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Build your Best Year - Thanks to everyone that has joined my free challenge to build their best year. Seven days of simple exercises that will help you plan a year of success and fulfilment.

Just 15/20 minutes a day that will yield huge impact. Join us!


The Stuff that MattRs

Monday Motivation. Let this (quieter?) week be the one you sit down and do a personal annual review. I’m sharing my lightweight methodology for reviewing the year, and then planning my intentions and goals for next year.

Career.  This change to your CV could yield real results. How having a ‘functional’ CV can help you land the job you need. I’ve been seeing these more and more in recent hiring, and I believe there are some real benefits here. 

Productivity. How to break free from your “toxic productivity” cycle. Aligning your actions with your values can help you allocate time and energy more effectively, leading to a more fulfilling, balanced life. Bonus Stuff. How to discover your core values, and why they are important. 

Team. When personal productivity isn’t enough. What happens when team cohesiveness causes issues with productivity?

Focus. Eight excellent ways to improve your focus and achieve your goals. Including my personal favourite piece of advice at #2 - start, then focus. MORE.

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Random Journal Prompt: What would I say to a friend struggling with uncertainty, and how can I apply that advice to myself? From my prompts for Ambiguity.

Bonus Stuff. Try my 30 day Journalling Challenge.
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Photo by Hernan Sanchez / Unsplash

Rest. Rest isn’t the opposite of work. You might need to adjust the way you think about rest. The seven types of rest that you need to feel your best. This is something I’m really going to focus on over the holiday season and into 2025.  

Habits. Daily sleep and exercise practice can have lasting effects on the brain. More science that seems to support the idea that cognition is improved by good habits. Bonus Stuff. My guide to great sleep hygiene. 

Learning. If nothing else, this newsletter (and blog) are about fostering a habit of lifelong learning and curiosity. So, how do you become a lifelong learner? MORE

Purpose. How Japanese and Indian wisdom can direct us to finding purpose in our life. I find the questions asked in the Indian concept of Purushartra easier to understand than Ikigai. MORE. 

Finally.  Travle. Get from Country A to Country B by naming the countries in between - Fiendish and Fun! 

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Have you tried FlowStuff? It's my ever growing and changing playlist of music for concentration and relaxation. 35 hours of mostly beatless and wordless music. You can follow along here.

🔈 My week in Music...

My recommendation this week is surprise release from a Stuff favourite, plus updates to FlowStuff, some new vinyl and my usual top ten artists of the week.

Read My Week In Music here

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