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Articles by Tom Grundy.

Jul 22, 2026
Why Spotify is making our lives more predictable
Jul 20, 2026
What the Subtraction Method subtracts
Jul 16, 2026
Why professionals stay stuck
Jul 14, 2026
The trouble with Jeff Bezos's "Regret Minimization Framework"
Jul 13, 2026
How do you handle the responsibility of affecting people's life decisions?
Jul 10, 2026
Toddler Grundy's Self-Help Obsession
Jul 9, 2026
The curse of more
Jul 7, 2026
The full time job you should quit right now
Jul 6, 2026
The Harry Kane School of High Stakes Decision Making
Jul 1, 2026
How to be ambitious without burning out
Jun 30, 2026
A guaranteed way to stay miserable at work
Jun 29, 2026
The Buddha of Banking is summoned by a warrior's plea
Jun 25, 2026
Are you certain you can handle uncertainty?
Jun 24, 2026
Whose rules are these
Jun 23, 2026
Wayne Dyer’s “Parallel Path” secret to beating the office naysayers
Jun 22, 2026
A reckless tip for diligent professionals drowning at their desk
Jun 18, 2026
4 lessons from 4 years of daily emails (part 4)
Jun 17, 2026
4 lessons from 4 years of daily emails (part 3)
Jun 16, 2026
4 lessons from 4 years of daily emails (part 2)
Jun 15, 2026
4 lessons from 4 years of daily emails
Jun 12, 2026
Your invisible job
Jun 10, 2026
Are you burning out? (temperature check inside)
Jun 9, 2026
Doomed astronauts give survival masterclass to frazzled 9to5ers
Jun 8, 2026
6 things Baby Grundy has taught me
Jun 4, 2026
Michelle Obama vs the entitled Gen Z upstarts
Jun 3, 2026
Separating the raisins from the rice pudding (part 4)
Jun 2, 2026
Dishing the dirt on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Jun 1, 2026
The quickest, simplest, easiest way to get twice the work done in half the time
May 28, 2026
The poker career I never had
May 27, 2026
Flushing the mystery out of coaching
May 26, 2026
Following fulfilment
May 25, 2026
7 ways smart professionals sabotage their own success
May 22, 2026
What the Buddha of Banking banks on when the banking takes a back seat
May 21, 2026
My entire philosophy about working life stuffed into one daily email
May 20, 2026
The problem with optimising your life
May 19, 2026
How to be more adaptable at work (and why you might want to be)
May 18, 2026
22,000 Millennials and Gen Zs share their views on modern work
May 15, 2026
The Myth of Success
May 12, 2026
The crimes we commit against our minds
May 11, 2026
Office Roleplay
May 6, 2026
15 reasons you work longer hours than you want to
May 5, 2026
What chess taught me about time
May 4, 2026
The problem with Oliver Burkeman’s book "4,000 Weeks"
Apr 29, 2026
The Wisdom of Shitterton
Apr 28, 2026
The latest on my 2026 plans
Apr 27, 2026
How to feel less squashed & squeezed by your job
Apr 24, 2026
What the US Special Forces, elite athletes and top scientists know about performance that corporates botch daily
Apr 23, 2026
How to cage your monkey mind
Apr 22, 2026
There's a pill for that
Apr 20, 2026
7 "anti-job" books everyone with a day job should read
Apr 15, 2026
Thinking for yourself
Apr 13, 2026
Why nostalgia isn't what it used to be
Apr 10, 2026
What is clear thinking?
Apr 8, 2026
The problem with planning your career
Apr 7, 2026
Farewell, Fort Grundy
Apr 6, 2026
Elon Musk endorses The Subtraction Method?
Apr 3, 2026
Why haven’t hard-working professionals been told these facts?
Apr 2, 2026
The spreadsheets won't save you
Apr 1, 2026
The oldest trick in the book
Mar 31, 2026
Why I ignore every uplifting & motivational post on Dimstagram
Mar 30, 2026
It's only work
Mar 26, 2026
The 5 stages of de-stressing at work
Mar 25, 2026
The Corporate Ostrich
Mar 23, 2026
Zen and the art of ignoring all your emails
Mar 20, 2026
Legendary tennis coach unearths the real key to peak performance
Mar 18, 2026
To anyone having kittens about an impossible deadline today
Mar 17, 2026
My newsletter incites a workplace rebellion?
