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description: THE MUCH ANTICIPATED SECOND INSTALLMENT IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLING SERIES THE GREAT MENTAL MODELS.Solve problems. Think with clarity. Achieve your goals.The secret to better decision-making is learning things that wont change. Mastering a small number of versatile concepts with broad applicability enables you to rapidly grasp new areas identify patterns and understand how the world works. Dont waste your time on knowledge with an expiry date - focus on the fundamentals.The Farnam Street latticework of mental models gives you the durable cognitive tools you need to avoid problems and make better decisions.A mental model is a representation of how something works. Constructing mental models helps you to navigate the world efficiently and intelligently. Time and time again great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have found mental models indispensable in both solving problems and preventing them in the first place. Cultivating stronger mental models is one of the most powerful things you can do to become a better thinker. The Great Mental Volume 2 covers essential models from chemistry biology and physics. The hard sciences offer a wealth of useful tools you can use to develop critically important skills like curiosity relationship-building and leadership. Formal expertise in science is not necessary though if you have it you may see parts of your discipline in a new light. This second volume of the Great Mental Models series shows you how to make connections between concepts from the sciences and your own life. You'll not only get a better understanding of the forces that influence the world around you but you'll learn how to direct those forces to create outsized advantages in the areas of your life that matter most to you.Volume 2 will teach you how And much more... Mastering The Great Mental Models helps you thrive in an uncertain world. The right cognitive tools prepare you for any type of challenge. From parenting to healthy eating relationships to personal productivity and from learning to product design this book will give you new lenses for understanding life.A wonderful resource youll keep returning to year after year. As you incorporate the models in this book into your mental toolbox youll see the world with fresh eyes.START BUILDING YOUR LATTICEWORK TODAY!Praise for The Great Mental Models Im really glad this exists in the world and I can see that I will be recommending it often. Matt Mullenweg co-founder of WordPress founder and CEO of AutomatticIf youve read Charlie Mungers Almanack this is the book you deeply crave in its wake.  Learn the big ideas from the big disciplines and youll be able to twist and turn problems in interesting ways at unprecedented speeds.  You owe yourself this book. Simon EskildsenThis is what non-fiction books should aspire to be like. Informative concise universal practical visual sharing stories and examples for context. Definitely a must-read if youre into universal multi-disciplinary thinking. Carl RannabergI can truly say it is one of the best books Ive ever had the pleasure of getting lost in. I loved the book and the challenges to conventional wisdom and thinking it presents. Rod BerrymanWant to learn? Read This! This should be a standard text for high school and university students. Code Cubitt
language: English
title: The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
publisher: Latticework Publishing Inc.