About Yosef Gerson (Yossi Gerson) - Practical Notes

Practical Notes is a collection of short guides by Yosef Gerson, also known as Yossi Gerson, about everyday decisions, useful habits and organizing information.

The aim is to take a familiar problem and make the next step clearer. Each guide is built around a concrete question, with examples or a short exercise you can put to use.

What you will find here

The writing focuses on comparing options, keeping useful information accessible and building simple processes that are easy to maintain. The first guide, "How to Compare Two Good Options," includes a worked example and a decision note you can copy.

Examples and numbers are illustrative unless a source is identified. The guides offer practical approaches to consider, rather than a single method that fits every situation.

Selected guides by Yosef Gerson

• How to Compare Two Good Options: Separate requirements from preferences and write a short decision note that makes the tradeoff clear.
• Write a Checklist You Can Use: Turn broad reminders into concrete actions, with a clear starting point and finish.
• Before You Compare Two Numbers: Decide what a comparison should answer before choosing counts, percentages or another measure.
• Why Your Phone Makes Mountains Look Tiny: What zoom and camera position change in a photograph.
• The Growth That Empties Your Bank Account: A working-capital calculator and guide to how receivables, inventory and supplier terms affect cash as a business grows.

For more worked examples and tools, browse the writing index.

Author: Yosef Gerson (Yossi Gerson).

Worksheets and other profiles

For reusable prompts, visit Practical Resources. The decision, checklist and comparison worksheets accompany the guides here.

Illustrated guides

For worked examples and messages you can adapt, read How to Get Past the Customer Support Loop in Visual Guides.

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