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# #316 - Decisions you can stand on
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/316-decisions-you-can-stand-on/
- Published: 2026-11-09T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T05:59:59.000Z
- Description: The report is in your inbox, unopened. Here is what it is actually for.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

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##### STUFF I'VE WRITTEN

- [Decisions you can stand on](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/decisions-you-can-stand-on/). The last of four weeks on values, and the step that does not work on your own.
- From the Archive: [A door, not an answer](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/a-door-not-an-answer/). From August, the first time I mentioned any of this out loud.

##### STUFF I'M READING

- [Irrational decisions](https://dpereira.substack.com/p/irrational-decisions). The decisions everyone approves of keep you where you are. He left a CEO job with no plan when the board asked for a three year one.
- [When giving up teaches you more than persevering ever could](https://psyche.co/ideas/when-giving-up-teaches-you-more-than-persevering-ever-could?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Quitting shows you what you are made of in a way sticking it out never does. A professional philosopher took an office job after twenty PhD rejections and lasted a week.
- Michael Phelps trained six years without a day off, which bought him 52 days a year on everyone else. [Bob Bowman writes about winning](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/bob-bowman-on-winning-show-up-and-do-your-work?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). His coach once stood on his goggles on purpose.
- [Why narcissistic leaders don't like remote work](https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-narcissistic-leaders-dont-like-remote-work?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Adam Grant and colleagues, across three studies and 259 Fortune 500 CEOs: narcissism was the one trait that consistently predicted resisting remote work.
- [Everyone is made of glass](https://www.raptitude.com/2026/10/everyone-is-made-of-glass/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). A French king who believed he was made of glass, and what sits under everybody's strangest belief.

##### STUFF I'M LINKING

- [Typical Tuesday](https://typicaltue.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). How fifty norable people spent an ordinary day, hour by hour, from their own letters and diaries. Darwin, Austen, Seneca, Elizabeth Holmes.
- [Very Good Films](https://verygoodfilms.co/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Around 110 films, each with who recommended it and what to watch it after. No ads and no algorithm.

**Finally.** [elect.horse](https://elect.horse/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). A daily gerrymandering puzzle. Draw the districts so the horse wins with 40% of the vote. Oddly satisfying, slightly shameful.

****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-145-a-basket-of-eggs/) what a basket of eggs has to do with the Citroën 2CV.  
  
****Journal prompt:** What is one standing decision I could make this week, and who needs to hear it? [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 30 minute Discovery Session. [Book one here](https://mattrutherfordcoaching.com/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=below-the-fold).  
  
****Elsewhere:** [Website](https://mattrutherford.co.uk/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/matt.rutherford/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) · [Threads](https://www.threads.com/@matt.rutherford?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) · [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/rutherfordmatt.bsky.social?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)