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# Stuff #99 - with a flake!
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/stuff-99/
- Published: 2022-08-15T04:14:24.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T04:14:23.000Z
- Description: Micromanagement is something that can be solved, and there are prizes for living a long life. We look at the four A's of stress management, free movies, ejector seats and the latest Stuff Mixtape is just for you!
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Newsletter

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Hi from **Dublin**, I'm Matt...  
  
As always, hope this week finds you safe and well...  
  
It's that time of the month where I bring you the Stuff Mixtape, alongside the usual list that makes us all smarter, stronger and more super. [Stick the mix on](https://stff.me/stuffmix4?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), and get stuck in!  
  
**Thank you for being a part of Stuff.* If you received this email from an excellent friend, and would like to subscribe, [please go here](https://mattrutherford.co.uk/newsletter?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). If you'd like an archive of Stuff from the beginning of 2022 - [it's here](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/tag/newsletter/).*   
  
Onward with the **Stuff that MattRs** this week...

1. **Monday Motivation:** Let this week be the one where you start to deal with being micromanaged. Firstly, [here's 7 ways to identify a micro-manager](https://stff.me/99micro?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk). Then, some [superb tips on how to solve the problem.](https://stff.me/99microsolutions?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Finally, some more ways to deal with things, [without losing your job.](https://stff.me/99microboss?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
2. **Your new superpower:** [Learn how to be the respectful voice of dissent](https://stff.me/99dissent?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), some of the most powerful people I've worked with have the ability to disagree in a respectful and persuasive way. [You can go one step further and really learn how to change someone's mind. ](https://stff.me/99changeminds?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
3. **100 ways to live to be 100:** I know how much you love a list, a[nd this one does a great job of collecting some great advice about staying healthy and prolonging your life.](https://stff.me/99longevity?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) None of these are groundbreaking, but they are worth a read, I'm adopting a few over the coming weeks/months. If you figure out the secret to long life, [you could win a serious prize!](https://stff.me/99longevityprize?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
4. **Take care:**  One the best ways to stay well and healthy is to reduce stress. [This guide to managing stress is excellent, with some great practical steps.](https://stff.me/99stress?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) I learned about the 4 A's of stress management, Avoid, Alter Adapt and Accept.
5. **TWIL:** Someone has designed a skyscraper that is 170km long, and could house nine million people. [It's called The Line, and looks INCREDIBLE. ](https://stff.me/99theline?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
6. **More than just 'stand up':** [25 easy ways to get fit at your desk](https://stff.me/99deskfit?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk), great for working from home, maybe not so hot for the office!
7. **Free, gratis, for nothing:** [Cinetimes gives you access to movies and documentaries that are free to watch on the web.](https://stff.me/99cinetimes?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk) Some absolute gems in here.
8. **Return ticket to five hours please:** Chronotrains is encouraging us to go on a five-hour train journey, [just find your local station and it'll tell you where you could get to. ](https://stff.me/99trains?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
9. **Eject, eject, eject!** Have you ever ejected from a plane? Nope, me neither - [but if you do, you can get a tie.](https://stff.me/99eject?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)
10. **Finally:** Puzzle Party is another experiment from the excellent Google Arts and Culture team. [This time, you can work on an online artistic jigsaw puzzle alongside your friends and family.](https://stff.me/99puzzle?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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**The Stuff Mixtape for August** is absolutely crammed full of summer time music. Opening with some classic 70's reggae, and a tribute to a sweetheart.   
  
There are some 'on-the-money' club bangers, a superb track from Queen Beyonce, and some bonkers 80's French art-pop before classic London electro and a big soul classic from Little Stevie Wonder.   
  
I'll bring you home with some chilled music from around the world, including an EPIC cover version.   
  
It's the ideal soundtrack to a hot August  
  
[Listen to the Stuff Mixtape #4 on Spotify here.](https://stff.me/stuffmix4?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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### Stuff that someone said:

> “Change your opinions, keep to your principles. Change your leaves, keep your roots intact.” —**Victor Hugo**