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Introducing JournalBot - a new Journaling prompt every day, delivered through BlueSky. Find it here.

The Stuff that MattRs

Monday Motivation. Let this week be the one where you increase your resilience by understanding the 3P framework for optimism when things are challenging.  Bonus Stuff. Forty practical ways to handle stress. Number 19 and 20 are essential tactics for reducing anxiety around work. 

Communications. Nine excellent business communication tips. Includes brushing your hair before camera on, and a warning about typos. 

Networking. If networking gives you the ick (it certainly does me), maybe it’s time to be a little more intentional about the new relationships you build. This guide to conscious networking is a great starter. Bonus Stuff. Seven barriers to building strong connections, and how to overcome them. 

Motivation. Here’s how to use the power of your mind to prepare for ANY task. Your imagination is a powerful tool, learning how to harness it for positivity can be life changing.  

Skills. Five ways to have difficult conversations with ANYONE at work. #2 on this list is essential, and seeking to understand is a great way to start those tricky chats. 

Free. Another ten free sites that you should bookmark. The entire archive is here.  

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Random Journal Prompt: What is something that makes you uncomfortable in a good way? How could you do more of that? From JournalBot

Bonus Stuff. Try my 30 day Journalling Challenge.
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Outrage. News fatigue is a real thing. Here’s how to identify those feelings, and practical steps to take action and combat the emotional exhaustion. 

Emotions. Seven ways to shift difficult emotions. Emotional management is an important life skill that can bring you calm, here’s how you can grow it.  Bonus Stuff.  A framework for ‘letting it go’.p Pactical steps for allowing a negative emotion to leave gracefully. 

Solutions. Why is it much easier to solve other people's problems? You can harness Solomon's Paradox to use this skill on yourself.

Relationships. 99 great conversation starters for deeper connections. 

FInally. Real bird, fake bird? A daily game that challenges you to separate the real from the fake, a different category every day. 

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Have you tried FlowStuff? It's my ever growing and changing playlist of music for concentration and relaxation. Just shy of 50 hours of mostly beatless and wordless music. You can follow along here.

🔈 My week in Music...

My recommendation this week is a great album from Iranian Composer and Instrumentalist, Saba Alizadeh. Read why I immediately bought this one on vinyl in my week in music...

Read My Week in Music here

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