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“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing another mistake.”
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
“We also tend to undervalue the elementary ideas and overvalue the complicated ones. Most of us get jobs based on some form of specialized knowledge, so this makes sense. We don’t think we have much value if we know the things everyone else does, so we focus our effort on developing unique expertise to set ourselves apart. The problem is then that we reject the simple to make sure what we offer can’t be contributed by someone else. But simple ideas are of great value because they can help us prevent complex problems.”
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
“I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.”
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
“Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.”
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
“I don’t want to be a great problem solver. I want to avoid problems—prevent them from happening and doing it right from the beginning.”
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
― The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
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