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Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions | George Mack

I'm joined by long time friend of the show and all round interesting individual George MacGill to break down how we can make better decisions in all areas of our lives by using Mental Models. If you imagine that your mind is an operating system, Mental Models are the apps you install into it which improve your ability to effectively make decisions. Today we are upgrading our minds by thinking about thinking, as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models along with a mass of our best examples and resources. Huge thank you to Social Chain for letting me record in their beautiful studio and Video Guy Ollie from SC HQ for filming everything. Extra Stuff: Follow George on Twitter - https://twitter.com/george__mack Farnam Street Blog - https://fs.blog/ Farnam Street's 109 Mental Models - https://fs.blog/mental-models/ The Great Mental Models Book by Shane Parrish - https://amzn.to/2VijWDE Shane Parrish on Art Of Manliness - https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/mental-models-decision-making/ The Psychology Of Human Misjudgement by Charlie Munger (full speech) - https://youtu.be/pqzcCfUglws Why Not To Start A Startup by Paul Graham - http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html Check out everything I recommend - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - 00:00 Intro 03:00 Using Inversion to Improve 08:52 Contrast & Our Hierarchy of Needs 18:00 Clarifying First Principles 26:20 Implementing Double-Think 30:40 Signal Vs Noise 43:00 Developing a High Agency Trait 47:40 Asymmetrical Opportunities & Risks 56:23 Lessons for Life from Video Games 1:00:50 Different Inputs for Different Outputs 1:07:35 Seek Terrain Over Maps 1:14:40 Where to Find George - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - I want to hear from you!! Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Chris WilliamsonhostGeorge MacGillguest
May 7, 20191h 15mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 3:00

    Intro

  2. 3:00 – 8:52

    Using Inversion to Improve

  3. 8:52 – 18:00

    Contrast & Our Hierarchy of Needs

  4. 18:00 – 26:20

    Clarifying First Principles

  5. 26:20 – 30:40

    Implementing Double-Think

  6. 30:40 – 43:00

    Signal Vs Noise

  7. 43:00 – 47:40

    Developing a High Agency Trait

  8. 47:40 – 56:23

    Asymmetrical Opportunities & Risks

  9. 56:23 – 1:00:50

    Lessons for Life from Video Games

  10. 1:00:50 – 1:07:35

    Different Inputs for Different Outputs

  11. 1:07:35 – 1:14:40

    Seek Terrain Over Maps

  12. 1:14:40 – 1:15:21

    Where to Find George

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