Are you tired of always feeling like you work all the time but you never get things done? Do you feel like decision making takes forever, and when you do finally make a decision, it is usually the wrong one?
You have to know there is a short cut that could make decisions easier, help you manage your time and get things done. If you are curious then keep reading…
You tried to listen to the different opinions of friends and relatives who think they are better than you... you tried to follow the advices of your favorite youtubers on how to manage the daily routine to be more productive... you bought low-cost courses which promise exceptional results in short time... but these results still have not been seen and you feel more confused and disorganized.
Here’s the deal… this book is the tool that you needbecause it contains the protocol that will teach you to manage your time, make better decisions and parent in a more loving and considerate way.
This guidebook is going to teach you what MENTAL MODELS are all about, why they are so beneficial to your life, and how you can use them in almost any situation you encounter to save time, make the right decisions for you quickly, and even increase the amount of happiness that you want in your life. There are many great mental models out there to help you reach your goals and help you succeed!
Inside this guidebook, you will learn
A better understanding of mental models, what they are and how they work
The immeasurable power these mental models can have on our life
The top ten mental models you can use in almost any situation
The right mental model for those who struggle with making decisions
The best mental model to help you with running a business and being an entrepreneur
How to manage mental models to do research and ask the right questions
How you can use mental models to improve your parenting
The two strategies that help critical thinkers and educators to do their jobs better
How to add in mental models to increase your happiness and work on personal development
Seven case studies to show how these mental models are useful to improve your life
Even if you are just a beginner but you want to deepen how to improve your life, this book will give you all the tools you need to get started to do it.
How? Trough the practical contents inspired by a smarter and faster way of thinking, for problems to be solved and decisions to be taken.
Author(s): David Drive
Year: 2019
Language: English
Commentary: Mental Models, Thinking Tools, to Manage Productivity, Thinking in Systems
Pages: 169
Tags: Mental Models, Thinking Tools, to Manage Productivity, Thinking in Systems
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Understanding of the Mental Models
What is a Mental Model?
How Our Minds Work and Why the Models Help
The Benefits of These Mental Models
Mental Models Affect the Way that You Are Going to View the World Around You
The Law of the Instrument
Chapter 2: The Power of Mental Models
The Fundamental Mental Model or FMM
The World of OR
The World of AND
Chapter 3: Some of the Most Common Mental Models
The Map is Not the Territory
The Circle of Competence
First Principles Thinking
The Pursuit of Knowledge That is Liquid
Thought Experiment
Second-Order Thinking
Occam's Razor
Inversion
Probabilistic Thinking
Hanlon’s Razor
Chapter 4: The Right Mental Model for Those Who Like to Make Decisions
Circle of Influence
Inversion
The Contrarian Approach to Motivation
The Why Model
The Eisenhower Matrix
The Pareto Principle
The Paradox of Choice
Chapter 5: Mental Models to Help You Become the Best Entrepreneur
Mental Models for Marketers
Anchoring Bias
Loss Aversion
Product/Market Fit
Mental Models for Financiers and Accountants
Compounding
Sunk Cost
Opportunity Cost
The Time Value of Money
The Pyramid Model
Mental Models for Business Entrepreneurs
The Idea Maze
The Problem Hypothesis
Minimum Viable Product
Mental models for CEO and Managers
Casual Loop
Reversible vs. Irreversible Decisions
The Pyramid Model
99/50/1
Chapter 6: Writing and Inquisitive? The Best Mental Models to Help You
The Socratic Questioning Technique
The Why Iteration
The NLP Meta Model
The Response Bias
Chapter 7: Improving Your Parenting with Mental Models
Regret Minimization
Compounding
The 10/10/10 rule
The Pareto 80/20 Rule
The Expert Generalist
Chapter 8: Mental Models for Educators and Critical Thinkers
Mental Models of Perceiving, Acting, and Knowing
The Cognitive Bias
The Socrative Dialogue
Chapter 9: Using Mental Models to Help You to Be Happy and In Personal Development
Mental Models for Personal Development
The Circle of Competence
Parkinson’s Law
Mental Models for Personal Happiness
Entropy
The Pratfall Effect
The Spotlight Effect
Pygmalion Effect
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Chapter 10: Case Studies of Mental Models That Actually Worked!
The Modern Polymath
Charlie Munger
Elon Musk
Jack Ma
Jeff Bezos
The Big Dreams Garage
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Richard Branson
Chapter 11: A Mastermind Alliance
The Importance of Having This Passion Mate
The Importance of Forming One of These Alliances
The Mastermind Mental Model
Chapter 12: Shifting Your Paradigm to Work with Mental Models
Conclusion
