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Welcome to the 55th edition
Another week, another newsletter! I hope that you all had a great one 🤩
As you know I’m going through difficult times… Writing helps me a lot to clarify what I want, what I think, and what I feel. I’ve always used writing to help me go through crises, and it has always been invaluable.
I’m currently using most of my energy to take care of myself, find a new place to live, revisit my personal budget and discuss practical details.
For this reason, this edition will be much shorter than usual. I’ll focus on sharing cool stuff I’ve stumbled upon this week.

The Lab 🧪
This week, I’ve decided to lower the price of the PKM Library. As I’ve said earlier, I wanted to raise the price until sales dropped. And they did, so now I know the ideal price for this product.
Since I’ve lowered the price, sales have started flowing again, which is quite cool.
I think that this is a great approach to selling info products: use tiered pricing and raise the price until sales drop. Then lower it a bit.
This is an exploratory approach and seems to work a treat.
The PKM Library is one of my most successful small bets so far. Now I’ve got to amplify what works.
My other success of the week is that I now have > 1K followers on Medium. This is great because it means that whenever I publish something new, I can get it in front of many eyeballs, increasing my chances of success 🎉
Things I've learned this week
Some of the things I've learned this month
Recent articles
25+ Years of Personal Knowledge Management
Quotes of the week
  • “If you stay positive in a negative situation, you win”
Books corner
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success
How cool is that?!
Storybook Figma plugin beta is here
Tips of the week
Supercharge your learning experience
PKM Links of the week
New in Obsidian: Obsidian Callouts
Tech Links of the week
React v18.0 – React Blog
GraphQL is now available in Supabase
Atomic 2.0. Revisiting the Atomic Design Method for… | by Hannah Heinson | Mar, 2022 | Medium
Spring Framework RCE, Early Announcement
What's New In DevTools (Chrome 100) - Chrome Developers
NxDevTools API docs

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About Sébastien

I'm Sébastien Dubois, and I'm on a mission to help knowledge workers escape information overload. After 20+ years in IT and seeing too many brilliant minds drowning in digital chaos, I've decided to help people build systems that actually work. Through the Knowii Community, my courses, products & services and my Website/Newsletter, I share practical and battle-tested systems.

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