wed, 03/04/26
Riffing on my email yesterday about slowing down to the speed of life: One of the implications of people moving faster than the speed of life is that…
Slowing down to the speed of life
Published: Tue, 03/03/26
Updated: Tue, 03/03/26
Today's email comes to you live from the 7.10am Avanti West Coast service from London Euston to Birmingham. Sitting opposite me is a bloke with black…