> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # #217 - fix your meetings! - URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/217-fix-your-meetings-2/ - Published: 2024-12-09T05:19:19.000Z - Updated: 2024-12-09T05:19:18.000Z - Description: Great techniques for improving the quality of meetings plus ways to control your emotions and be a better leader. Fifty learnings from 2024, an AI hack for learning about yourself and finally a memory test. - Author: Matt - Tags: Newsletter 💡 ****Build your Best Year** \- Thanks to everyone that has [joined my free challenge](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/byby/). Seven days of simple exercises that will deliver your best year ever. [Just 15/20 minutes a day that will yield huge impact. Join us!](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/byby/) ### The Stuff that MattRs **Monday Motivation.** Let this week be the one where you [take control of your meetings ](https://www.themuse.com/advice/from-chaos-to-control-how-to-lead-superproductive-meetings?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)and make them more memorable. [Five more actionable strategies for running better meetings.](https://www.fastcompany.com/91210286/5-strategies-for-leading-better-meetings?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) *Bonus Stuff.* [*An endless stream of icebreakers to help kick off your meetings in style.*](https://thequestions.app/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Management**. [Schedule Syncing is an excellent way to get your team working well together](https://www.reworked.co/collaboration-productivity/cure-micromanaging-with-schedule-syncing/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), and avoids the risk of micromanagement. Creating meeting free (or light meeting) days is another way to reduce the drag that management can place on team members. **Emotions**. [Improving your emotional self-control can make you a better leader](https://www.truity.com/blog/improving-your-emotional-control-can-make-you-better-leader-heres-how-do-it?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Discover practical ways to get things under control and develop your leadership skills. **AI**. [What does AI know about you and your working style?](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2024/11/07/find-out-what-chatgpt-knows-about-you-5-prompts-for-instant-answers/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Here are five prompts that you can put into your favourite AI tool to find out. Found via [Further Faster Fridays](https://furtherfasterfridays.substack.com/p/70-111524-four-cs-of-crisis-communication) \- one of my current favourite newsletters. **Winter**. In the Northern Hemisphere, we’re settling into the darker, colder months. Could that signal a change in your productivity? [Maybe you are wintering.](https://nesslabs.com/wintering?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) ✍️ ****Random Journal Prompt:** What affirmations can I use to build confidence when dealing with the unknown? [From my prompts for Ambiguity.](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/journal-prompts-for-ambiguity/) ****Bonus Stuff.** [Try my 30 day Journalling Challenge](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/journalling/). ![brown and white abstract painting](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1599073499036-dc27fc297dc9?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGZpZnR5fGVufDB8fHx8MTczMzUwMDMxOXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Kendall Scott](https://unsplash.com/@kendallmscott?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **50\.** [Fifty things I learned in 2024.](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/50-things-i-learned-in-2024/) Every week I learn something new whilst writing this newsletter - here [are 50 of the best from this year](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/50-things-i-learned-in-2024/). **Memory**. Are you always forgetting things? [Here’s a great way to fix that.](https://time.com/collection/live-well/5474432/drawing-helps-boost-memory/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) *Bonus Stuff. Psyche magazine also has a* [*great guide to improving your memory.*](https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-get-better-at-remembering-names-and-shopping-lists?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Life**. [36 ways to live differently.](https://chrisguillebeau.com/36-ways?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Some excellent advice in here, #18, #22 and #30 resonate especially with me. **Travel**. Some top 25 bucket lists for 2025, first [from the National Geographic](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/slideshow/best-of-the-world-2025?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) and then [from CNN Traveller.](https://www.cntraveller.com/article/best-places-to-go-in-2025?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) **Finally.** [How many digits of Pi can you remember](https://pi-test.replit.app/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) \- I got to eight, can you do better? *Bonus Stuff.* [*The colour clock.*](http://www.thecolourclock.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 🎵 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.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rXoop87aCB6oe1HBERtyn?si=f38e9657e468481c&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) ### 🔈 My week in Music... ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/2024/12/jono-1.jpg) My album of the week is from Jono McCleery, plus some other music updates... [Read My Week In Music here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/mwim-2/) ### Stuff Someone Said (feel free to share) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/2024/12/_Stuff--217.png)