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Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools that Separate the Average From the Exceptional. Improved Decision-Making, Logical Analysis, and Problem-Solving. (Mental Models for Better Living) Paperback – April 14, 2019

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30 Practical and applicable guidelines to think smarter, faster, and with expert insight (even if you aren’t one).

Mental models are like giving a treasure map to someone lost in the woods. They provide instant understanding, context, and most importantly, a path to the end destination. Now imagine having such a map for all problems and decisions in your life.

Battle information overwhelm, focus on what really matters, and make complex decisions with speed and confidence.

Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools sheds light on true intelligence: it’s not about knowledge and knowing the capitals of all the countries in the world. It’s about how you think, and each mental model is a specific framework on how to think smart and with insight. You can approach the world by trying to analyze each piece of information separately, or you can learn mental models that do the work for you.

Learn how billionaires/CEOs, Olympic athletes, and scientists think differently and avoid mistakes.

Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years and is a bestselling author. He has worked with a multitude of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His writing draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience.

The person with a hammer only sees nails. Become the person with a hammer, saw, sander, drill, screwdriver, and axe.

•How to balance information and action without sacrificing speed - MM #3 and #5.•Understanding what data is really telling you - MM #8 and #10.•Charles Darwin’s secret to clear and honest thinking - MM #11.

Mental models for all walks of life: productivity, professional success, greater happiness, critical thinking, and decision-making.

•Understanding correlation, causation, root causation, and proximate causation - MM #15 and #16.•Implementing anti-goals to find real priorities and focus - MM #19 and #23.•Being able to predict the future with basic probabilistic thinking - MM #10 and #25.•How to strategically allocate your time and resources for biggest impact - MM #27 and #30.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great tools to reflect on and apply!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
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I liked the many examples used to illustrate the use of the tools. Easy to read and understand.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Quick read for modern eyes that’s packed with ancient wisdom
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019
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I was skeptical that he would be able to make a book like this work, but I was pleasantly surprised by his ability to provide high yield content in a succinct manner. I wish he was able to provide a few more concrete examples for the models, but that would also make for a longer read. I also think he needed to provide more references. Most of the ideas are repackaged common sense, so their original sources would be hard to track down, but it’s best-practice to give credit where possible. Overall, this book is worth your time. I even took notes that I plan to reference in the future.
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Megan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great whether you're a newbie or just looking for a review
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2023
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Even if you've been using mental models forever and are good at critical thinking, it never hurts to review! You may even find there are a couple here that you either don't think of much, or at all. And if these skills aren't your strong point, it'll serve you well to work at developing them.

In Mental Models, we're taken through thirty different models, which are heuristics or patterns we can find in various every day situations that we can use to be more efficient, productive, solve problems, etc.

All of the models are useful at some level. Some will be sort of familiar to you (Murphy's Law, anyone?) and some of them might make you think for a moment. For example, in my own headlong charge towards success, I've never thought of using the inverse--what should I *avoid* doing?--to help propel me toward my goals.

You'll also learn how to take black swans in context, use an Eisenhower Matrix, and more.

