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# #312 - The Values Finder
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/312-the-values-finder/
- Published: 2026-10-12T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T05:00:00.000Z
- Description: Two years ago, I wrote one of my most read articles - this week it becomes free, interactive and can help define your next steps.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

*Hey friend. It's great to see you, a big welcome to new readers this week. I have something exciting to share today - a new site that I hope you'll find useful. Let me know what you think, Matt*

### Stuff I've Written

- [The Values Finder](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/the-values-finder/). An exercise I use with coaching clients, rebuilt as a free tool. If you give it a try, save the results, because the next few posts are about what you do with the report.
- From the Archive: [Stop Overthinking Career Decisions. Use this Test](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stop-overthinking-career-decisions-use-this-test/). A quick test for when you are going round in circles. Works better once you know what you are testing against.

### Stuff I'm Reading

- [Three conversations managers must have](https://review.firstround.com/three-powerful-conversations-managers-must-have-to-develop-their-people/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Life story, long term vision, a plan. A performance review is none of them.
- [Most tech revolutions made work worse](https://www.thisandthat.chat/blog/most-tech-revolutions-made-work-worse-for-employees/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). PCs, email and smartphones each raised the expectation instead of freeing the time.
- [We automated the jobs that used to make managers.](https://www.weforum.org/stories/artificial-intelligence/ai-leadership-crisis-gen-z/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Entry level work used to be the training ground. We have about five years to find out what replaces it.
- [Stop making a five year plan](https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/stop-making-a-5-year-plan-do-this-instead?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). A long plan only extrapolates your past. Grow the adjacent possible instead.
- [Ten years of teaching time management](https://www.carlpullein.com/blog/reflections-after-10-years-of-teaching-time-management-and-productivity/23/7/2026?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). The people who changed kept practising. The rest kept buying courses.

### Stuff I'm Linking 

- [BIGWORDS.PAGE](https://bigwords.page/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Turn any screen into a sign, a countdown or a slide deck. Completely private and very useful!
- [Ordinary Abundance](https://ordinaryabundance.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). I enjoyed this. Walk through a flat, object by object, reading what people said when each one was still a miracle.

**Finally**. [Hole Punch](https://notoriousbfg.com/hole-punch/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Punch black holes into space and slingshot your ship home on their gravity. This is a beautiful diversion. 

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