The Great Mental Models, Volume 1
The Great Mental Models, Volume 1

Author: Shane Parrish

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2024-10-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0593719972

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Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.

The Wisdom to Know the Difference
The Wisdom to Know the Difference

Author: Troy DuFrene

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1572249293

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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Maybe you’ve just started on the road to recovering from addiction. Or you’ve tried to stop abusing alcohol or drugs before, but haven’t been successful. Perhaps you’re making progress in a support group or 12-step program, but want to add an approach grounded in science. No matter how far you’ve come, how far you still have left to go, or which path you’ve chosen, this book can help you end your struggle with addiction. The Wisdom to Know the Difference is an addiction recovery workbook based in acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT. Research shows that ACT is a powerful treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, and other issues, and it can be used alone or in combination with any 12-step program. On this particular path, you’ll learn to accept what you can’t change about yourself and your past and commit to changing the things you can. You’ll overcome your addiction by focusing on what you value most, like your talents, friends, career, relationships, and family. There’s no need to wait any longer. This book will help you find the serenity, courage, and wisdom it takes to leave substance abuse behind for good.

Knowing the Difference
Knowing the Difference

Author: Kathleen Lennon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1134877900

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Including contributions from an international list of renowned authors, this text seeks to address the controversial issue of difference in feminist philosophy, using approaches from both analytic and continental thinking.

Learning to Make a Difference
Learning to Make a Difference

Author: Etienne Wenger-Trayner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1108750362

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Today, more people want to know how to make a meaningful difference to what they care about. But for that, traditional approaches to learning often fall short. In this book, we offer a theoretical and practical way forward. We introduce the concept of social learning spaces for developing both new capabilities and a sense of agency. We provide a rich framework for focusing on the value of social learning spaces: how to generate this value, monitor it, and learn iteratively through the process. The book is a useful extension and refinement of 'communities of practice' for those familiar with the theory. For those who are not, the chapters will lay out a new way to approach learning. This volume is written to serve the needs of readers across fields, including researchers, educators, and leaders in business, government, healthcare, and international development.

Difference Making at the Heart of Learning
Difference Making at the Heart of Learning

Author: Tom Vander Ark

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1071814834

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Your students will change the world! Today’s learners know they face a complex future. They yearn to live in a world where people are working with purpose, leading with character and making a difference. Learning to identify problems and use smart tools to develop meaningful solutions will help them make a difference in their families, their communities and for society. They need your help. This inspirational, yet practical guide shows educators how to build on students’ own talents and interests to develop their desire for a better world, entrepreneurial mindset and personal leadership skills. Features include: New learning priorities centered around making a difference A framework based on the 25 most important issues of our time Examples and case studies from a diverse range of projects, people, and places Students learn more when they feel a sense of purpose. With adults like you to guide them, they’ll be ready to make a difference—and shape the world to come.

Difference Or Disorder
Difference Or Disorder

Author: Ellen Kester

Publisher:

Published: 2014-07-09

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9780692254585

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Accurately differentiate between errors that are related to second-language influence or are due to a communication disorder. Is your student having difficulty because they have an impairment or because they are learning a second language? Improve instructional targets for culturally and linguistically diverse students in the general education classroom as well as make gains and improve referrals for special education. The framework used in this book makes it easy for any education professional to distinguish between language differences and language disorders regardless of your own language background.

Knowledge, Difference, And Power
Knowledge, Difference, And Power

Author: Mary Field Belenky

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 1998-04-11

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780465037339

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An impressive and innovative follow up to Women's Ways of Knowing, this book shows how the authors' “ways of knowing” theory revolutionized the fields of law, education, psychology, and women's studies, to name but a few. In essence, this dynamic collection poses the ultimate question: Can we come to understand and respect diverse ways of knowing? Features: 15 essays, all written exclusively for this volume the essays are by the original authors of Women's Ways of Knowing and prominent contributors, including Sandra Harding, Aida Hurtado, Sara Ruddick, Michael Mahoney, and Patricinio Schweickart in separate chapters, the authors explore how their thinking has developed and changed since Women's Ways of Knowing argument is expanded beyond gender and knowledge to address the factors of color, class, and culture.

Overcoming Apraxia
Overcoming Apraxia

Author: Laura Baskall Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-20

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780578575377

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In this unique and unparalleled book, Laura Baskall Smith, a speech/language pathologist (SLP) specializing in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) candidly describes her daughter's personal journey with overcoming apraxia while providing expert resources and tips for parents and professionals.

Wisdom to Know the Difference
Wisdom to Know the Difference

Author: Charles L. Whitfield

Publisher:

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9781935827108

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Wisdom to Know the Difference. This book addresses in detail these common Core Issues in Relationships, Recovery and Living, how they come about and choices and solutions to use them to your advantage, heal and experience peace. Needing to be in control Diculty trusting Diculty being real How to handle feelings Low self-esteem (shame) Dependence versus Independence Fear of abandonment All-or-none thinking and behaving High tolerance for inappropriate behavior Over-responsibility for others Neglecting my own needs Grieving my ungrieved hurts, losses and traumas Diculty resolving conict Diculty giving and receiving love Based on over 35-years of clinical experience assisting people with addictions, trauma survivors and people with various problems in living, Dr. Whiteld describes how to identify and handle each core issue. Dr. Whitfield lives and practices in Atlanta, GA. He has been voted by his peers, since 1993, as one of the Best Doctors in America, and has been a guest researcher and consultant at the CDC since 1998.

50 Lessons for Lawyers
50 Lessons for Lawyers

Author: Nora Riva Bergman

Publisher:

Published: 2016-10

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780997263701

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You take care of your clients, your staff, and your law practice. Now it's time to take care of yourself. In 50 Lessons for Lawyers, Nora Riva Bergman shares the latest strategies on productivity, marketing, and leadership, together with the lessons she's learned in her years as a practicing attorney and business coach. You'll get bite-sized, easily digestible advice and tips on how you can start living each lesson right now Providing advice and insight to lawyers who want to earn more and stress less, Nora highlights simple strategies that will put you on the road to awesome. Read individually or as a whole, each lesson equips you with the tools and motivation you need to kick old habits and develop new routines that will improve your life and practice one step at a time. With lessons that fit into your busy schedule, it is easy to put the strategies that you learn into action each week. Nora teaches essentials that professors left out in law school-from managing your time to delegating effectively to attracting the clients that you deserve-making this book a go-to guide you'll return to again and again throughout your career.