Direct Download – Subscribe in iTunes – Subscribe on Android – Subscribe on Stitcher [toc] In January of 2015, I joined a startup that my friend co-founded called Book in a Box. After giving one of the worst interviews of my life — not surprisingly also one of the only of my life — I […]
Mental Models
Mental Model: Information Asymmetry
The concept of information asymmetry seems fairly obvious from its name. However, as a mental model, it deserves deeper study to fully understand all of its nuances. At its most basic, information asymmetry describes a situation where two parties have different quantities or qualities of information. When one person has either more or better information […]
Mental Model: The Do / Say Something Syndrome
The Do / Say Something Syndrome is an important mental model that stems from a talk that Charlie Munger gave called The Psychology of Human Misjudgment. If you haven’t read that meticulously, I would highly recommend doing so before you read any other material on mental models. It’s a goldmine. In the talk, the last mental […]
Mental Model: The Pareto Principle
The Pareto principle, or the 80:20 rule, has become incredibly popular over the last 10 years or so, thanks to people like Tim Ferriss popularizing the concept outside of strictly business and economics. It’s an incredibly helpful model to add to your toolbox, especially when you dive a little deeper than most on some of […]
Mental Model: Tilt
Having played, coached, and invested in online poker throughout my college years, the concept of “tilt” is one that I’m intimately familiar with. While it’s not quite a mental model in the traditional sense of the word, tilt is a helpful way to view your emotional state in high-stakes environments: Tilt is a poker term […]