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# 👓 Stuff #183 - discover vorfreude
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-183/
- Published: 2024-04-15T04:12:58.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-15T04:12:57.000Z
- Description: Power up your delegation skills, and improve your growth mindset. End negativity with a novel technique and anticipate joy with vorfreude. Plus, why we name storms.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

*Welcome back, you're looking great today!*

My goal is to help you get the best out of yourself. 

Each week, I seek out great content to support **our** personal growth. I’ll couple that with some links that I know you’ll find interesting AND a musical recommendation. 

Elsewhere, you can find my [daily notes here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/daily-notes/), and I’m [posting on Threads](https://www.threads.net/@matt.rutherford?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) as well. 

Thanks for joining me - now, onto the list!

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**Monday Motivation.** Let this week be the one where you [discover the Art of Delegation](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/the-art-of-delegation-techniques-to-enhance-effectiveness/). Power up how you can share tasks with other people and create a win-win for both of you. I’ve got ten tips that you can use today to maximise your effectiveness. 

**Belief.** [How to believe in yourself.](https://www.scienceofpeople.com/how-to-believe-in-yourself/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Excellent science backed article on how to shift to a growth mindset. Includes some good practical advice to help build confidence.

**Clock Off.** For decades, putting in extra hours at the office was seen as a sign of hard work and productivity, even a badge of honour. [New research shows working after hours is more often associated with lower levels of productivity.](https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/blog/news/the-surprising-connection-between-after-hours-work-and-decreased-productivity?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 

**Generations II.** [ Last week](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-182-urgent-or-important/), I shared [the definitions of GenX, GenY, Boomers etc nicknames](https://nicenews.com/culture/generation-nicknames-guide/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). This week, we discover [that each ‘generation’ is productive at different times of the day!](https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/04/18/generational-productivity-when-are-gen-z-millennial-gen-x-boomer-workers-most-productive?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) 

**End Negativity.** A study in Japan proposes a novel way to deal with negative thoughts. [Just write them down and throw them away. ](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/09/write-down-your-thoughts-and-shred-them-to-relieve-anger-researchers-say?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

**Fake.** [The rise of the fake email job.](https://www.bustle.com/life/fake-email-jobs?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) These roles are more common than you think, and if you have one, you should probably be watching out for AI coming to drink your milkshake. 

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****Random Journal Prompt:** What activities or habits energized me this week? [Over 550 more journal prompts here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/journal-prompts/).

![woman holding joy text](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1542653309-dbc6a80a7484?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDEyfHxqb3l8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzEyOTM2ODEwfDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)

Photo by [Preslie Hirsch](https://unsplash.com/@heypreslie?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit)

**Vorfreude.** A German word for the ‘anticipation of joy’. [Thirty zero-effort ways to fill your life with joy](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/09/the-vorfreude-secret-30-zero-effort-ways-to-fill-your-life-with-joy?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). *My favourite item here is the morning coffee ritual...*

**Rituals**. [How to start small rituals that make every day feel special.](https://www.self.com/story/michael-norton-q-and-a?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) *I’m a massive believer in the small routines that help delineate the days.* 

**50.** [Twenty iconic things that turn 50 in 2024.](https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/things-invented-in-1974?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) The bar code, Baileys and the Volkswagen Golf, among other things that were invented in 1974\. *None of us, right? We’re all much younger.* 

**Relationships**. [Other people like us more than we think.](https://nicenews.com/science/other-people-like-us-more-than-we-think/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Research has shown that the accuracy of our predictions of how other people feel about us, is often wrong. 

**Storms.** [Why do we name storms?](https://archive.ph/iFJ1o?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) It’s because some people don’t pay attention until a storm has a name. 

**Finally.** [Daily logic puzzles](https://www.zebrapuzzles.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). This had me reliving my school days. Bonus: [Find the invisible Cow](https://findtheinvisiblecow.com/?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). *Very silly - I recommend headphones or low volume for this one.* 

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My mammoth 2024 playlist has fantastic new tunes added every day. [You can follow along here.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WDYisQq2nyIS2pqqvh8gr?si=8d9f596fc62f4e7b&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

### 🔈 Stuff to Listen to...

🎧 This week's aural treat is the new album from Khruangbin who combine a laidback Texas psychedelia with influences from around the world. 

A La Sala is their new collection, which sounds like it was recorded deep in a desert and washed in a very deep bath of reverb. 

I love the chilled atmosphere of this album, with gentle guitars, soft vocals and loose rhythms. I'm looking forward to seeing them live later in 2024\. 

[Listen to Khruangbin - A La Sala here](https://open.spotify.com/album/1PeC1ckDJSzYHkwo6JHbP2?si=9W%5FloE4oSEiKEFGdE3CPfA&ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

### Stuff Someone Said (feel free to share)

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