May 22 2024 Edition
The 3X3 Method: How To Share Your Frameworks With Absolute Clarity.
Here’s how:
Step 1: Define the “What.”
Write down the core idea of your framework in one single sentence.
For example, “The Dead-Simple 3-Minute Habit.”
Use the 6 proven single-sentence openers to capture attention:
Open with 1 strong, declarative sentence.
Open with a thought-provoking q
Make a habit of blocking off about thirty minutes at the beginning of a project to clarify your objectives and establish Challenges. List each project that you are currently working on. Under each project’s name, list four or six questions identifying problems to solve in order to complete the project successfully.
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help knowledge workers rationalize their own work before it gets rationalized for them. To help them automate and systematize the simplistic tasks, so they can dedicate increasingly greater amounts of time and attention to the frontier of creativity.
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You can create a structure from the insights that emerge, map them in a way that makes sense to you, and prototype and share them as a way of engaging others to stress test them, then derive tangible decisions and realizations from them.