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The 10 Most Useful Mental Models
Some ideas are so powerful, once you learn them you see them everywhere. Here are ten useful models for making sense of the world.
The All-Important Difference Between Effort and Effectiveness
Don't confuse a strategy that works with one that is merely effortful. Good strategies are rarely easy, but a bad plan done furiously is still a bad plan.
I'm a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcast host, computer programmer and an avid reader. Since 2006, I've published weekly essays on this website to help people like you learn and think better. My work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, TEDx, Pocket, Business Insider and more. I don't promise I have all the answers, just a place to start.