Mar 16, 2026
Let it rip
Mar 12, 2026
How to spot the invisible rules running your career
Mar 11, 2026
Maverick's career advice
Mar 10, 2026
7 things I’m looking forward to right now
Mar 9, 2026
How the Subtraction Method could revive Emma Radacanu’s tennis career
Mar 5, 2026
The Brad Pitt School of Clear Thinking
Mar 4, 2026
Patience over speed
Mar 3, 2026
Slowing down to the speed of life
Feb 25, 2026
What is The Subtraction Method?
Feb 24, 2026
You don't have to catch your colleagues' stress
Feb 23, 2026
How to tell what's going on inside your colleague's head
Feb 20, 2026
Snow Write and the 7 Dwarves
Feb 19, 2026
How to stay ambitious without putting life on hold
Feb 17, 2026
An update on my 2026 plans
Feb 16, 2026
7 Career Questions from the last 100 years
Feb 12, 2026
The smokejumpers' secret to escaping burnout
Feb 9, 2026
How to sharpen your intellect
Jan 29, 2026
How to shift lanes mid-career
Jan 28, 2026
The mid-career gridlock trap
Jan 27, 2026
40 ways to know what you really want
Jan 22, 2026
Why your worry is like my left nipple
Jan 21, 2026
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody
Jan 19, 2026
The inconvenient secret to caring about your job without it owning you
Jan 15, 2026
RIP to the Dilbert creator
Jan 14, 2026
What’s working for me at work right now
Jan 13, 2026
How to use the "ITSA Principle" to make time for what matters
Jan 12, 2026
My prediction: the next big corporate trend
Jan 9, 2026
Hollywood A-lister’s blunt warning for ambitious 9to5ers
Jan 8, 2026
8 things you might not know about me
Jan 7, 2026
To anyone who feels they’re heading in the wrong direction but can’t figure out why
Jan 5, 2026
The Burnout-Avoider’s Dilemma
Jan 2, 2026
My 2026 plans for this newsletter and my coaching
Jan 1, 2026
My 2025 Performance Review
Dec 31, 2025
My top 3 insights from 2025 (part 3)
Dec 30, 2025
My top 3 insights from 2025 (part 2)
Dec 29, 2025
My top 3 insights from 2025
Dec 19, 2025
Why Frosty the Snowman is my coach
Dec 18, 2025
If it looks like a potato, peels like a potato and bakes like a potato, it's probably a potato
Dec 16, 2025
Why clever people stay stuck
Dec 15, 2025
How I juggle my day job, daily emails, coaching and being a new dad
Dec 5, 2025
What happens when we stop trying so hard?
Dec 4, 2025
Creator vs Critic
Dec 3, 2025
Grumpy anti-hero reveals the secret to stopping the endless chase
Dec 1, 2025
Only your sunlit nostril can unmask a guru who hasn’t yet learned to unlearn
Nov 27, 2025
Revered Indian guru wields left butt cheek to help stressed exec find instant inner peace
Nov 26, 2025
The Andon Cord Principle
Nov 24, 2025
The madness of open plan offices
Nov 23, 2025
How to use the “Tom Sawyer Effect” to turn boring, mundane work into a source of joy and delight
Nov 19, 2025
Bitcoin Queen's outrageous Ponzi Scheme serves up reality check for corporate 9to5ers
Nov 18, 2025
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well"
Nov 17, 2025
How to sit at your desk like Buddha sat under the Bodhi Tree
Nov 14, 2025
How I feel about my new book, Don't Quit Your Job
Nov 13, 2025
A coach who banks
Nov 11, 2025
You can’t make a tomlette without breaking some legs
Nov 10, 2025
Breaking the Second Arrow
Nov 7, 2025
Hermione Granger and the Prisoner of Perfectionism
Nov 6, 2025
My reading and writing routine
Nov 4, 2025
What FOMO, Imposter Syndrome and the Sunday Scaries have in common
Oct 31, 2025
Another day, another horror show at work
Oct 29, 2025
Remembering Frankenstein
Oct 28, 2025
The lazy way to write a book, pen a tune or crack open the secrets of the universe
Oct 27, 2025
The Jürgen Klopp School of bouncing back after another near miss
Oct 17, 2025
The teachers life has dealt me
Oct 14, 2025
Tech start-up guru uncovers why high achievers often feel unfulfilled
Oct 10, 2025
When the maths just doesn't add up
Oct 8, 2025
Why perks and policies don't change company culture
Oct 7, 2025
Why I’ve stopped networking at work
Oct 2, 2025
Is there a right way to live?
Oct 1, 2025
The Secret
Sep 30, 2025
What game are you playing at work?
