10 Powerful Mental Models To Make The Best Out Of The World Around You
10 Powerful Mental Models To Make The Best Out Of The World Around You 1. Inversion Mental Model Rather than thinking about your desired outcome, consider the outcome you'd like to avoid. "Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance." 2. Pareto Principle Known as the 80/20 rule; most results aren't distributed equally. • 20% of your traffic yields 80% of your leads • 20% of the work generates 80% of the returns • 20% of your time produces 80% of your results 3. Randomness Much of the world is composed of random, non-sequential, non-ordered events. “Life is randomness, don’t expect to understand it. Learn to live it.” – Evol Some events are impossible to predict. 4. Opportunity Costs Doing one thing means not being able to do another. We live in a world of trade-offs, and the concept of opportunity cost rules all. Is "the juice worth the squeeze?" Everything has an opportunity cost. 5. Trust The world operates on trust. Every day we trust drivers,...