The latticework farnam streets take on mental models has been heavily influenced by charlie mungers latticework approach which has been described in. About the author farnam street fs is one of the worlds fastest growing websites, dedicated to helping our readers master the best of what other people have already figured out. Mastering mental models, with shane parrish invest like. If you are curious and youre interested in decision making, leadership, philosophy, mental models, innovation, seeking wisdom and you want to connect with a group of likeminded individuals to engage in. The mental models approach helps you understand reality. Jan 29, 2020 the great mental models, volume one by shane parrish farnam street date read. Rhiannon beaubien and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
Nov 11, 2019 2 comments on farnam streets great mental models, presented by automattic ive been a fan of shane parrish and his indispensable farnam street for many years now. Im not affiliated with farnam street, but ive followed shane and his site for years. Jun 29, 2017 its one thing to collect models and organize them neatly. Apr 28, 2017 shane is the founder and author of the farnam street blog. General thinking concepts is the first book in the great mental models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand.
This first volume is beautifully designed and curated with actionable content and i. I first discovered what a mental model was and how useful the right one could be while i was reading a story about richard feynman, the. We cannot keep all of the details of the world in our brains, so we use models to simplify the complex into understandable and organizable chunks. The great mental models, volume one shane parrish alex. Farnam street fs helps you master the best of what other people have already figured out. Packed with timeless mental models, fs will teach you the mental tools you need to deal with whatever life throws at you. Shane decided to pursue farnam street fulltime, expanding to newsletters, podcasts, a social platform, and. Dec 26, 2017 the most general mental models i have seen come from consultants who hop from industry to industry swot for a business, of the bcg matrix but even they are specific to firms and companies. Shane parrish, creator of the farnam street blog and host of the knowledge project podcast. Shane is a fascinating person hes a former cybersecurity expert for the canadian intelligence agency and occasional blogger who turned his website into a fulltime career. A dozen things ive learned from charlie munger about mental models and worldly wisdom. There are a lot of books on these mental models or strategy frameworks. Mental models are how we simplify complexity, why we consider some things more relevant than others, and how we reason.
Farnam street, which is named after the street where berkshires hathaways omaha headquarters is located, has long been a favorite resource for investors as well as many others. General thinking concepts 9781999449001 by farnam street. The great mental models, vol 1 marks the first of several installments produced by the folks at fs. Weve written previously on the blog and in the great mental models book about the mapterritory divide. We all use some form of map practically every day, but we can forget that maps are made by fallible. The great mental models meet your next favorite book. Mental models are your minds tool box for making decisions. Apr 29, 2019 in this episode of the making sense podcast, sam harris speaks with shane parrish about some of the mental models that should guide our thinking and behavior. Farnam street has based their whole blog around it. Oct 23, 2019 grab a copy of the great mental models, then check out the larger mental models project on shanes blog, farnam street.
While working as a cybersecurity expert at a canadian intelligence agency, people started paying attention to his blog, farnam street, which pulls lessons from the best in the biz to help you upgrade your thinking. The great mental models is the selfhelp, personal transformation, decision making and success book that contains the models to improve decision making and productivity. A mental model is simply a representation of how something works. To be wellinformed, cut the news and read these 7 blogs instead. The framework for understanding how the world really works. General thinking concepts by farnam street, 9781999449001, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The core themes will seem familiar to farnam street readers. This book is the first volume of the series and covers these mental models.
The book is short, focused and gets right down to the mental models. Blogs, too, should be judged on their likelihood to affect your mental models. Jan 22, 2017 for the basics of mental models what, why, some examples and other worldly wisdom. Jul 14, 2017 the farnam street latticework of mental models. Grt mental models general thin farnam street amazon. The big book of mental models hardcover june 18, 2019 by gabriel weinberg author visit amazons gabriel weinberg page. Farnam streets take on mental models has been heavily influenced by. General thinking concepts, is the first volume in a series that seeks to distill and expand on the content already published on farnam street. In his excellent book, against the gods, peter bernstein states that the essence of risk management lies in maximizing the areas where we have some control over the outcome while minimizing the areas where we have absolutely no control. Shane parrish is the host of the knowledge project podcast and the founder of farnam street blog, which aims to help others develop an understanding of how the world works, make better. This book is a concrete explanation of how the representation of a thing can differ wildly from the thing itself.
Its an entirely different thing to actually put a model into practice so many times that it becomes part of your unconscious decisionmaking process. The smartest people in the world use mental models to make intelligent. Seriously, you can lose yourself for hours in his blog where else will you find the best of goethes aphorisms next to the evolutionary benefit of friendship. If you are a reader of the farnam street blog, much of the content will be familar but this is a great way to have it condensed in one book. The latest business book is unlikely to provide and valuable mental model, or if it does, itll be one idea spread out over 250 pages, 200 of which you can skip. To help you build your latticework of mental models so you can make better decisions, weve collected and summarized the ones weve found the most useful. To get there, were starting with 4 reference books that cover the core, timeless, individual mental models you should have learned. This volume details nine of the most versatile allpurpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making, your productivity, and how clearly you see. Author biography farnam street fs is one of the worlds fastest growing websites, dedicated to helping our readers master the best of what other people have already figured out. This volume details nine of the most versatile allpurpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision. This is the first in a series of books being published by shane and the farnham street group focusing on mental models, which are thinking concepts that help us make good decisions. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. She contributes to the blog and leads the development of the great mental models book series. Farnam streets take on mental models has been heavily influenced by charlie mungers latticework approach which has been described in.
