Thinking in terms of models or analogies, can be useful for simplifying a situation and quickly finding alternatives and strategies.
Models can help you quickly generate insights and strategies
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Most experts developed some sort of muscle memory for the things they do.
This is extremely useful for repeat tasks, but when up against a novice or when in an unusual situation, hard-wired routines can cause them to act quickly without thinking.
Thinking in a counterfactual way is a non-mainstream mode of thinking about the alternatives of a present situation or turn of events.
It means imagining possible alternatives to events that have already happened; something that is contrary to what really occurred.
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