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Tren Griffin's mental models

2 claims Tren Griffin made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Less, but better, Second-order thinking. Everything they said here.

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Less, but better

Find the essence and cut the rest; simplicity is hard work, not the absence of effort.

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A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.

  1. Tren Griffin Writer of the 25iq blog Businesses die more often from indigestion than starvation. Finding ways to grow without new resources is often what creates new value value. Lessons from Scott Belsky’s Book “The Messy Middle”25iq.com · 29 Sept 2018All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsBusinesses die more often from indigestion than starvation. Finding ways to grow without new resources is often what creates new value value.

    ↗Lessons from Scott Belsky’s Book “The Messy Middle”25iq.com

    29 Sept 2018

Second-order thinking

Ask "and then what?": follow a decision past its first effect to the ones that come after.

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Having many children as a strategy against old-age poverty creates negative societal spillovers.

  1. Tren Griffin Writer of the 25iq blog In many societies people try to solve this old age problem by having a lot of children who might take care of them when they are older and that creates even more negative societal spillovers. Lessons from Annie Duke (Author of “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts”)25iq.com · 13 Oct 2018All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsIn many societies people try to solve this old age problem by having a lot of children who might take care of them when they are older and that creates even more negative societal spillovers.

    ↗Lessons from Annie Duke (Author of “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts”)25iq.com

    13 Oct 2018