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Super Thinking

Super Thinking

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  • Author：Gabriel Weinberg
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Summary

"You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts。 If the facts don't hang together on a latticework of theory， you don't have them in a usable form。 You've got to have models in your head。"
- Charlie Munger， investor， vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

The world's greatest problem-solvers， forecasters， and decision-makers all rely on a set of frameworks and shortcuts that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones。 They're called mental models， and you can find them in dense textbooks on psychology， physics， economics， and more。

Or， you can just read Super Thinking， a fun， illustrated guide to every mental model you could possibly need。 How can mental models help you？ Well， here are just a few examples。。。

• If you've ever been overwhelmed by a to-do list that's grown too long， maybe you need the Eisenhower Decision Matrix to help you prioritize。

• Use the 5 Whys model to better understand people's motivations or get to the root cause of a problem。

• Before concluding that your colleague who messes up your projects is out to sabotage you， consider Hanlon's Razor for an alternative explanation。

• Ever sat through a bad movie just because you paid a lot for the ticket？ You might be falling prey to Sunk Cost Fallacy。

• Set up Forcing Functions， like standing meeting or deadlines， to help grease the wheels for changes you want to occur。

So， the next time you find yourself faced with a difficult decision or just trying to understand a complex situation， let Super Thinking upgrade your brain with mental models。

Note: in the US the subtitle is The Big Book of Mental Models and outside it is Upgrade Your Reasoning and Make Better Decisions with Mental Models。

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Reviews

Atal Agarwal ，

This book has a lot to offer about how to approach problems in life。 It has a lot of good knowledge and I would love to re-read

Ashlin Abraham ，

A great book to help you understand different strategies or mental models to quickly understand， organize and act upon information。 It covers relevant models to help with problem solving， making decisions， working with others， planning for the future， managing your time and understanding data - in an easy to follow， often humorous and applicable way。I would definitely recommend to anyone interested in learning and elevating their thinking。

Victor Hom ，

Enjoyed all the ideas。 Want to reread

Dustin ，

Couldn't finish it。 I'll blame it on indoctrination fatigue。 I guess only liberals use mental models based on the examples in the book。 Couldn't finish it。 I'll blame it on indoctrination fatigue。 I guess only liberals use mental models based on the examples in the book。 。。。more

Marco Paulo ，

I do not recommend this book。 To begin， the book is rife with filler。 Weinberg and McCann have dragged this debacle out to 318 pages when， with a more conventional format， they likely would have struggled to hit 200。 The book has wide margins and is littered with redundant illustrations - some of which are funny but very few add any true value。 That being said， Super Thinking makes for an ok， inattentive， lazy read。Super Thinking is plagued by 1） evident statements of common sense framed as insi I do not recommend this book。 To begin， the book is rife with filler。 Weinberg and McCann have dragged this debacle out to 318 pages when， with a more conventional format， they likely would have struggled to hit 200。 The book has wide margins and is littered with redundant illustrations - some of which are funny but very few add any true value。 That being said， Super Thinking makes for an ok， inattentive， lazy read。Super Thinking is plagued by 1） evident statements of common sense framed as insight 2） an over-dependence on social psychology 3） a lack of any coherent narrative。 With the narrative， the authors attempt to highlight loose relationships between concepts， lurching from one poorly explained concept to the next。 In writing Super Thinking， it’s evident the authors wanted to force in as many concepts as possible rather than pay any credence to weaving the concepts together。 Buying this book was stupid thinking， ha！ 。。。more

Maulik Balar ，

A good readA very interesting read。 Enjoyed a lot。 Recommended for anyone who is interested in behavioural sciences especially。 Definitely going in the repeat read list。

Kevin Demel ，

I can understand why mental models can help one in making decisions in any area of their life。 But the challenge is getting adept enough in the model to make it beneficial to one's decision making。 Thus the book has a list of a lot of mental models to explore but you will need to find more information about them and them start applying them to be confident that they are helping you make better decisions。 I can understand why mental models can help one in making decisions in any area of their life。 But the challenge is getting adept enough in the model to make it beneficial to one's decision making。 Thus the book has a list of a lot of mental models to explore but you will need to find more information about them and them start applying them to be confident that they are helping you make better decisions。 。。。more

