Stuff that MattRs - #241

This Weeks Stuff: ✅ The 30 second rule for every conversation | ✅ Think INSIDE the box | ✅ How to refocus a wandering mind | ✅ What is the Value of Your Time | ✅ The Number One Tool for Personal Growth | ✅ An Optimal State of Consciousness | 🔗 TippyCoCo

🔥 Key Stuff:  The 30 second rule for every conversation.

A simple technique that can help every conversation, even when you feel awkward. 

• I had a great boss that started every conversation with a genuine smile.
• This is an excellent layer on to that technique that will help every interaction. 

📥  Think INSIDE the box.

Creativity loves constraints.  Solving problems is easier when something is limited. 

• Some great examples of how creativity abounds when you place an artificial limit on the solution. 
• What restrictions can you put on YOUR creativity this week?

 🧠 How to refocus a wandering mind.

Our attention is being pulled in multiple directions simultaneously.

• Find out what happens when you lose focus. 
• Fifteen practical  ways to you can address the situation.

⏱️  What is the value of your time?

This calculator will help you understand HOW you value your time. 

• Learn what an hour of your time really costs.
• Once you know, you can find purpose for your hours. 

✍🏼 The number one tool for personal growth

I write this newsletter so that BOTH of us can grow. 

• It’s all down to something called the generation effect. 
• Just a few minutes each day can start you on the journey. 

🌊  An optimal state of consciousness.

Finding ‘flow state’ can feel like a magical trick for getting shit done. 

• Experts share how to get in the zone. 
• I find myself in flow when I work with purpose, and have the right soundtrack.

Finally - TippyCoco, a very simple and silly game.

My Week Elsewhere

Some updates from the week, great media & music recommendations and some great listens from my ears to yours.