A frog in boiling water and 300 more popular thinking tools that will make you smarter. Weinberg G., McCann L.

“Great responsibility comes with great force,” said Stan Lee in comics about Spider-Man and was absolutely right. Mental models are the most powerful “tool” of thinking, which is always at our disposal. Depending on how we will use various models, they can be both constructive and destructive.

how can mental models help you? Here are just a few examples...

- before making a conclusion that your colleague who spoils your projects wants to harm, consider the Hanlon's razor as an alternative explanation.

- Have you ever sat on a bad film just because you paid a lot for a ticket? You can become a victim of misconception about irrevocable costs.

-If you have ever been overloaded with a too long list of affairs, you may need an Eisenhower’s solution matrix that will help you arrange priorities.

This book will teach:

- bypass mental traps;

- see several options for solving the problem and choose the best;

- separate good ideas from bad;

- and also look at the world wider and find answers in unusual places.

and 300 more models inside the book.

- MVP or the minimum viable product.

- Razkama razor.

- filter bubbles.

- the essence.

- Change of paradigm.

- The position of the lawyer of the devil.

-the effect of the hydra.

-a frog in boiling water.

-Pareto principle.

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- a fight is not in its weight.

- Dri.

- JTBD or the tasks that need to be performed.

- the Nord cycle.

It also comes out under the name "Super thinking. How to go around mental traps and make effective decisions. "