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MentalWealth

Each week, I unpack a mental model in 5 mins or less. Mental health helps you understand yourself. Mental wealth helps you understand the world.

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The Fourth Exception: Rory McIlroy and the Math He Wasn't Supposed to Beat

Regression to the mean: why Rory McIlroy's back-to-back wins at Augusta is even more remarkable than it already appears.

Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want

Mimetic desire: Exploring why those UGG Slippers you want, and the ex-founder hiring spree might be rooted in the same thing

The Gale Has Picked Up Speed

Creative Destruction: destroying the old to make way for the new, and why now isn’t the time to blink

Originality Is Overrated (Even for AI)

Borrowed Wisdom: Ideas age like fine wine. They get richer each time they change hands.

Getting On The Other Side Of “No”

Psychological bias: why pessimism is the default, and optimism can feel lonely

Infinity isn’t just a number, it’s a mindset

Finite & Infinite games: Is it more fun to win the game, or to keep playing?

Stop Chasing The Ball

First Principles: How to stop following the play book, and start playing the field

But Like, Are They Really Your Friend?

Dunbar’s Principle: a human's natural limit to forming, norming, and connecting

A Stock Portfolio Approach to Career Building

Diversification & opportunity cost: treating your career like investment capital

The First Mile: One Month of Mental Wealth

Don’t worry, I still got a mental model for you this week