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Shane Parrish: The Great Mental Models

Moonshots Podcast: Superstar mindsets and success habits

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Is Inversion a Bad Sign of Failure?

The F in What Ifs stands for First Principles Thinking. This is one of the key models in Shane Parris' The Great Mental Models book. Most people assume existing solutions exist for a good reason and never question them. A few decades ago, researchers liked the taste of meat but didn't like the idea of harming animals to get it. After some first thinking, they realized that the great tasting meat was simply a collection of amino acids and sugars.

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