Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models

“With great power comes great responsibility,” — Stan Lee said in the stories about Spider-Man, and it’s hard to disagree. Mental models are one of the most powerful tools for thinking—always within reach. The results depend on what models you use and exactly how you apply them: they can help you create and grow—or, on the contrary, lead you into a dead end.

How are mental models useful in practice? Here are a few clear examples…
• Before deciding that a colleague sabotaging your projects is doing it out of spite, try looking at what’s happening through “Hanlon’s Razor”—perhaps the reason is simpler and has nothing to do with malicious intent.
• Staying through a boring movie just because the ticket was expensive? That may be a sunk cost trap.
• If you’re paralyzed by a huge list of tasks, the Eisenhower Matrix will help you sort things by priority.

This book will teach you to:
– recognize and avoid thinking traps;
– see multiple paths to solutions and choose the most effective;
– distinguish strong ideas from weak ones;
– broaden your view of the world and find answers where you’re not used to looking.

“It’s useless just to remember disconnected facts. If they aren’t tied to a theory, you won’t be able to use them. Models belong in your head.” — Charlie Munger, partner of Warren Buffett

And there are also 300 models inside the book:
• MVP, or a minimum viable product.
• Occam’s Razor.
• The filter bubble.
• The essence.
• Paradigm shift.
• The position of the devil’s advocate.
• The hydra effect.
• The frog in boiling water.
• The Pareto principle.
• A/B testing.
• A fight outside your weight class.
• DRI.
• JTBD, or the “jobs” that need to be done.
• The NORD cycle.

It is also published under the title “Superthinking. How to Bypass Mental Traps and Make Effective Decisions.”

Tables, charts, and illustrations are included with the book in PDF: the file is available for download on the audiobook page on the website after purchase.