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# #314 - Which means what?
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/314-which-means-what/
- Published: 2026-10-26T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T06:00:00.000Z
- Description: Two people, the same three values, opposite decisions. The words were never the problem.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

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##### STUFF I'VE WRITTEN

- [Which means what?](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/which-means-what/). Why a value only starts working at the sentence you write after it.
- Also this week: [Why does my CV get rejected immediately?](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/why-does-my-cv-get-rejected-immediately/). That two-hour rejection probably wasn't a robot, and what you could try instead.
- From the Archive: [Free Habit Tracker Template](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/freehabittracker/). If the practice behind a value has lapsed, this is the unglamorous way back.

##### STUFF I'M READING

- [You should never be angry at work](https://www.seangoedecke.com/you-should-never-be-angry-at-work/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Anger usually means you care. It also costs you every ally you needed.
- [Nice is for you. Kind is for them](https://linkedin.com/posts/grahamallcott%5Fthe-trouble-with-them-is-theyre-just-too-share-7516469082871734273-CGqh?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Truth is the salt, grace is the caramel. [Graham Allcott](https://www.grahamallcott.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) on why "too nice" is a complaint and "too kind" never is.
- [I am often wrong](https://borischerny.com/management,/product/2026/09/19/I-am-often-wrong.html?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Boris Cherny's six-step note to his team. Most plans fail at step three, defining the problem.
- [The race to the bottom feels inevitable](https://seths.blog/2026/10/the-race-to-the-bottom-feels-inevitable/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Seth Godin on why the trouble with racing to the bottom is that you might win.
- Drifting off mid-page is not the problem. Not noticing for two more pages is. [How to focus in reading](https://lifehack.org/991529/how-to-focus-in-reading?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Read to the next subheading, then say it back in one sentence.
- [The tiny tasks til ten method](https://bysarajoelle.substack.com/p/the-tiny-tasks-til-ten-method-how). Do everything under ten minutes until ten o'clock, then stop and start the real work. *I do a version of this, almost subconsciously, by giving myself 'momentum' in the morning.*

##### STUFF I'M LINKING

- Local Wikipedia. [Wikipedia, but only for things within a half hour walk of you.](https://edjefferson.com/localwiki/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
- Railpass. [Stare out of the window of a train ride that never ends, from real footage.](https://train.samismith.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) *I love train rides, some of these are great fun!*

**Finally.** [Lost Marbles](https://meticulai.com/games/lost-marbles/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Fifty marbles race down a wooden track in a giant bedroom. Ten are cut at every checkpoint. Be the last one rolling.

****BELOW THE FOLD**  
  
****This week:** [Updates from the last seven days](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/weeknote/) and [This Week I Learned](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/twil-143-disco-beat-the-death-star/) the second biggest Star Wars hit of 1977 was a disco record.   
  
****Journal prompt:** Which of my values did I break this week, and what did I break it for? [Start writing](https://startwriting.now/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk).  
  
****Work with me:** I coach people at turning points in their career, from their first team to the leadership table. Every engagement starts with a free 30 minute Discovery Session. [Book one here](https://mattrutherfordcoaching.com/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=below-the-fold).  
  
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