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# 302 : How to Win at Work Every Day
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/302-how-to-win-at-work-every-day/
- Published: 2026-08-03T05:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-03T05:00:21.000Z
- Description: How an internal scorecard can drive your career, and help your mental health.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

*Hey friend! Thanks for the feedback on the* [*Lay Off Field Guide*](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/the-layoff-field-guide/) *\- I hope you don't need it, but I'm glad it's useful.* 

### Stuff I've Written

- [How to Win at Work Every Day.](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/how-to-win-at-work-every-day/) I explain why you need an internal scorecard, and share a ten minute exercise that can help you make one.
- [A Door, not an Answer.](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/a-door-not-an-answer/) How, and why I build Oblique.Cards.

### Stuff I'm Reading

- [How to push back on impossible deadlines.](https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/how-to-push-back-on-impossible-deadlines-using-this-simple/504672?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Use this framework to say no without burning bridges. *(*[*More graceful ways to say no here.*](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/the-art-of-setting-boundaries-why-saying-no-is-key-to-your-success/)*)*
- What is really happening to jobs? [Separating AI hype from reality.](https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/what-really-happening-jobs-separating-ai-hype-reality?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
- [What to do when you have too many goals.](https://news.hiddenbrain.org/p/what-to-do-when-you-have-too-many?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) I'm reminded of an old manager who used to ask me 'which ONE of these are going to do next week?'
- [Managers are the bottleneck.](https://hbr.org/2026/05/managers-are-struggling-to-keep-up-with-the-ai-productivity-boom?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) AI has sped everything up, and at the same time reduced the amount of leaders in organisations.
- [How to Exist.](https://www.raptitude.com/2026/07/how-to-exist/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Doing nothing is much harder than you think. Try it.
- [Productivity needs to be redefined.](https://www.sidjha.com/2026/02/why-productivity-needs-to-be-redefined/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) A short piece on how the world of productivity is changing.

### Stuff I'm Linking 

- [Notes from a burning Paris.](https://sarahwilson.substack.com/p/notes-from-a-burning-paris) A sobering message from the front-line of climate change. could easily be London, or Barcelona or Brussels.

**Finally**. [Outsmart](https://labs.davidbauer.ch/outsmart/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). You have 100 points, bet wisely. Can you outsmart the machine? (*This took me three attempts)*

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