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# Stuff #77 - Chupa Chups, Yoda, Bear Love
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-77/
- Published: 2022-03-14T05:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-14T05:37:59.000Z
- Description: Stuff #77 - Chupa Chups, Yoda, Bear Love - plus advice on productivity, motivation and taking care of yourself.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

Hey, I'm Matt...

Welcome to a new week, I hope that you are taking loving care of yourself wherever you are. It's heavy out there at the moment, and I convene Stuff each week to be a short distraction. 

**I have a favour to ask**... Stuff grows by word of mouth only, so if you could forward this to just one smart friend that you think might be interested, that would be amazing. **Sharing is an act of love.** 

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Onward with the Stuff that MattR's this week...

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1. **Monday Motivation:** Make this week the one that you **choose** to worry less, [90% of your worries are optional](https://stff.me/77worries?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), you can build skills to help you stop worrying.
2. **Your new superpower:** [Use the simple 5 whys technique](https://stff.me/77whys?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) to find the underlying cause of your problems with productivity. [The 5 whys methodology](https://stff.me/77whys2?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) is an extremely effective way of solving problems, I had a boss who casually used '5 whys' without me knowing about it, to help me get to root cause of some gnarly problems.
3. **Essential Reading:** [Five emails you can send that will make your life better](https://stff.me/77fiveemails?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). I guarantee that sending one or two of these emails each week will improve your life. Try it, you'll thank me.
4. **How to take care of yourself:** I'll be honest, I struggle with meditation, even though I know it can reap real benefits. [This simple technique is a great starting place if you are trying to calm your mind](https://stff.me/77meditation?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), or release stress & tension.
5. **TWIL:** [Salvador Dali designed the Chupa Chups Logo](https://stff.me/77dali?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Mind blown!
6. **So much data:** [An extraordinary resource](https://stff.me/77atlas?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), this world atlas can be combined with over 2600 data sets to provide some crazy insights. Example - [highest density of tractors per 100km?](https://stff.me/77tractors?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) You got it... Poland! [What about the happiest country in the world?](https://stff.me/77happy?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) We have your data Finland!
7. **I only came in for some tealights:** [How Ikea uses all the tricks in the book to get you to spend more in their giant shops](https://stff.me/ikea?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk).
8. **With your friend, share Stuff you must:** This is especially useful for your next serious meeting at work - [learn to speak like Yoda, you must.](https://stff.me/77yoda?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Disclaimer: don't speak like Yoda if you have a very serious job.
9. **It is not getting harder:** Back in [Stuff #67](https://stff.me/stuff67?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) I introduced you to Wordle, which seems to have taken over the world(le) since. [ Now, someone has taken 15 million tweets about the word game and analysed them](https://stff.me/77wordle?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) to see how we are collectively doing. There is beauty in the data, but the truth is Wordle is not getting harder.
10. **Finally:** Bear Love. [I'm not really sure what is going on here](https://stff.me/77bearlove?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), however sending someone this page might make you their best friend.

🎧

My **aural stuff** for you this week is a lot of fun, all the way from Dublin. CMAT - If My Wife New I'd be Dead, is kind of country, kind of pop and puts a huge smile on my face when I listen.   
  
[Listen to CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead on Spotify here](https://stff.me/cmat?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

### Smart Stuff that someone said:

> The calendar belongs to everyone else. Their schedule isn’t your schedule unless it helps you get where you’re going. - [Seth Godin](https://stff.me/77seth?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)