Six Blind Men and an Elephant
View a subject through multiple lenses
understanding
A digital garden of mental models
Grow your thinking with perennial concepts from the core disciplines.
Map-Territory Relationship
All models are wrong, but some are useful
understanding
First Principles
Build with the fundamental components
problem-solving
Second-Order Thinking
Consider the long-term effects of a decision
decision-making
Working Backwards
Begin with the end in mind
problem-solving
Five Whys
Ask why fives times to find the root cause
understanding
Pareto Principle
80% of outputs come from 20% of inputs
decision-making
Occam's Razor
The simplest explanation is often the best
understanding
Inversion
Flip the problem for a new perspective
problem-solving