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Getting Wiser, Faster - Charlie Munger's Mental Models

"Make friends with the eminent dead" - the quote from Charlie Munger that inspired me to start this all. For those who haven't heard of Charlie Munger, he was the longtime partner of Warren Buffett, a billionaire investor, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, legal scholar turned businessman, and one of the most influential teachers of multidisciplinary decision-making in modern capitalism. As a pioneer of mental-model thinking, I believe there is much I can learn from his d

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Feb 164 min read

Activation Energy - using mental models to trick myself into working out

This is similar in concept to low/high friction points (if you are unfortunately familiar with such corporate lingo). Essentially, the concept is that if there are a lot of tasks or effort that is required before you even start something, it's going to be harder just to get to the starting point, which over time will reduce your desire to get to the starting point. I've experienced this myself when it comes to working out. I don't want to go to the gym to do a workout because

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May 163 min read

Loss Aversion + Opportunity Cost - using mental models to try and make better decisions

Loss aversion bias essentially describes us as humans to feel the thought of losing something to be twice as detrimental as any positive from a gain. It is the leading cause as to why I haven't bought a coffee machine yet. Or the new Nintendo Switch 2. Or that jacket that I passed by while walking to work that I really liked. Opportunity cost is all the happiness that those things could've given me. One day at work my manager and I were talking about coffee, as people who hav

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Apr 64 min read