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Mental Models

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Last updated 3 years ago

  • : The more efficient a resource's use becomes, the more it is used; so it actually increases its total use

  • : We keep adding to tech stacks, which make it more complex, less secure, and less efficient. It has benefits, but we can try to collapse the layers that go together.

  • Motion vs Action (source: Atomic Habits [for the naming, not the idea itself])

    • Motion is planning -- it makes you feel productive, but without the risk of failure

      • e.g. Checking emails, planning your diet, etc.

    • Action is the actual work that you do, that produces something

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  • - People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it

Jevons Paradox
Method of loci/Memory Palaces
Collapsing Layers
Lindy effect
Strategy Turns
Black Swans
Mediocristan vs. Exstremistan environments
How great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek - YouTube
Circle of Concern / Influence / Control
Byzantine fault - Wikipedia
Ludic fallacy - Wikipedia
Parkinson's law - Wikipedia
Tim Ferris on Parkinson's law
10 10 10 rule
Feel Like Giving Up? Use The Cookie Jar Method by David Goggins - YouTube