In the last episode, we talked about how mental models are helpful for simplifying our complex world to make it more understandable. Now let’s delve deeper.
We’ll discuss different types of mental models, focusing on ones that attorney/businessman Charlie Munger believes are the most important for achieving the highest level of success.
Show Notes
- The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, (a YouTube recording of a 1995 speech given by Charlie Munger at Harvard University)
- The Revised Psychology of Human Misjudgment, by Charlie Munger
- Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained)
- The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts, by Shane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien
- The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology, by Rhiannon Beaubien
- The Great Mental Models Volume 3: Systems and Mathematics, by Rhiannon Beaubien & Rosie Leizrowice
- Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career, by Scott Young & James Clear
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