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The mind is like a map that can offer clues about our core essence and point us in the right direction. But the map is not the territory itself.
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
Any user of a map or model must realize that we do not understand a model, map, or reduction unless we understand and respect its limitations. If we don’t understand what the map does and doesn’t tell us, it can be useless or even dangerous.
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
Mapping our work allows us to navigate our life. It makes obvious not only the course we need to take to reach our destination, but also the terrain—revealing the amenities at our disposal and the roadblocks along the way. It plots our work’s context (the people, the places, the conditions, the effort, the trade-offs), helping us to envision our re
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30 mental models to add to your thinking toolbox
youtube.comStory is the map of the maze.
Tamsen Webster • Find Your Red Thread
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Thinking in maps: from the Lascaux caves to knowledge graphs
Mental models are representations of systems and environments derived from experience. People understand and interact with systems and environments by comparing the outcomes of their mental models with the real-world systems and environments. When the outcomes correspond, a mental model is accurate and complete. When the outcomes do not correspond,
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