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I’ve spend a lot of time thinking about productivity over the years and written more generally about it here. I… Read More »NUI tasks
I’ve spend a lot of time thinking about productivity over the years and written more generally about it here. I… Read More »NUI tasks
I love this model. Being aware of base rates is such a powerful way to be right more often when… Read More »Base Rate Neglect
Written 2021. I started thinking about this mental model in the context of my study and work in statistics and… Read More »Self Reported vs. Actual Data
I think about this a lot. Leading a team takes a lot of hidden emotional labor. Having a family takes… Read More »Emotional Labor
I lived as a chronic procrastinator for a long time. If a task was boring, stressful, or both, I would… Read More »Hedonic Offset
The difference between how we treat positive stereotypes vs negative stereotypes has always driven me a bit nuts. I wrote… Read More »Stereotyping
Note: I first published this Comfort Zone post here on Medium many years ago. In some ways it’s just a… Read More »Stay in Your Comfort Zone
I love those moments when you come across a mental model that crystallizes a bunch of mental loose ends –… Read More »‘Askers’ vs. ‘Guessers’
The more I dive into the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain, the more I am starting to notice my own… Read More »Status Quo Bias
I’ve thought and read and written a fair bit on the topic of rationality. Or should I say, irrationality. Irrationality… Read More »Rationality
What is Chesterton’s Fence? Chesterton’s fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the… Read More »Chesterton’s Fence
The best thing I’ve read on emotions is, unsurprisingly – Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. The physiological side of emotions… Read More »Emotions
Here’s my newsletter issue on Emotional Contagion published today. It’s not my best writing but it’s one of my favorite… Read More »Emotional Contagion
I am always skeptical when people are sipping expensive wine and raving about how good it is. Vodka connoisseurs concern… Read More »Blind Tasting
This old Bob Newhart clip cracks me up every time. Her acting is easily as good as his!
I’m big believer in writing, but I think in some areas there’s nothing better than a good diagram. Flowcharts, data… Read More »Diagrams
The science of decision making is something that has fascinated me for years. Partly from a macro philosophical perspective –… Read More »Decision Making
I love this old Taoist parable: A farmer in a poor village was considered very well-to-do, because he owned a… Read More »Reframing
Learn to ask of all actions, “Why are they doing that?” Starting with your own Marcus Aurelius Acknowledging ignorance The… Read More »Self Awareness
Bayes’ rule (sometimes know as Bayes’ theorem) is a law of probability theory which governs how to revise prior probabilistic beliefs – how much… Read More »Bayes’ Rule
What is The Halo Effect? I wrote about The Halo Effect in Issue #11 of Mental Models Weekly. The Reverse… Read More »The Halo Effect
Doesn’t the word vulnerability get overused now? It’s become so cliche, but that doesn’t mean it’s become unimportant. The risk… Read More »Vulnerability
I focus a lot on being present. Whether with family or friends or even just when alone. Being present I… Read More »Mindfulness
Intuition is not a mystical thing. Expert intuition strikes us as magical, but it is not. Indeed, each of us… Read More »Intuition
If you think about confirmation bias long enough, you start to notice that most platitudes and proverbs have a contradictory… Read More »Contradictory Platitudes
I love optical illusions as a metaphor to remember that perception is not reality. I once thought about getting the… Read More »Illusions
Satificing is one of my favorite mental models. Every day we make so many small low-impact decisions. Learning about “satisficing”… Read More »Satisficing
I love this concept of sensory food. You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you… Read More »Sensory Food
I love the turn of the year. An arbitrary secular forgiveness of sins for the year past, and a fresh… Read More »New Year’s Resolutions
Think before you speak. Read before you think. Fran Lebowitz I read widely. I am old enough to have grown… Read More »Reading
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