Sep 29, 2025
At the drop of a hat
Sep 25, 2025
You have permission to give yourself permission
Sep 22, 2025
How to stop stressing about household chores AND getting wound up at work
Sep 18, 2025
Putting the "Buddha" in "the Buddha of Banking"
Sep 17, 2025
Separating the raisins from the rice pudding (part 3)
Sep 16, 2025
FYI
Sep 15, 2025
The Perfectionist's Ultimate, Foolproof Guide to Success
Sep 8, 2025
The edge at work most people miss
Sep 3, 2025
How to use the Subtraction Method to get good at stuff
Sep 2, 2025
The optimised fast lane to rest and relaxation
Sep 1, 2025
Red Rambler Theory
Aug 29, 2025
Stickman on the loose
Aug 28, 2025
Thoughts on the blink
Aug 19, 2025
My 7 favourite books so far this year
Aug 18, 2025
The greene light to be yourself
Aug 8, 2025
Why “work/life sway” might be my favourite rebrand yet
Aug 7, 2025
For anyone juggling parenthood with a career
Jul 30, 2025
Do you look at the gap or the gain?
Jul 28, 2025
39.5 thoughts as I turn 39.5 years old
Jul 25, 2025
Row, row, row your boat
Jul 24, 2025
You can’t fix a flat tyre with a motivational quote
Jul 23, 2025
Why the key to a rich life is unlearning everything you learnt at school
Jul 22, 2025
Presence over Powerpoints
Jul 21, 2025
My thoughts on Couples Therapy
Jul 15, 2025
Like Donald Trump gatecrashing a Chelsea team photo
Jul 8, 2025
How to get a good night's sleep
Jul 1, 2025
The score is not the music
Jun 30, 2025
Do you *really* want to climb the corporate ladder?
Jun 12, 2025
How to use your day job to fuel your side hustle
Jun 11, 2025
How I conquered my fear of presenting on Zoom calls
Jun 5, 2025
“What does a good work/life balance look like for you personally Tom?”
Jun 2, 2025
Stoic supremacy at work
May 28, 2025
The meta-metaphor
May 22, 2025
Not a routine email
May 20, 2025
Why I look forward to holidays less than I used to
May 7, 2025
Like bringing a script to an improv comedy class
May 6, 2025
French-Algerian neuroscientist reveals how the “SQL Script” hijacks our goals & dreams
May 5, 2025
Mayday! Mayday!
Apr 24, 2025
Why it's smart to milk your weak spots for all they're worth
Apr 18, 2025
One sentence which eased my social anxiety
Apr 17, 2025
Thinking is horizontal, writing is vertical
Apr 15, 2025
Why you're not overthinking enough
Apr 14, 2025
Slash careers
Apr 8, 2025
How 9to5ers can use the Tetris Effect to find more fun, freedom and success at work
Mar 28, 2025
This email is rather silly and totally sincere
Mar 27, 2025
I should've spotted these years ago...
Mar 26, 2025
The problem with boundaries
Mar 24, 2025
My plan for tonight is to write a plan for tomorrow
Mar 21, 2025
“How honest are you with your line manager?”
Mar 19, 2025
Mindset and Clarity reloaded
Mar 18, 2025
Relationship status? It's complicated!
Mar 17, 2025
What the guidebook doesn't tell you
Mar 13, 2025
21 reasons not to overthink it
Mar 12, 2025
A sign you're sprinting when a stroll would do
Mar 7, 2025
The dog ate my daily email?
Mar 3, 2025
Come with me, and you’ll be, in a world of pure flatulation
Feb 26, 2025
Rank these 9 happy facts about happiness by how happy they make you
Feb 24, 2025
Inspired problem-solving method from an 18th Century maths whiz
Feb 19, 2025
Welcome aboard this Grundy Air flight
Feb 18, 2025
Why the world looks so different to you and me
Feb 14, 2025
A tiny commander issues her first midnight orders at Fort Grundy
Feb 13, 2025
Rules of living vs rules of life
Feb 11, 2025
Which of these 9 office worker "types" are you?
Feb 10, 2025
Why I stalk my colleagues
Feb 3, 2025
The Tim Ferriss School of doing less & achieving more
Jan 30, 2025
To anyone who feels something's missing
Jan 28, 2025
What David's ample nose reveals about feeling good at work
Jan 24, 2025
Why your worry is like my left nipple
Jan 17, 2025
Morning person vs evening person
Jan 16, 2025
17 life lessons for Lauren's bun in the oven
Jan 14, 2025
How desk workers can cool their stress, pressure and worry
Jan 3, 2025
Why this newsletter nearly didn't happen