Frank Contrepois

Category: learning in public

Learning in public - Technics to better communicate and write

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Hello, in my research to become a better writer and a better communicator I am greatly helped by the people around me, ready to share tips and tricks. Here are four methods to help prepare, write, and communicate that I’ve been using successfully - they are foolproof! To think about a structure - Why? What? How? I use the Why? What? How? approach to make sure I understand why the content is needed, what I want to say and how to say it. Read more...

What I learned from the book - Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters

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Hello everyone, The permanent notes of the book: Why Simple Wins - Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters What it means is that after reading the book, and creating hundreds of notes, I hand-picked the ones that really add value, connected them with other notes to generate new ideas, effectively creating an extention to the current knowledge tree. The end result looks like this: Read more...

Opening my second-brain to the world

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Hello, today I’m excited to share access to my second-brain -a zettelkasten- where I store new learning and discoveries, connecting them with my current knowledge. You can see it as a Wikipedia of my brain, or a second brain, where I can get back to my thoughts, be surprised by how concepts connect one to another. I’m sure you also had the same feeling: reading a book, finishing it, feeling inspired and … not remembering more than one of two ideas. Read more...

Write better emails by using IF, THEN

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Use IF…THEN writing to provide clarity: if you cannot then … to explain assumptions: if you mean … then …, otherwise, if … then … to encourage accountability: if I don’t hear from you before … then I will consider it good as a reminder: if you don’t hear from me on … then send me a reminder. as a step-by-step support scenario: if this happens than … otherwise … Read more...