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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
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inspiring
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Excellent, practical overview/summary of mental models and their significant impact on our daily lives. Filled with humorous and helpful illustrations.
This book is about mental models, which are frameworks of thinking and representations about how things work. Mental models aim to simplify the thinking process and help in decision making and problem solving.
This is a well researched book where the authors integrate an exhaustive compilation of mental models from a wide variety of domains and provide a toolkit for higher-level thinking applicable to various personal and professional contexts. The models are presented in thematic chapters that cover a myriad of topics including cognitive biases, probabilistic thinking, statistical reasoning, game theory, conflict resolution, business strategies, leadership, etc. The authors refer to numerous resources such as Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational, Cal Newport's Deep Work, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Antifragile.
The breadth of models included in the book, however, comes at the cost of depth in my opinion. As the authors pack hundreds of concepts and models in 300 pages, their explanations are sometimes shallow. Despite the authors' attempt to present a holistic toolkit of mental models, most of the concepts are described in few sentences with insufficient explanations, examples, and model comparisons. Readers, particularly those who are new to mental models, might find the content overwhelming and difficult to grasp, especially when read for the first time.
That said, this is a rich overview of various mental models that suits a wide range of audiences including professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, entrepreneurs, and managers. This is not a book that you read once, as most probably you won't remember much of it. My advice is to read the book slowly and to keep it as a reference guide to the fascinating topic of mental models.
This is a well researched book where the authors integrate an exhaustive compilation of mental models from a wide variety of domains and provide a toolkit for higher-level thinking applicable to various personal and professional contexts. The models are presented in thematic chapters that cover a myriad of topics including cognitive biases, probabilistic thinking, statistical reasoning, game theory, conflict resolution, business strategies, leadership, etc. The authors refer to numerous resources such as Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational, Cal Newport's Deep Work, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Antifragile.
The breadth of models included in the book, however, comes at the cost of depth in my opinion. As the authors pack hundreds of concepts and models in 300 pages, their explanations are sometimes shallow. Despite the authors' attempt to present a holistic toolkit of mental models, most of the concepts are described in few sentences with insufficient explanations, examples, and model comparisons. Readers, particularly those who are new to mental models, might find the content overwhelming and difficult to grasp, especially when read for the first time.
That said, this is a rich overview of various mental models that suits a wide range of audiences including professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, entrepreneurs, and managers. This is not a book that you read once, as most probably you won't remember much of it. My advice is to read the book slowly and to keep it as a reference guide to the fascinating topic of mental models.
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
I liked this book although I dragged a little to read it, especially around at middle of it.
This book packs lots of good ideas in several topics, such as problem solving, decision making, conflict management, leadership... it's really a lot to unpack. The price paid for having all of this in one book is that some topics can be a little shallow. But, it gives you a good map to start exploring the topics you are more interested.
PS: I really liked the cartoons :)
This book packs lots of good ideas in several topics, such as problem solving, decision making, conflict management, leadership... it's really a lot to unpack. The price paid for having all of this in one book is that some topics can be a little shallow. But, it gives you a good map to start exploring the topics you are more interested.
PS: I really liked the cartoons :)
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This is a fabulous book by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann which explains over a hundred mental models. Mental models help us to think better about the world and help make better decisions. But including a hundred models in a book is not an easy task. So the book is a bit short on explanations and how to use these models in daily life. However, not all models are useful for a person so I'm free to choose the ones which I find more useful to me and keep adding to my repertoire slowly.
An extremely readable / accessible approach towards a wide variety of mental models and how to move them into your life.
Another Blinkist... The titles in this book might sound big and intimidating, but how the author has explained them and provided an example for each made the concept so simple and relatable.
I might buy/get the actual book to add it to my collection.
I might buy/get the actual book to add it to my collection.
In my Pursuit of finding out better Models for thinking I Found this book and it's a pretty good one