Some people come into your life through a certain unexplained providence.

Helping you, encouraging you and having a good laugh along the way.

Tom Grundy has been one of those guys for me.

Even as a Man United fan...

Ahem.

I stumbled across his work via a guest post written for Paul Millerd (author of The Pathless Path) that hooked me in from the very first sentence.

Tom has an intriguing story…

After taking two years away from a career in corporate banking—with a proper Claude Talador style escape—he went back ‘inside’.

By choice.

To exactly the same role!
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And although he found little had changed with the job itself… he was a new man. Or monkey I might say.
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Early on in the journey he started a newsletter and through all manner of different means tackles an important question:

"How do I want to work?"

Not how should I work.

That spirit runs gleefully through his new guide, How To Work Your Way (linked below).

It's a succinct synthesis on the topic, combining a truly original smorgasbord of ideas such as Tom Sawyer's fence painting con, good enough jobs, work as a game of Tetris, finding the others and following in his and Paul’s footsteps—banishing the Sunday Blues for good.
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Tom transcribes conversations with 6 fascinating world of work luminaries. A neuroscientist who left Google. A coach who turned down a dream job offer to follow a quieter, truer path. A quintessential escapologist and more.

This desire to escape the corporate script sits at the heart of my Monkey State trilogy too.

Finding someone exploring that territory with this much originality, lightness and humour, has been a blessing so I wanted to share his work with you today.

Who knows, you may also become addicted to his daily newsletter like me too. He's a bit of a magician copywriter at heart, pulling inbox rabbits out of the hat with impressive regularity.

Reading it has deepened my thinking, broadened my Hussleton horizons and (full disclosure) led to a few book orders when he’s done a shoutout for the series. Thanks again, Tom.

The guide is free.

The emails are free.

Dip in and out as you please.

He values your time with zero fluff.

And like I said, a regular sprinkling of magic.

It might be the permission slip you didn't know you needed...

Grab your copy here and let me or Tom know your thoughts > https://howtoworkyourway.com/

Hang Comfy,
Jim

P.S. If you’ve already fully escaped or retired from the formal workplace, you still may find insights when applied to your personal projects. My favourite line from the guide is probably a play on the old Shakespeare quote, “DIY is neither good nor bad, only thinking makes it so”. Although, for those who know me well, I might continue to take the Tom Sawyer approach here!