Explore frameworks, mental models, principles, and techniques extracted from deep book analyses.
48 concepts across 2 books
The experiencing self lives through moments in real-time; the remembering self evaluates episodes based on memory and makes future decisions.
Intuitive expertise is genuine in high-validity environments (stable patterns, rapid feedback) but illusory in low-validity environments (unstable, delayed feedback).
People evaluate outcomes relative to a reference point rather than in absolute terms, are loss-averse, show diminishing sensitivity, and overweight small probabilities.
When faced with a difficult question, System 1 automatically substitutes an easier question without conscious awareness of the switch.
A framework for building habits: make it obvious (cue), attractive (craving), easy (response), and satisfying (reward).
Behavior change operates at three levels: outcomes (what you get), processes (what you do), and identity (what you believe).
Identity changes through accumulated evidence: each habit execution is a vote for the type of person you want to become.
Lasting behavior change comes from shifting your identity (who you are) rather than focusing on outcomes (what you achieve).
Fast, automatic, unconscious cognitive processing that operates through pattern recognition and associative memory without deliberate effort.
Slow, effortful, conscious cognitive processing required for complex calculations, unfamiliar tasks, and deliberate reasoning.
Letting feelings and emotions guide judgment, substituting 'How do I feel about it?' for 'What do I think about it?'
The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered (the anchor) when making decisions, even when it's arbitrary or irrelevant.
Judging the frequency or probability of events by how easily examples come to mind, leading to overestimation of vivid, recent, or emotional events.
Ignoring statistical base rates (how common something is in the population) in favor of specific case information or stereotypes.
Strategically adding or removing small obstacles to make desired behaviors easier and undesired behaviors harder.
A comprehensive list of your daily behaviors rated as positive (+), negative (-), or neutral (=) to increase awareness.
Anchoring a new habit to an existing habit using the formula: 'After I [current habit], I will [new habit].'
Recording each execution of a habit to make progress visible and create immediate satisfaction (Law 4: Make It Satisfying).
Small habits compound over time like interest, with tiny improvements accumulating into remarkable results.
Habits are triggered by context (location, time, preceding event, emotional state) rather than abstract intentions.
Extreme performances tend to be followed by more average ones, not because of any causal intervention but due to statistical randomness.
The gap between expected linear progress and actual delayed results where most habits die before paying off.
Progress accumulates invisibly beneath the surface before suddenly becoming visible, like ice melting at 32 degrees.
When information is easy to process (fluent), we experience cognitive ease and are more likely to judge it as true, good, and safe.
A specific plan that states when, where, and how you will execute a behavior: 'I will [behavior] at [time] in [location].'