Chad Horenfeldt ，

It took me a while to trudge through this book but the mental models are also laid out in themes that can help you digest them and in a way that you can relate them to your own life。 I was aware of many of these models but it provided the context I needed to form a mental boxes around these so I can better use them in my day to day。 I've also written or plan to write several pieces by applying these mental models to my own area of specialty。 Some chapters are more relevant than others so pick wh It took me a while to trudge through this book but the mental models are also laid out in themes that can help you digest them and in a way that you can relate them to your own life。 I was aware of many of these models but it provided the context I needed to form a mental boxes around these so I can better use them in my day to day。 I've also written or plan to write several pieces by applying these mental models to my own area of specialty。 Some chapters are more relevant than others so pick what is most meaningful to you。 You will want to create notes （I exported these to a note taking tool， Roam） so you can think more about how to apply these concepts。 Once you get towards the end of the book， the different models start to come together well so be sure to read it in chronological order。 。。。more

Michelle ，

Took me forever to finish。 I love reading about mental models， but would rather have gone deep on a few then spew 100s with a few sentences on each。 Favorite chapters were the first few where some of the basic biases were discussed and the importance of "being wrong less"。 Took me forever to finish。 I love reading about mental models， but would rather have gone deep on a few then spew 100s with a few sentences on each。 Favorite chapters were the first few where some of the basic biases were discussed and the importance of "being wrong less"。 。。。more

Sumit Pareek ，

A good resource for mental models。 But it is more of a reference book that you can refer to from time to time。 It has a plethora of information and you might already aware of most of the knowledge present in the book。 Give it a read once but I would suggest keeping it to revisit it from time to time。

Jorg van Gaal ，

I agree with the authors that this book would be good for students or young people to start with。 It brings a lot of interesting principles and mental models that are very useful in life and business。 As a somewhat experienced business professional for me it was mostly a good summary and reminder of many concepts I know and apply。Still credit to the authors to put it all together in a coherent piece of literature。

Finlay ，

A very broad and shallow survey of hundreds of mental models， some as brief as a single sentence。 Although it has interesting parts， I struggle to see the real purpose of this book。 If it's to teach you to use the models， very few of them go into enough detail， and the structure of the book is more of a long connected prose description than instructional how-to。 A very broad and shallow survey of hundreds of mental models， some as brief as a single sentence。 Although it has interesting parts， I struggle to see the real purpose of this book。 If it's to teach you to use the models， very few of them go into enough detail， and the structure of the book is more of a long connected prose description than instructional how-to。 。。。more

John Nguyen ，

The premise of this book was promising， but it read like a list of definitions that is too high level to relate and apply。 It served as a great reminder of things I've learned throughout my profession career and would definitely help others。 Kind of a yawn when youre familiar with them。 The premise of this book was promising， but it read like a list of definitions that is too high level to relate and apply。 It served as a great reminder of things I've learned throughout my profession career and would definitely help others。 Kind of a yawn when youre familiar with them。 。。。more

د。أمجد الجنباز ，

يتحدث الكتاب عن نماذج تساعد في التفكيرالكثير من الكتب الأخرى تقدم هذه النماذج بطرق مختلفة، لكن هذا الكتاب يتميز في طريقة عرضه للنماذج من حيث تقسيمها لعدة أنواع وطرح الأنواع كقصة، وليس كتعداد。وبذلك فإن الكتاب يظهر الترابط بين النماذج المختلفة وكيف تقوم بدعم بعضها البعض

