Thinking

**Mental models · Ideas · Interesting people **

Mental models

• The better quality our mental model is, the better our product or output will be
• Have multiple mental models
• The Great Mental Models Volume 1 - Shane Parrish
• Clear Thinking - Shane Parrish

Ideas

• Make an effort to think unusual thoughts
• Writing allows for iterative thinking
• The Idea Machine - How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future - Joel Miller
• Consider ideas that are opposed to each other

Interesting people

• Euclid
• Nikki Giovanni
• Claude Shannon
• Arthur Wharton