Reappraisal
A mental model for looking at a situation in a different way. Choose an interpretation that supports the actions you want to take.
Mental Models & Tools
This page is in the making.
Below you can see what is on its way.
Mental models coming soon
The Left Road
A powerful way to help you act in a way you could only dream of acting.
Beginner’s Mind
Beginner’s Mind means approaching the task with curiosity rather than assuming you should already know.
Nurture the Ugly Baby
Giving an early creation enough care to develop before judging the finished result.
Create Options
Creating options means finding more than one way to continue.
The Genius Fallacy
We use this name for treating talent as the decisive explanation of performance.
How we use expertise
We do not need to know everything ourselves.
We read. We find people who know more than we do. We compare sources, ask questions, build systems, use them, and change them when reality shows us something they missed.
Part of expertise is knowing where your knowledge ends and when a teacher, researcher, clinician, psychologist, lawyer, technician, or another specialist is the appropriate source.
Fans of Learning does not recreate specialist work for the sake of owning it. We want to help people navigate knowledge and expertise more intelligently.
Reflective tool
What might your next step require?
Twelve questions point toward one or more areas that may deserve closer attention. The result is a starting point, not a diagnosis.
Coming soon
Reading tool
Bring your own book. Read with us.
Choose a session, press play, and change one condition around the reading you want to do. No email required.