big ideas are usually simple ideas
Velocity over speed: Direction matters more than pace. Worry more about where you are headed, not how fast you are moving.
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thinking
11 posts from the LinkedIn archive, on mental models, analogies, and clear judgment.
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analogies are communication shortcuts
They act as compressed stories that we use to effectively persuade, innovate and make decisions.
nature abhors a vacuum, and so does understanding
Nature, as Aristotle said, abhors (hates) a vacuum. A vacuum, once formed, would be filled by the dense material surrounding it.
no one is wrong on purpose
When having conversations with people you disagree with:
not all facts have the same level of truth
Not all facts have the same level of truth in them.
paradoxically, there is almost nothing new in the news
A scandal here, a bomb there,
the not-to-do list
This paragraph is one reason Rolf Dobelli is my favorite author:
the only true test of intelligence
Naval gives an interesting definition of intelligence.
think for yourself
We human beings tend to be incredibly conventional animals. We get ideas from our parents, from our schooling, from the people around us. And that becomes…
this universe is a stage for random probabilities
If you internalize that as a mental model, then when you face unfairness, bad luck, or failure, you won’t take it personally — and you won’t get stuck.
where creativity comes from
Write everything down, but keep your folders messy.
Posts written for LinkedIn between 2019 and 2025, republished here so they live somewhere I own. Browse the other categories ↗