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Mental Models 101

What the heck is a mental model ? A mental model is like a blueprint of how you can boost up your capacity to make decisions that are more strategic and intelligent. It typically is a one-dimensional view of reality and hence you would need to use a variety of models based on circumstances. Examples are many but a few you may have heard of include First Principles Thinking, Second-Order Thinking and Systems Thinking

Why use them ? Some Advantages Of Mental Models Include :

1. They are efficiency engines: A mental model is going to help the brain learn how to run more efficiently, especially when it comes to dealing with some tasks that may be repetitive and routine. This is going to allow the brain to be more creative and to focus on novel inputs instead.

2. They are Effective: These mental models are going to help limit the errors that we see, and will make sure there is less wasted effort. This is going to make the brain power more effective in delivering the outcome that you are looking for.

3. They thrive on Economy: This is a term that is all about the efficient and effective utilization of the resources that we have. the brain is going to need a ton of different resources to help it operate. In fact, you will find that the brain is the most resource-intensive organ in the whole body. Because of this, any increment to the effectiveness and efficiency of the brain means that you are going to use your resources more wisely.

4. They Drive Certainty: The mental model is going to help you bring about some level of certainty when it comes to common challenges in your life. Because of this, a mental model is able to coordinate the brain function of several people inside the same team or group. This means that the model is going to bring in a bit of predictability that you need when it is time to handle challenges and more.

5. They drive Productivity: With certainty and economy added to the mix, the productivity that you will see with the brain is going to go higher. In the end, the productivity of not just the individual person, but also the whole team, is going to go up.

The neat thing is that these mental models are going to be able to do a lot of different things for you. They can first step in and enable you to see the world in a more accurate manner, and then you can use this new form of accuracy to predict the future in a much better way than it would have been without them.

This model can also help you to form a new mastermind kind of alliance because you will then be able to find some people who can suit your model and then the connections that are built up from this are going to be mutually beneficial.

As you learn to use them you will find that mental models help you to generate some breakthrough ideas because they will have a unique angle view of the situation that is at hand.

Happy thinking 😀


 

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