Mental Model

The Great Mental Models: Volume 3 is about the most important models from math and systems. In part one, you'll learn mental models from systems, which will help you see connections you didn't expect and avoid mistakes that cost a lot of money. You'll learn how these ideas affect how you act and how ...Read More

With 26 seconds remaining and behind by four at the Patriots' one-yard line in Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll went for a pass instead of a handoff to his star running back. The pass was intercepted, and the Seahawks were defeated. It was dubbed "the dumbest play in history" by critics. ...Read More

Logic is the basis of our ability to think, analyse, argue, and communicate. It can be seen as a science, an art, or a skill, and it should be seen as all three. In fact, logic is the most important part of what it means to be smart. This short, easy-to-read book by D. Q. McInerny, a well-known professor, ...Read More

We get stuck in a cycle of responses so often. We douse fires. We handle emergency situations. We stay downstream in the river and fix one problem after another, but we never go upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems. This book looks at the psychological forces that push us downstream, ...Read More

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: An instant classic about why some ideas succeed and others fail, as well as how to make your own idea more likely to succeed. A must-read in the age of "fake news." Mark Twain once said, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." This ...Read More

Ray Dalio is one of the most successful investors and business owners in the world. In this book, he talks about the unconventional principles that he has developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to achieve unique results in both life and business, and that anyone or any group can use to ...Read More

The best-selling authors of the classic book Difficult Conversations teach us how to listen to and learn from feedback, advice, criticism, and coaching. We are surrounded by feedback. Bosses, coworkers, customers, and even family, friends, and in-laws all have "suggestions" for how we should do our ...Read More

Finally, a step-by-step plan to fix businesses that depend on the owner. Do you ever feel like your business is a place where adults go to play? Are you always saying the same thing over and over, trying to fix mistakes and keep things together? What if you could make a business that runs itself? You've ...Read More

The world's top expert on how habits form shows how to live a happier, healthier life by starting small. When it comes to making changes, small is powerful. Start with two pushups a day instead of a two-hour workout, or take five deep breaths every morning instead of meditating for an hour. B.J. Fogg's ...Read More

Don't believe everything you hear anymore. Now, two science professors give us the tools we need to spot fake news and bad data and think clearly in a world full of them. It's getting harder and harder to know what's true. There is a lot of false information, misinformation, and fake news. The way we ...Read More

As companies adopt, integrate, and use software as the key to their success in the 21st century, there are a lot of processes and methods vying for the attention of their product teams. In the worst case, each discipline on these teams—product management, design, and software engineering—learns a different ...Read More

In the much-anticipated book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that control how we think. System 1 works quickly, intuitively, and emotionally. System 2 works more slowly, carefully, and logically. Kahneman shows both the great ...Read More

Do you just play for fun, or do you play to win? Strategy is not hard to grasp. But it's tough. It's hard because it forces people and organisations to make specific decisions about their future, which doesn't happen in most companies. Now, two of the most famous business thinkers of our time explain ...Read More