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Multi-Models: Think Again (models) for Adaptive Thinking
At its core, Think Again – a book by Wharton professor, Adam Grant – is a book about learning how to learn better. Or as Grant might argue, “the ability to rethink and unlearn.” Adam Grant doesn’t ask readers to abandon their beliefs on demand. Instead, he suggest we build thinking
Multi-Models: Tiny Experiments (models) for Self-Discovery
At its core, Anne-Laure Le Cunff‘s book, Tiny Experiments offers a playbook for sustainable growth through small, exploratory actions (models). This book isn’t about productivity hacks – it’s about mindset design. Each pillar of the book’s framework can be understood as a powerful experimental model guiding how we think, act,
Mental Models: The SUCCESs Framework (Made to Stick!)
Make Ideas Unforgettable: Six Models to Memorable, Action-Driven Messaging In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath unpack why some ideas survive while others vanish. The difference isn’t luck – it’s structure. They outline six core traits (models) of sticky ideas: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, and Stories – forming the
Multi-Models: Unlocking Hidden Potential
Adam Grant’s Hidden Potential book isn’t just about personal growth – it’s a roadmap for designing it. The people who rise the farthest aren’t necessarily the most gifted. They’re the ones who think differently about how growth happens. Across a couple of major themes (and several models), he explains how we
Multi-Models: Getting Big Projects Done
Most projects fail. It’s not always because the idea is flawed or the people are wrong – but because the thinking is. Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner, authors of How Big Things Get Done (Financial Times’ 2023 Business Book of the Year), spent decades studying why major projects crash – and
Mental Method: The Let Them/Let Me Theory
The Let Them Theory: When people disappoint you, ignore you, cut you out, talk behind your back, or forget to include you – what do you do? Mel Robbins has asuggestion. Two words: Let Them, followed by two more: Let Me In her bestselling book, The Let Them Theory, Robbins introduces a
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