Heli ，

This book is poor。 It is ultimately the mishmash of startup hype and doesn't teach you new things。 But it does teach some things wrong。 At the start I was getting hopeful that oh， good， a pretty useful list of all sorts of ways to think about all sorts of problems。 So that list is useful a bit。 But the explanations。。。 When it got to systems thinking and laid out approximately two sentences about how "you should think about the system as a whole" without a word about its parts， the relationships This book is poor。 It is ultimately the mishmash of startup hype and doesn't teach you new things。 But it does teach some things wrong。 At the start I was getting hopeful that oh， good， a pretty useful list of all sorts of ways to think about all sorts of problems。 So that list is useful a bit。 But the explanations。。。 When it got to systems thinking and laid out approximately two sentences about how "you should think about the system as a whole" without a word about its parts， the relationships of the parts and the premises and what happens to parts， relationships and the whole if the premises change。 That was the end of my suspension of disbelief。 I wish for everyone not to pay for this book。 。。。more

Rick Woods ，

Good launching reference point for mental models。 This book just skims the surface with a lack of substance， but it’s still a lot to digest。 Although， the book would be over 1000 pages if each model took a deep dive。 Find the ones that work for your situation now， do some online digging and put them into action。

aman yadav ，

Super mental models to super charge your thinkingWell categorised collection of super mental models to guide your thinking。 The models can potentially better your understanding of the world and the happenings around you。

Julio Lopes ，

This book compacts so much knowledge。 From Thinking ， fast & slow， from Darwin to Munger， high output management and many more！ Just like the authors suggest I would really like to have read this book at the beginning of my career or even college。

Ricardo ，

AwesomeThe best book that I’ ve read in the last 3 years。 I recommend for every young professional who wants to speed-up its career / entrepreneurship， or for people interested in career change。

daniele benetton ，

Molto molto interessante pieno di spunti idee。 Invita a ragionare con spiegazioni ed esempi reali。

Valer Cara ，

Enjoyed lots！ It's a map of mental models - concepts gathered from various fields （physics， chem， economy， business， tech。。。） that are applicable to a broad range of problems， decisions， etc。。。 Some say it's a buzzword dictionary， but I think it's def。 worthwhile。++Alex Cloak for recommending！ Enjoyed lots！ It's a map of mental models - concepts gathered from various fields （physics， chem， economy， business， tech。。。） that are applicable to a broad range of problems， decisions， etc。。。 Some say it's a buzzword dictionary， but I think it's def。 worthwhile。++Alex Cloak for recommending！ 。。。more

Valeria ，

Da come veniva descritto sembrava che dovesse stupirmi con rivelazioni psicologiche sul come mai le persone si comportano istintivamente in un modo piuttosto che in un altro。。。in realtà boh， o già sapevo tutto （il che mi lusinga e mi fa sentire molto intelligente MA è POCO PROBABILE）， oppure le cause e conseguenze dei fatti che analizza sono un po' scontate e intuitive， utile come recap basilare per evitare di fare minchiate quando si prendono decisioni nella propria vita， ma non ci avrei speso Da come veniva descritto sembrava che dovesse stupirmi con rivelazioni psicologiche sul come mai le persone si comportano istintivamente in un modo piuttosto che in un altro。。。in realtà boh， o già sapevo tutto （il che mi lusinga e mi fa sentire molto intelligente MA è POCO PROBABILE）， oppure le cause e conseguenze dei fatti che analizza sono un po' scontate e intuitive， utile come recap basilare per evitare di fare minchiate quando si prendono decisioni nella propria vita， ma non ci avrei speso il prezzo del libro。 La cosa originale è che fa notare come molti comportamenti osservabili nei nostri rapporti interpersonali o lavorativi si rispecchiano anche nel mondo della chimica， della biologia， della fisica e della matematica。 E i fumetti。 Quelli sono carini e mi hanno fatta ridere。 。。。more

Ashcharya Rishi ，

Really wanted to know more about mental models and this was a great book for that。 I got introduced to many new mental models through this book。

