Founder's Journal Mental Models #2: Inversion - Solve Problems and Make Better Decisions
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Nov 15, 2021 AI Snips
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Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning
- Consider both top-down and bottom-up approaches for planning and decision-making.
- Start with your goal and work backward, either from a macro or micro level.
Inversion: A Third Option
- Inversion is a mental model that involves flipping problems or decisions on their head.
- It encourages thinking about what would cause failure rather than how to succeed.
Stoic Inversion
- The Stoics used inversion through an exercise called Premeditation of Evils.
- They would envision negative scenarios to identify potential pitfalls and avoid them.