Otherwise known as thinking through in reverse or thinking backwards, inversion is a problem solving technique. Shane is the founder and author of the farnam street blog. The great mental models, volume one by shane parrish farnam street date read. The great mental models is a project by fs to help equalize opportunity in the world by making a highquality multidisciplinary, interconnected, education free and available to everyone.
Mungers thoughts on multidisciplinary thinking and mental models. The incredible value of mental models in a world of. We curate, examine and explore the timeless ideas and mental models that historys brightest minds have used to live lives of purpose. Nov 11, 2018 how a former canadian spy helps wall street mavens think smarter. Popular farnam street books meet your next favorite book. Rhiannon lives in ottawa with her husband and two boys. Description of the great mental models by farnam street pdf the great mental models is the decision making. But rather than providing stock writeups or economic commentary, parrish has focused on helping readers increase their worldly wisdom, as long advocated by. A gifted writer and earnest truthseeker, rhiannon brings a unique perspective, intellectual curiosity, and the courage to explore the tough questions that farnam street is known for.
For the basics of mental models what, why, some examples and other worldly wisdom. Farnam streets great mental models, volume 2 the rational walk. I loved the book and the challenges to conventional wisdom and thinking it. He writes on and teaches topics such as decision making, learning. Packed with timeless insights, our weekly newsletter offers the mental tools to deal with whatever life throws at you. The most general mental models i have seen come from consultants who hop from industry to industry swot for a business, of the bcg matrix but even they are specific to firms and companies. In this episode of the making sense podcast, sam harris speaks with shane parrish about some of the mental models that should guide our thinking and behavior.
Let me explain what i mean by sharing a story about a worldclass thinker. Jan 07, 2019 shane then shares his overarching decision making philosophy and explains what mental models are and why theyre a powerful tool to make better decisions. Farnam street fs is one of the worlds fastest growing websites, dedicated to helping our readers master the best of what other people have already figured out. To support his efforts, i bought a copy of his book. One of the best ways to do this is to expand the set of mental models you use to think. Apr 01, 2018 the mental models approach helps you understand reality.
Broadly speaking, these are often adaptable to any group effort. His work has been featured in forbes, the wall street journal and more. The great mental models series is a stunning achievement in centralizing the many models for thought in an organized fashion. Love that theres a small community on reddit excited about mental models. The great mental models general thinking concepts ebook. Mastering mental models, with shane parrish invest like the.
Our readers include students, teachers, ceos, coaches. Aug 03, 2016 mental models are how we simplify complexity, why we consider some things more relevant than others, and how we reason. The great mental models, volume 2 audiobook by farnam. We then discuss why you should focus on being consistently not stupid instead of trying to be consistently brilliant and tactics you can use to make better decisions. Farnam streets great mental models, presented by automattic. This first volume is beautifully designed and curated with actionable content and i recommend it. I got most of these from farnam street and poor charlies almanack, though ive added in dozens of my own as well. Aug 28, 2017 the latest business book is unlikely to provide and valuable mental model, or if it does, itll be one idea spread out over 250 pages, 200 of which you can skip. General thinking concepts is the first book in the great mental models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best.
Shane parrish from farnam street publishes the great. I can truly say is one of the best books ive ever had the pleasure of getting lost in. This is a group for people who are readers of shane parrishs farnam street blog and listeners of his podcast, the knowledge project. We curate, examine and explore the timeless ideas and mental models that. Farnam streets great mental models the rational walk. The great mental models audiobook by shane parrish. By shane parrish i discovered the farnam street blog last year and have been hooked ever since. And when you understand things at a deeper level you make better decisions. Mental models probability theory also helps us manage risk. General thinking concepts farnam street, shane parrish, rhiannon beaubien on. This volume covers nine, such as occams razor, inversion, probabilistic thinking, and others. Wall street guru shane parrish has some mental models for you. In the third episode of the knowledge, shane parrish talks to professor sanjay bakshi on reading, mental models, worldly wisdom, checklists and investing. Some of the popular mental models covered are the map is not the territory circle of competence first principles thinking secondorder.
Jan 01, 2020 if you are a reader of the farnam street blog, much of the content will be familar but this is a great way to have it condensed in one book. Self development archives page 59 of 292 ebookscart. Often by considering what we want to avoid rather than what we want to get, we come up with better solutions. Headquartered in ottawa, canada, fs helps millions of people master the best of what other people have already figured out. How a former canadian spy helps wall street mavens think smarter. How a former canadian spy helps wall street mavens think. Shane parish and the team at farnam street are uniquely positioned by their extensive interviews with thoughtful leaders of the day to summarize different models for improved decision making. A list of top 100 mental models for business by rob d. Our readers include students, teachers, ceos, coaches, athletes, artists, leaders, followers, politicians and more. Jan 20, 2020 his new book, the great mental models. Mastering mental models, with shane parrish invest like the best, ep.