Mental models for real work
The same ideas that shape clear thinking, re-sorted by what you actually do. Each page is the thinking tools a practitioner of that work reasons with — how each one applies, and the biases that trip it up.
Mental models for investing
The mental models serious investors actually use — margin of safety, Mr. Market, expected value, moats — and the biases that wreck investing returns.
12 models · 7 biases
Mental models for building a startup
The mental models founders actually use to build a startup — first principles, MVPs, flywheels, moats and premortems — with the biases that sink most.
13 models · 7 biases
Mental models for negotiation
The mental models for negotiation serious dealmakers actually use — BATNA, anchoring, interests over positions — and the biases that sink good deals.
12 models · 7 biases
Mental models for product management
The mental models product managers actually use — prioritization, metrics, moats, and the biases that wreck product decisions. A practitioner's toolkit.
12 models · 8 biases
Mental models for leadership & managing people
The mental models great leaders use to manage people — incentives, second-order thinking, Goodhart's law, the Peter principle — and the biases to avoid.
11 models · 7 biases
Mental models for career growth
Mental models for career growth the best professionals use — compounding, leverage, circle of competence — to specialize, decide, and advance.
12 models · 6 biases
Mental models for persuasion & marketing
The thinking tools behind persuasion and marketing — reciprocity, social proof, framing, anchoring, loss aversion — and the biases that sink campaigns.
11 models · 6 biases
Mental models for learning
Mental models to learn faster and remember more: compounding, first principles, the forgetting curve, and the fluency illusion that wrecks studying.
12 models · 6 biases
Mental models for writing clearly
Mental models a clear writer and thinker actually uses — first principles, Occam's razor, via negativa — to reason precisely and write so readers get it.
11 models · 6 biases
Mental models for hiring
The mental models that separate signal from an impressive interview — base rates, regression to the mean, signal vs. noise — and the biases (halo, confirmation, in-group) that wreck hiring.
9 models · 8 biases