Category Archives: Exercises

Four models on entrepreneurship that counter discouraging myths

on June 4, 2013 in Awareness, Entrepreneurship, Exercises, Models, Tips

[This post is part of a series on “Mental models and beliefs: an exercise to identify yours.” If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] Do you think about starting a company? Or something else entrepreneurial, like starting and leading a project where you work, a community-based project, or the like?[…] Keep reading →

A model for the mechanics of how you change your beliefs

on June 3, 2013 in Awareness, Exercises, Models, Tips

[This post is part of a series on “Mental models and beliefs: an exercise to identify yours.” If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] After reading a lot of this series, you probably found some beliefs you’d like to try. You might wonder “how do I change my beliefs?” If[…] Keep reading →

A model for strategy

on June 2, 2013 in Education, Entrepreneurship, Exercises, Models, NorthKorea, Tips, Visualization

[This post is part of a series on “Mental models and beliefs: an exercise to identify yours.” If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] Strategy is a fundamental study for many fields, including leadership, military, games, and plenty areas of business. If you’re reading this page, you don’t need motivation[…] Keep reading →

A model to make sense of complexity

on June 1, 2013 in Awareness, Exercises, Models, Nature, Perception

[This post is part of a series on “Mental models and beliefs: an exercise to identify yours.” If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] If you believe everything that happens has a cause, when something happens you want to change you look for the cause and change it. You might[…] Keep reading →

A model that makes changing beliefs easier

on May 31, 2013 in Exercises, Freedom, Models, Tips

[This post is part of a series on “Mental models and beliefs: an exercise to identify yours.” If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] As you read posts in this series you may have read beliefs you liked and wanted to adopt but thought “I can’t believe that. It clashes[…] Keep reading →

A model to tolerate when people pre-judge me

on May 30, 2013 in Awareness, Exercises, Nonjudgment, Perception

[This post is part of a series on “Mental models and beliefs: an exercise to identify yours.” If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] Doesn’t it bother you when someone treats you like a preconceived notion instead of the person you are? Doesn’t it feel dehumanizing? Today’s belief came from[…] Keep reading →

A model to help live and let live

on May 29, 2013 in Exercises, Freedom, Models, Nonjudgment, Tips

[This post is part of a series on “Mental models and beliefs: an exercise to identify yours.” If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] One of the things I love most about where I live, the West Village, is its diversity. And not just in the things people most talk[…] Keep reading →

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