馃Л Circles of Competence: Navigating the Boundaries of Your Abilities (Wayfinder #13)
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Mental Models
We use mental models as simplified representations of how things work. We can't store all of the information we encounter in our heads, so mental models are used to break complex ideas into manageable parts.
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Useful but Fragile: Your best mental models have hidden limits
Some heuristics are useful but fragile. For example, "trust doctors". In most cases, this is a very useful
Elon's Fence vs Chesterton's Fence
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Chesterton's Fence: Explained
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Fixed vs Growth Mindset: Your Journey to Success
Have you ever hit a wall with a task, convinced you just don't have the talent or smarts
The Ladder of Mastery: Learn the rules, break the rules, forget the rules
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Totems and Earth Wires: How to tell real life from the internet's version of it
Twitter, Reddit, Facebook - choose your poison. Each is a window into an epidemic of untouched grass. Every day people fill
馃Л Loss Aversion: When Holding On Costs More Than Letting Go (Wayfinder #12)
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Find Rising Tides: Why Scottie Pippen outshone a man with 11 rings
NBA pundits are harsh, especially on talented players. If you stick with the team you were originally drafted to and
馃Л Anchoring Bias: The Weight of First Impressions (Wayfinder #11)
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The Trap of a Good Puzzle: When solving becomes the problem
The problem with trying to optimise for certain things is that the more data points you collect, the more complex
Counterfactual Thinking: The magic of asking 'what if' (Wayfinder #10)
Welcome back to the tenth issue of Wayfinder, your fortnightly compass for navigating life鈥檚 toughest decisions. Have you ever