El ，

A great read。 In this book， mental models across multiple disciplines are distilled into multiple themes。 The ideas in the book helps us to make better decisions in our lives and to be more effective in our personal and professional lives。 Key takeaways are provided at the end of each chapter to reiterate the mental models discussed。Some mental models are good to know， and I personally picked out a few mental models that are important to myself （in my current phase）， and strive to apply them int A great read。 In this book， mental models across multiple disciplines are distilled into multiple themes。 The ideas in the book helps us to make better decisions in our lives and to be more effective in our personal and professional lives。 Key takeaways are provided at the end of each chapter to reiterate the mental models discussed。Some mental models are good to know， and I personally picked out a few mental models that are important to myself （in my current phase）， and strive to apply them into my daily life。 It's definitely provided us a different set of lens for us to understand the world we live in。 。。。more

Nishit ，

A lot of objections I see people having with this book is that it brushes over a lot of mental models without going into the details of it。 But I don't think that was what this book was written for。 This book is an introduction to over 200 mental models （I know this， cause I've made note of each one of it） and it serves as one good guide to base your decisions on。 Good stuff。 Although it does get heavy at times。 A lot of objections I see people having with this book is that it brushes over a lot of mental models without going into the details of it。 But I don't think that was what this book was written for。 This book is an introduction to over 200 mental models （I know this， cause I've made note of each one of it） and it serves as one good guide to base your decisions on。 Good stuff。 Although it does get heavy at times。 。。。more

Valia （beingshelfaware） ，

Finished reading Super Thinking （someone recommended this to me almost 2 months ago）。 Took a while to finish it but it was a good book。 For myself there were two chapters I kinda skimmed through because those mental models uses maths which I'm kind of bad at （statistics， percentages etc）。 but the rest I learned new models。 There was one model that I use at work （job theory） which I had low understanding and confusion of but it helped clear up some of the confusion。 Overall 4/5。 Finished reading Super Thinking （someone recommended this to me almost 2 months ago）。 Took a while to finish it but it was a good book。 For myself there were two chapters I kinda skimmed through because those mental models uses maths which I'm kind of bad at （statistics， percentages etc）。 but the rest I learned new models。 There was one model that I use at work （job theory） which I had low understanding and confusion of but it helped clear up some of the confusion。 Overall 4/5。 。。。more

Al ，

One of four books that have shaped my thinking over several decades。Systemantics - John GallBeyond Normality: The Predictive Value and Efficiency of Medical Diagnoses - Robert S Galen， S。 Raymond GambinoFuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic - Bart KoskoSuper Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models - Gabriel Weinberg， Lauren McCann

Ainee Ansaari ，

What a brilliant book！ This is a bible for mind growth that I would keep revisiting as I progress through different phases of my life。There are numerous key takeaways and great mental models to shape your mind！

Jack Sternburg ，

This is a book of other books’ content。 This is undoubtedly useful but it would have been better written as a small encyclopedia rather than a typical non-fiction psychology book。 The authors have added no intellectual contribution to the ideas they explain。 And how could they？ They are not psychologists or economists。 So if you are into the interpretations of an amateur then this book is great。 However， I would recommend getting the information from the original authors。 I get an uneasy feeling This is a book of other books’ content。 This is undoubtedly useful but it would have been better written as a small encyclopedia rather than a typical non-fiction psychology book。 The authors have added no intellectual contribution to the ideas they explain。 And how could they？ They are not psychologists or economists。 So if you are into the interpretations of an amateur then this book is great。 However， I would recommend getting the information from the original authors。 I get an uneasy feeling that this is a vanity project so that the authors can say «I wrote a book！» Like I said before this is a useful book， but the total lack of author personality or contribution is unsettling。 It also seems like it is trying to jump on the bandwagon of « mental models， » which has become a buzz-word lately。 Their « mental » models aren’t the same as in Ericsson’s Peak （I think that started the trend） and they aren’t mental other than the fact that the models are able to be conceived of。 The last flaw is the dweeby， robotic writing style which furthers the feeing of unease I get from this book。 。。。more

Rajagopal ，

Explains about various mental models。 Recommended not to read in one sitting。 It acts as a catalog of mental models and definitely hits the mark on that end。After first reading， this will leave you in the state Know the name of something rather than know it。As the book states this is supposed to be practiced and then review to understand where we are being led astray。 Good one to add to your arsenal。

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