Mental Models Mastery

Upgrade your strategic toolkit by applying foundational principles from the Farnam Street series to navigate complex business landscapes and optimize your high-stakes decision-making process. * **Apply First Principles** to deconstruct complex business problems * **Leverage Second-Order Thinking** for long-term investment consequences * **Utilize Inversion strategies** to identify and mitigate risks * **Integrate Circle of Competence** into strategic planning decisions

4 sections ยท 26 lessons

Course outline

Core Thinking Models

  1. Map vs. Territory
  2. Update Maps
  3. Model Triangulation and Multi-Perspective Analysis
  4. Knowing Your Circle of Competence
  5. Expanding Circle
  6. First Principles
  7. First Principles Application
  8. Core Thinking Models

Advanced Reasoning Tools

  1. Thought Experiments
  2. Second-Order Thinking
  3. Probabilistic Thinking
  4. Inversion
  5. Occam's Razor
  6. Hanlon's Razor
  7. Advanced Reasoning Tools

Building Wisdom

  1. Mental Model Toolkit
  2. Test Against Reality
  3. Reduce Blind Spots
  4. Latticework
  5. Knowledge vs. Understanding
  6. Learn from Failure
  7. Building Wisdom

Mastering Application

  1. Models Are Maps
  2. Effortful Thinking
  3. Critical Thinking
  4. Decide Under Uncertainty
  5. Simplify Wisely
  6. Wisdom
  7. Integrate Daily

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