The Science of Success

How To Stop Living Your Life On Autopilot, Take Control, and Build a Toolbox of Mental Models to Understand Reality with Farnam Street’s Shane Parrish


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Do you feel like your life is on auto-pilot? Do you want to take control and build a better and deeper understanding of reality? In this episode we discuss mental models, cognitive biases, go deep on decision-making and how to improve and build a smarter decision-making framework and we look at a number of key mental models that you can add to your mental toolbox.
 
 If you want to dramatically improve your decision making with a few short steps - listen to this episode! 
 
 Shane Parrish is the founder and author of the Farnam Street blog, which has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and much more, its one of my personal favorite blogs and an incredible resource dedicated to making you smarter every day by mastering the best of what other’s have already figured out.
 
 We discuss the following topics:
 -Why you should focus on mastering things that change slowly or don’t change at all
 -Why reading “pop” books and news doesn’t make you smarter
 -How to pattern interrupt yourself when you get focused on the wrong things
 -What “mental models” are and how you can use them to your advantage
 -Why you should focus on your “circle of competence"
 -How to reduce your blindspots and make better decisions
 -Simple steps you can take right now to improve your decision-making
 -How to think about the world like Charlie Munger
 -How you can avoid becoming “a man with a hammer"
 -Why you should focus on avoiding stupidity instead of trying to be smart
 -Why its so important that you should keep a decision journal (how to do it)
 -And much more! 
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