MTM8 - Compunding: Harnessing the Compounding Mental Model for Exponential Growth
Let me tell you a story about my friend. A few years back, he started reading ten pages a day. Not a lot—he’d sneak it in with his morning coffee or between calls. At first? No difference. A year late
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Jul 27, 2025
MTM 7 - Finite vs. Infinite Games: Are You Playing to Win… or to Keep Playing?
Ever celebrated a win only to feel strangely empty the next week? In most careers, there's a familiar pattern—chasing one promotion after another, hop
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Jul 27, 2025
MTM 6 - Inversion: The Unconventional Art of Thinking Backwards
Not long ago, I found myself staring at a blank page, desperate to figure out why a key project kept falling apart. Instead of obsessing over self-hel
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Jul 27, 2025
MTM 5 - Hanlon's Razor: Mental Models for Navigating Modern Complexity
Some lessons from my first boss at a tech startup still stick with me—especially the way she’d ask, 'Are you sure you’re seeing the whole picture?' Th
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Jul 27, 2025
MTM4 - Plato’s Cave: Escaping the Shadows & Social Media Illusion
Some days, scrolling through social media feels like stumbling through a hall of mirrors—distorted reflections everywhere. Last Tuesday, I caught myse
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Jul 22, 2025
Books to Read
Clear ThinkingPortfolio The Great Mental Models, Volume 1: General Thinking ConceptsPortfolio The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, a
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Jul 22, 2025
MTM3- Inversion: Unlocking Life’s Toughest Problems with the Inversion Mental Model
About five years ago, I found myself obsessing over all the ways not to fail at a new business venture. That unorthodox approach—listing the pitfalls
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Jul 21, 2025
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Jul 21, 2025
MTM2 - Survivorship Bias: The Danger You Don't See
I’ll be honest—there was a phase when I was hooked on every business bestseller out there. I thought if I could just crack the code behind the “secret
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Jul 21, 2025
MTM1 -Asch Conformity Effect: Why Social Influence Makes Us Doubt Ourselves
Picture this: It’s your first big meeting at a new job. The team is nodding at an idea you secretly think is terrible. You stay quiet, worrying you’ll
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Jul 21, 2025
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Welcome to Models That Matter – where thinking better begins.Ever wondered why smart people sometimes make poor decisions? Or why some strategies succ
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