Frank Contrepois

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The double Irish

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Did you ever wonder how tax evasion is done? I found this Wikipedia article to be enlightening. What is incredible is that countries need to create specific laws to allow it, and it is not a secret (it is on Wikipedia). Read more...

Creating an asynchronous team

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Many actions in a team require being together at the same time in the same place (i.e. synchronous). Meetings, conf call, presentations and many more are examples of synchronous activities. The synchronous approach’s problem is that it requires lots of logistics, coordination, emails. The result is also sub-optimal, with people not being able to dedicate 100% of their brains to the meeting. Multi-tasking is not only physical; it is in the head too. Read more...

Overcoming the negative inner voice

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When we are part of a team, there is always a moment when the feeling of being a cog will hit. At that point we’ll feel that going to work or not would not make a difference. That is when we need to remember that we are an A-player and the work cannot go without us. Read more...

Thinking vs Acting

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An interesting article of 2014 found in my archive. While I do not agree with everything, I find it great to generate things to do. https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/10-overlooked-truths-about-taking-action/ ps: not a fan of the “manliness” type of things, but good content is good content Read more...

How long does it take to make a decision

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Did you notice that sometime we struggle to make a decision on very simple things, taking hours deciding the next holiday or colour of a dress. While big decisions, like getting married, having babies, move countries, are often done in a mater of hours or minutes. The time to make a decision is rarely correlated to the importance of the decision. Read more...

Late, late, late

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Better to be 10 minutes late being part of the meeting, than all sweaty, breathless, and throwing excuses. When you are late, you are late 5 minutes late or 10 minutes. Cool down, make sure you arrive with the right mindset and looking ready. Read more...