Most Comprehensive, Categorized List Of The Most Useful Mental Models
Consider this website as a dictionary or library for Mental Models. It will be your single point of truth for learning about particular Mental Models and how they are connected.
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Version two is a lie
"When building a product, don’t bank on a second version ever shipping. Make sure the first version is a complete product because it may be out there forever. When software was sold on shelves, teams
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What is a Mental Model?
Mental Model can be defined as a representation of how some real-life phenomenon works. However this dictionary will focus on the ones which don’t change in time. Some of them are helping us to reach our full potential and the others are taking us far way from the desired success.