Self-improvement
Psychology
Mental Health
Personal Development
Self-help
Procrastination
Conformity
Introspection Illusion
Brand Loyalty
Cult Indoctrination
Supernormal Releasers
Affect Heuristic
Selling Out
Catharsis
10 mental models you should know in 10 tweets:
Procrastination
Introspection Illusion
Brand Loyalty
Argument from ignorance (fallacy)
Cult Indoctrination
Supernormal Releasers
Affect Heuristic
Selling Out
Catharsis
Conformity
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Procrastination
Introspection Illusion
Brand Loyalty
Argument from ignorance (fallacy)
Cult Indoctrination
Supernormal Releasers
Affect Heuristic
Selling Out
Catharsis
Conformity
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Procrastination
The Myth: You procrastinate because you are lazy and can’t manage your time well
The Truth: Procrastination is fueled by weakness in the face of impulse and a failure to think about thinking
What's more important, your current impulses or your future life?
The Myth: You procrastinate because you are lazy and can’t manage your time well
The Truth: Procrastination is fueled by weakness in the face of impulse and a failure to think about thinking
What's more important, your current impulses or your future life?
Introspection Illusion
Believing you understand your motivations and desires, your likes and dislikes. You believe you know yourself and why you are the way you are
However, the truth is that when pressed to explain your emotional states, you'll typically make something up
Believing you understand your motivations and desires, your likes and dislikes. You believe you know yourself and why you are the way you are
However, the truth is that when pressed to explain your emotional states, you'll typically make something up
Brand Loyalty
A tendency to believe that you prefer the things you own over the things you don't because you made rational choices when you bought them
In reality, you prefer them because you rationalise your past choices to protect your sense of self
A tendency to believe that you prefer the things you own over the things you don't because you made rational choices when you bought them
In reality, you prefer them because you rationalise your past choices to protect your sense of self
Argument from ignorance
The tendency to decide something is true or false because you can't find evidence to the contrary. You don't know what the truth is, so you assume any explanation is as good as another
This makes us more likely to accept strange explanations
The tendency to decide something is true or false because you can't find evidence to the contrary. You don't know what the truth is, so you assume any explanation is as good as another
This makes us more likely to accept strange explanations
Cult Indoctrination
The propensity for our innate human tendencies to make us susceptible to becoming part of a group that resembles a cult (or is a cult)
The term "cult" is hard to define, so we may fall into one without consciously knowing it
The propensity for our innate human tendencies to make us susceptible to becoming part of a group that resembles a cult (or is a cult)
The term "cult" is hard to define, so we may fall into one without consciously knowing it
Supernormal Releasers
If you associate something with survival, but find an example of that thing that is more perfect than anything your ancestors could have ever dreamed of—it will overstimulate you
Examples for humans are: junk food, the Internet, TV, and video games
If you associate something with survival, but find an example of that thing that is more perfect than anything your ancestors could have ever dreamed of—it will overstimulate you
Examples for humans are: junk food, the Internet, TV, and video games
Affect Heuristic
The tendency to rely on our emotions, rather than concrete information, when making decisions
It allows us to reach a conclusion quickly and easily, but can also distort our thinking and lead us to make suboptimal choices
The tendency to rely on our emotions, rather than concrete information, when making decisions
It allows us to reach a conclusion quickly and easily, but can also distort our thinking and lead us to make suboptimal choices
Selling Out
Selling out is an expression for the compromising of a person's integrity in exchange for personal gain, such as money
This model reflects the idea that both consumerism and capitalism are driven by competition among consumers for status, rather than profit-seekers
Selling out is an expression for the compromising of a person's integrity in exchange for personal gain, such as money
This model reflects the idea that both consumerism and capitalism are driven by competition among consumers for status, rather than profit-seekers
Catharsis
The tendency for "venting" (releasing strong emotions) to—counterintuitively—lead to sustained strong emotions and aggressive behaviour rather than relief from strong emotions
If you get accustomed to blowing off steam, you become dependent on it
The tendency for "venting" (releasing strong emotions) to—counterintuitively—lead to sustained strong emotions and aggressive behaviour rather than relief from strong emotions
If you get accustomed to blowing off steam, you become dependent on it
Conformity
The mistaken belief that we are strong individuals who don't conform unless forced to. In reality, it takes little more than an authority figure or social pressure for us to conform
Never be afraid to question authority when your actions could cause harm
The mistaken belief that we are strong individuals who don't conform unless forced to. In reality, it takes little more than an authority figure or social pressure for us to conform
Never be afraid to question authority when your actions could cause harm
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