The models feels exhaustive in a way. That is, you leave the book feeling like you've taken on a lot of information that will help you navigate the world. I would absolutely recommend Mental Models. There's a lot of good information here and it's written in an accessible way.
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Rubén Gámez
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! A great starting point
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2019
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One of the most interesting and fun to follow books that I have read regarding the way our mind can help us (or trick us) in different aspects of life. It provides you a great overview of what mental models are, and how many of them can make your life easier, if applied correctly. It is not a deep-theoretical book (if you are looking for that, better go for specific books by researchers on each of the mental models covered), but applying one of the mental models provided from the book: it gives you a great overview and ready to be applied principles, that for most people should be enough. I really liked the way it is written, and some of the models were really interesting. I think it is a great starting point to know better about the specifics of some of the models and principles discussed, but applying the Pareto Principle and the Law of Diminishing Returns: "20% of resources will aid you in achieve the 80% of results". This book is part of that 20%.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Summary at end
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2021
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Summary at end of book is useful. Good intro to classic thought tools. Worth the $3.99 Kindle version for sure.
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tedmond e lasseter
5.0 out of 5 stars The methods in the book are met with some resistance, but are solid.
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
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Control freaks who are maintaining their years of experience as wisdom have the most to lose after you read this one. I interviewed at Amazon and they really do preach working backwards for project planning. This and other big thinkers of our time like Elon Musk are mentioned. You can't go wrong if your are looking for out of the box ideas that work with valid sources!
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Aditya N Rao
4.0 out of 5 stars Good breakup of models
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022
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Some of the models are repeated or redundant and some contradict each other but overall an enjoyable and thought provoking description of 30 models by which to improve analysis and decision making.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book that everyone needs to read
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2023
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I got SO much out of this book. Aside from it being very well-written, this book takes you from knowing nothing about mental models to knowing almost everything about them. If you apply the material learned in this book, not only will you know how to use the mental models he presents in the book, but you’ll be able to instantly understand and use any mental model imaginable.

I didn’t appreciate some of the analogies and examples that he used. I’m not upset enough to give this book anything but 5 stars, but some of the examples he uses are hard to understand.

One mental model he brought up had to do with procrastination. Cool, but he used a confusing example — he said it was akin to a check engine light appearing in a car, but he used the word “flashing” instead of "appearing" which can be confusing because when there is a serious problem with your car, the check engine light will literally flash as opposed to just illuminating. He went on to say that he’s had a check engine light on his car for over a year, which seems incredibly irresponsible. I’m not trying to judge, far from it, but the fact here is do I really want to be taking advice from someone who can’t so much as maintain a vehicle? It’s one thing to not know about cars, that’s ok, but this example REALLY threw me off from the point he was trying to make, which ended up being lost on me. This entire chapter had to do with procrastination and how to prioritize, and in a wild turn of events, the author himself is procrastinating getting his check engine light looked at. I immediately didn't understand where his priorities lied, so I just couldn't relate to the mental model he was trying to present.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read, interesting and helpful!
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2021
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This book is a very quick read and practical guide on mental models to help enable more effective thinking and decision making. It was very accessible, enjoyable and straight forward read. Many of these models I use already, but it was good to read about why they help us. I wish this book had been around when I was starting out in my career and I will be recommending it to others. Thank you!
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Luiz
5.0 out of 5 stars Modelos a serem considerados nas tomadas de decisões ao longo da vida
Reviewed in Brazil on July 18, 2021
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Texto muito bem elaborado. Os exemplos auxiliam bastante a compreensão. Acredito que seja uma leitura obrigatória
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SANTANU BISWAS
5.0 out of 5 stars Enhance your mental bandwidth
Reviewed in India on August 19, 2023
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This is a dynamite of a book on a cognitive concept termed mental models. If anyone irrespective of background wants to empower their thought process must read this book, it will resolve innumerable constraints of the mind and bring forth clarity, self-discovery and decision making prowess. The one aspect that differentiates this particular book with similar books on mental models is the putting together of 30 indispensable, highly impactful and life changing mental models that is bound to add tremendous value to an individual's life. Compare this highly resourceful book with a GPS which will consistently assist any individual in making mental progress, gain insights and declutter the mind.
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Krasa30
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, no filler with repetition used to help readers remember
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2022
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I really enjoyed this book, it took no time at all to read all the way through, the summaries are very helpful and in terms of content I like that such a huge number of approaches has been pulled together in a single tome. I can see myself re-reading the summaries too as well as applying the methods described in my day to day at work.
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M. Marc Kieken
5.0 out of 5 stars a very good overview
Reviewed in France on February 6, 2022
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Well written, straight the point, a very good and practical overview of useful tools for decision making in day to day life
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