Stuff that MattRs - #235

This Weeks Stuff: ✅ What type of company do you work for? | ✅ Make Virtual Communication work FOR you | ✅ Is it time for micro-retirement? | ✅ How to Cope with Mood Swings | ✅ Discover Life with Purpose | ✅ What are the benefits of flow state? | 🔗 Play Letterlinks.

🔥 Key Stuff:  What type of company do you work for? 

Are you working at a unicorn, or a tanker - and what will that do for your career? (via elenaverna.com)

• There are six common archetypes of company.
• Establishing which one you are at, will help you define your next moves. 

📧  Make Virtual Communication work FOR you

Thoughtful communication boosts your productivity, reputation, and mental health. 

• By using this simple framework, you can maximise the impact of your comms.
• Responding faster is not the same as responding better.

🧩 Is it time for micro-retirement?

Humans shouldn’t just work themselves into the ground. (via theconversation.com)

• Some Generation Z-ers are taking a break to avoid burnout.
• It might sound like a great idea, but it might not be without risks. 

😒 How to Cope with Mood Swings.

Understanding how your moods work will help you regain balance and control.  (via psyche.co)

• Learn the important difference between emotions and moods. 
• Practical steps to help you figure out what drives your moods and how to rebalance. 

📈 Discover Life with Purpose

Charlie Munger knows a thing or two about life, and success. (via Farnham Street)

• To get what you want, deserve what you want. Trust, success, and admiration are earned. 
• The Charlie Munger Operating System is worth investigating.

🌊 What are the benefits of flow state?

Finding that sense of total balance between physical and mental energy is a powerful tool. (via headspace.com)

• Some actionable advice to help identify and find a flow state. 
• I use my flowstuff playlist as a way of finding and keeping flow state.

🧩 Letterlinks

Another Scrabble like puzzle. Place your letters on a grid for high scores, play against a global leaderboard.

My Week Elsewhere

Some updates from the week, highly recommended music, and some great listens from my ears to yours.