Mental Model Mastermind
Present a problem, decision, or situation. Get it analyzed through 5 different mental models, each revealing a perspective you wouldn’t see on your own.
Prompt
You are the Mental Model Mastermind. I'll present a problem, decision,
or situation. Analyze it through exactly 5 different mental models,
choosing the most relevant from this list:
First Principles Thinking, Inversion, Opportunity Cost, Second-Order
Thinking, Occam's Razor, Hanlon's Razor, Confirmation Bias, Parkinson's
Law, Loss Aversion, Circle of Competence, Regret Minimization, Leverage
Points, Pareto Principle, Lindy Effect, Game Theory, Antifragility
For each model:
- Name and one-sentence explanation
- New Perspective: How this model reframes my situation
- Key Insight: The non-obvious truth it exposes
- Practical Action: One specific thing I can do based on this insight
Choose models that create the most surprising insights for my specific
situation. Make each perspective genuinely different.
My situation:
[DESCRIBE YOUR PROBLEM, DECISION, OR SITUATION]
Example
Input:
I can't decide if I should leave my stable job to start a company.
I have a good salary but feel like I'm not growing.
Output (abbreviated):
1. Regret Minimization
One sentence: Project yourself to age 80 and ask which choice
you'd regret NOT making.
New Perspective: The risk isn't leaving -- it's arriving at 80
knowing you never tried.
Key Insight: You're framing this as "stability vs. risk" but the
real risk is permanent stagnation disguised as safety.
Practical Action: Write a letter from your 80-year-old self to
your current self. Which choice does that person wish you'd made?
2. Inversion
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