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Super Thinking

Super Thinking

Upgrade Your Reasoning and Make Better Decisions with Mental Models

Summary

Turn yourself into a superthinker and make the right decisions every time.

The world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters and decision-makers all rely on a set of shortcuts that help them separate good ideas from bad. They're called mental models, and in this smartly illustrated anthology, you'll learn hundreds.

- Use the 5 Whys model to better understand people's motivations
- Prioritize an overwhelming to-do lists with the Eisenhower Decision Matrix
- Set up forcing functions to help grease the wheels for changes you want to occur

Distilled into a single, digestible, indispensable book, Super Thinking will enable you to make better, more informed decisions in every part of your life.

'The most practical book on mental models I've found to date . . . and I've read a lot of them' Reader Review

'You should definitely read this book . . . The concepts inside will expand your world view and give you enough mental tools to become a black belt decision-maker' Reader Review

Reviews

  • You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts. If the facts don't hang together on a latticework of theory, you don't have them in a usable form. You've got to have models in your head
    Charlie Munger, investor, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

About the authors

Gabriel Weinberg

Gabriel Weinberg is the founder and CEO of the multi-billion dollar internet privacy company, DuckDuckGo. He contributes to a number of publications including Medium and is the co-author of Traction.
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Lauren McCann

Lauren McCann is a statistician and researcher. She spent nearly a decade in the pharmaceutical industry, where she designed and analyzed clinical trials and published numerous articles in medical journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine. She holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and a B.S. in mathematics, both from MIT.
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