bridgespan.org
RAPID Decision-Making: What It Is, Why We Like It, and How to Get the Most Out of It
From 2019 · Shared by 12, including René Pfitzner, Jacob du Toit
Farnam Street
First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge
~17 min read · 2021-11-03 · First Principles tinking breaks down true understanding into building blocks we can reassemble. It turns out most of us don’t know as much as we think we do. · Shared by 118, including Tarik ESSAADI, Daron Larson, Teresa Torres, Andrei Luca, Jacob du Toit, terheyden, christina r wodtke: the R is for radical focus
Farnam Street
Peter Bevelin on Seeking Wisdom, Mental Models, Learning, and a Lot More
~19 min read · 2021-11-02 · In this exclusive interview, Peter Bevelin discusses using mental models to make better decisions, seeking wisdom, reading, and a few other lessons. · Shared by 148, including Tarik ESSAADI, Jacob du Toit, Henneke Duistermaat
Farnam Street
Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform
3 min read · 2021-11-04 · Second-order thinking is a mental model that smart people like Warren Buffett & Howard Marks use to avoid problems. Read this article to learn how it works. · Shared by 63, including Jacob du Toit, Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්
tiktok.com
Investments on TikTok
Jun 14th · Innovation #simonsinek #motivational #entrepreneur #motivationalclip #motivation #success #mindset #motivati #entrepreneurialmindset #successful #ceo · Shared by 4, including Jacob du Toit
untools.co
Tools for better thinking
From 2020 · Collection of thinking tools and frameworks to help you solve problems, make decisions and understand systems. · Shared by 320, including Victor Lee, Esther Schindler, Mohamed Azazy, Stef Walter, Philippe Surber, Tarik ESSAADI, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Scott Williams, Galen King, Helmi, Hannah Milan, Katja Evertz, Konrad Weber, Gio Tiongson, Stephanie A Kowalski, Davo ⚡, Jess 🇺🇦, Christian Müller, Thomas Pleil, ThomNagy
linkedin.com
(1) Core, Context, and the Future of Work
2021-08-10 · As we turn to constructing a new normal in our pandemic-inflected world, there is plenty of talk about the hybrid work model, but a lot of it lacks focus. I think the core/context framework, applied specifically to the future of work, can help. · Shared by 2, including Jacob du Toit
The StartUp
3 Frameworks For Making Complex Decisions
20+ min read · From 2020 · Life is full of complex decisions: capital purchases, such as a car or a house, planning a vacation, choosing a new job, picking a product… · Shared by 7, including Matthias Lampe, Joel Bez, Jacob du Toit
mindtools.com
TRIZ
6 min read · From 2017 · TRIZ is a problem solving methodology based on logic, data and research, not intuition. · Shared by 7, including David Garner, Jacob du Toit, Tom Connor
Ness Labs
Parkinson’s law: how constraints can create freedom November 7, 2019 In Creativity
3 min read · From 2019 · Parkinson's Law — "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” — can be used to fuel your creativity and your productivity. · Shared by 19, including Steve Case, maxadorno, Jacob du Toit
Paul Graham
The Four Quadrants of Conformism
7 min read · From 2020 · July 2020One of the most revealing ways to classify people is by the degree and aggressiveness of their conformism. Imagine a Cartesian coordinate system whose horizontal axis runs from conventional… · Shared by 19, including Jacob du Toit
sarahtavel.medium.com
Frameworks
4 min read · 2020-10-20 · A successful framework distills the complex, and in that distillation, gets to a timeless insight. That’s always my aspiration, to varying… · Shared by 23, including Sarah Tavel, hiten.eth, Jacob du Toit, Francesco Corea, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Marc Garriga
Paul Graham
The Four Quadrants of Conformism
7 min read · From 2020 · July 2020One of the most revealing ways to classify people is by the degree and aggressiveness of their conformism. Imagine a Cartesian coordinate system whose horizontal axis runs from conventional… · Shared by 159, including Elad Gil, Bryan Onel, Danielle! 🌩, Joscha Bach, Vikram Dutt, Max Roser, ploum.net, Howard Getson, Marcel Salathé, Max Levchin, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Nir Eyal, davidabrock, Chris Sacca 🇺🇸, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Matt Taibbi, Christina Sommers, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Sam Altman
anup.io
Invert, always, invert
2 min read · From 2020 · man muss immer umkehren - Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi(loosely translated - Invert, always, invert) Today, we will look at one of my favourite mental models called - The Inversion principle. Mental models… · Shared by 34, including Jacob du Toit
Forge
Uncomfortable Truths You Must Accept to be Happy
4 min read · From 2019 · You suck at a lot of things, for one · Shared by 10, including Jacob du Toit
Mission.org
131 Actionable Ideas from Ten Books I Wish I Had Read Ages Ago — The Mission — Medium
~12 min read · From 2016 · I highly recommend you read these books and form your own takes. · Shared by 79, including Howard Getson, Vikram Dutt, Jacob du Toit, Jeremy Caplan, Arin Basu, Bertrand Maltaverne
