Matt Shewbridge

And how you can be bored too! I live a boring life. Of course, I don’t find it boring, but I take almost no holidays, never go to parties, and my two greatest pleasures are growing a tiny bit each day, and completing my to-do list every evening. I even enjoy the tasks. So, to … Read more

On ambition, self-worth, and learning how to measure the right things. Have you ever been in a situation where the numbers said one thing, but the truth felt very different? On paper, you were succeeding. The right titles, the right metrics, the right nods from the right people. But something didn’t sit right. The satisfaction … Read more

You can’t avoid the game – but you can decide how to play. For many people, office politics is one of the worst parts of working life. It’s petty, performative, and often rewards the wrong things. At its worst, it turns grown adults into insecure children, each playing some version of status one-upmanship while pretending … Read more

Why trying to control everything at work leads to worse results – and what to focus on instead Work often feels like a lifelong exercise in banging one’s head against the wall. Results don’t always correspond with the efforts, and the harder you bang, the more it hurts. You can write the perfect proposal and … Read more

This is My Truth When you tell people you’re drawn to Stoicism, they often jump to conclusions. It’s not uncommon to be seen as emotionally stunted, someone who mistrusts feelings or has trained themselves not to care. There’s an assumption that Stoicism is little more than a coping mechanism for the emotionally bereft – that … Read more

And a New Home for Rational Thinkers Something is wrong. For the past several decades, Western cultures have gone adrift – cut loose from the Enlightenment foundations on which they were built. Rational thinking – the engine of three centuries of progress, wealth creation, longer lives, and mind-blowing technologies – is under attack. The critics … Read more