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Improvisation

By overcoming our fears, we can comfortably adopt a “Yes, And” mindset when appropriate, and learn to accept other people’s offers.

Brian Lui Tools Leave a comment May 5, 2018January 18, 2019 6 Minutes

Improve our understanding of others

Wouldn’t it be useful to improve our understanding of how other people think and feel?

Brian Lui Tools 1 Comment April 19, 2018January 18, 2019 6 Minutes

Useful models are better than correct models

The more correct something is, the more useful it tends to be. But this correlation is overestimated. Fixating on correctness cripples our personal growth.

Brian Lui Theory 2 Comments March 20, 2018August 1, 2018 5 Minutes

Correct models are bad

We may think that correct mental models are always good to have, but the reality is that some correct models are useless or even harmful.

Brian Lui Theory 6 Comments March 3, 2018January 18, 2019 6 Minutes

Wrong models are good

A common belief is that we should only use correct mental models, but the reality is that some wrong models are worth keeping around.

Brian Lui Theory 3 Comments February 15, 2018December 2, 2021 5 Minutes

Be the baby with a hammer

Conventional wisdom warns against being fascinated by a new idea and applying it to everything. But the reverse is true; we should deliberately apply new ideas more than it seems necessary.

Brian Lui Tools 1 Comment January 28, 2018March 16, 2018 6 Minutes

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