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Complexity theories and Systems Thinking: parallels and differences
12+ min · · This post is for facilitators, consultants, academics, and everyone who is working with complexity theories or have just begun exploring and reading · Shared by 29, including Jacob du Toit, John Cutler
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7 Stages of User’s Action in Design
5 min · · Or why do we need to know about the human mind when designing products? · Shared by 1, including Jacob du Toit
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Parkinson’s Law: Why Constraints Help More Than They Hinder
3 min · · Shared by 1, including Jacob du Toit
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Using Mental Models to Understand the World
2 min · · Anytime you think about anything you’re using a mental model. Your understanding of how the public transit works? A mental model. It’s a… · Shared by 1, including Jacob du Toit
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Mental Models Weekly — Issue #6 — The Four Types Of Luck
3 min · · The topic of luck — or chance, is a fascinating one. There’s ideas like blind luck, but also ideas like you make your own luck. How can you conceptually fit them all together? James H. Austin (in… · Shared by 1, including Jacob du Toit
James Clear
A Margin of Safety: How to Thrive in the Age of Uncertainty
9 min · · Margin of safety is one of the most important concepts to understand in life. Read this article to learn more about this mental model. · Shared by 21, including Jacob du Toit
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“Margin” as Part of Your Decision-Making Process
6 min · · If you can make margin a factor in your normal decision-making process, you will be able to protect the breathing room you need to maintain margin in your life. Here are a few questions you can ask… · Shared by 20, including Fabricio Teixeira, Oscar MacDonald, Tom Connor, Liv 😷, Jacob du Toit
James Clear
Mental Models: Learn How to Think Better and Gain a Mental Edge
3 min · · The best ones mental models apply broadly to life and can help you understand the world. Read this list and learn the most important mental models. · Shared by 59, including Jacob du Toit, shishir das, Mark Kaigwa, Christina
Farnam Street
The Ultimate Guide to Making Smart Decisions
11+ min · · A guide to making decisions covering how we can intelligently prepare to improve our thinking, avoid stupidity, and make better, smarter, decisions. · Shared by 263, including John Tan⚡️, Jacob du Toit, APKYP, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Teresa Torres, Gerald Soparkar, Oscar MacDonald, John Zeratsky, Paddy Zab, osioke.eth, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina
James Clear
How to Retain More of Every Book You Read
8 min · · It's important to read books, but it's just as important to remember what you read. Read this article to learn three reading comprehension strategies. · Shared by 99, including Taylor Pearson, David Nagel, Jacob du Toit, Stefan Weber, Essaadi, Vitor Furtado Silva
Caltech
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
2 min · · Feynman • Leighton • Sands Caltech and The Feynman Lectures Website are pleased to present this online edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Now, anyone with internet access and a web browser… · Shared by 137, including Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Dominik Grolimund, Ryan Boren, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Roberto Grossi, Björn Ognibeni, Vikram Dutt, William El Kaim, Serge K. Keller ❦, Paulo Gaspar, The Nobel Prize, Stephen C Sanders, Dawid Ferenczy Rogozan 🦇🇪🇺🇨🇿, Esther Schindler, Nico Luchsinger, Paddy Zab, Florian Hanke 🍎, Mattia Fregola 🤔
Farnam Street
Elements of Effective Thinking
1 min · · The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking offers easily learnable habits of mind that improve your ability to think clearly and rationally. · Shared by 44, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Jacob du Toit, fnord
Derek Sivers
Do this. Directives
· First see “just tell me what to do” for context. · Shared by 39, including Jacob du Toit, ron boger, Remo Uherek, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Joona Tuunanen 🇫🇮, Matthias «Delay» Göbel
Derek Sivers
Think like a bronze medalist, not silver
2 min · · Imagine the Olympics, where you have the three winners of a race standing on the podium: the gold, the silver, and the bronze. · Shared by 13, including Jacob du Toit, Tom Connor, Stephan Leduc
James Clear
The Downside of Work-Life Balance
7 min · · What burners have you cut off? · Shared by 59, including bouiboui, Mike Taylor, Tom Connor, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Jacob du Toit, Saad Hasnain
James Clear
The 3 Stages of Failure in Life and Work (And How to Fix Them)
14+ min · · ...and how to fix them. · Shared by 280, including Sachin Rekhi, Yonatan Levy, Jayesh Upadhyay, Jacob du Toit, Jorge David, Rajdeep Singh, Daniel Bentes, Fabricio Teixeira