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10-10-10 Rule - A decision-making framework that evaluates choices by considering how you will feel about them in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years.
Amara's Law - We overestimate technology's short-term impact and underestimate its long-term impact.
Belief in Belief - A cognitive situation where your stated beliefs conflict with your actual actions and expectations.
Black Swan - A rare, unpredictable event with major impact that is rationalized in hindsight.
Business as a System - A mental model that views a business not just as a product or legal entity, but as an interconnected system of processes, channels, and components.
Concept Handle - A memorable phrase describing a complex or abstract idea.
Concept Network - A network of interconnected concepts that form the structure of understanding in a knowledge base.
First Principles Thinking - Breaking down problems to fundamental truths and building up from there.
Gates' Law - Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
Inversion Thinking - A mental model that approaches problems backward by thinking about what could cause failure.
Knowledge Staircase - A metaphor for learning and teaching that visualizes everyone at different levels of expertise, able to help those just below them and learn from those above.
Mindset Over Tools - Prioritizing methodology, habits, and mental models over specific tools in knowledge work.
Occam's Razor - The principle that simpler explanations are generally preferable to complex ones.
OODA Loop - A decision-making framework consisting of four phases: Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act.
Optionality - The strategic practice of keeping options open to benefit from uncertainty and unexpected opportunities.
Positive Feedback Loop - A cycle where outputs amplify inputs, creating exponential growth or decline.
Reality-Perception Gap - Problems arise from conflicts between our expectations and our inherently incomplete, biased perception of reality.
Regret Minimization Framework - A decision-making approach that evaluates choices by imagining yourself at age 80 and asking which option would minimize lifetime regret.
Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions - A framework for categorizing decisions as one-way doors (Type 1) or two-way doors (Type 2).
Satisficing - A decision-making strategy of accepting a 'good enough' option rather than seeking the optimal solution.
Shared Understanding - Common knowledge, perspectives, and mental models that enable effective team collaboration.
Stadium of Selves - A mental model for viewing your life as a gathering space where all versions of yourself - past, present, and future - coexist and communicate.
SySTEM Model - A decision-making framework: Sensing, Thinking, Experimenting, and Modeling together.
Systems Thinking - Understanding how components interact within complex wholes.

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