This infographic is a dense illustration of over 650 mental models down to the most useful and universal mental models that people should learn in order to master any skill.

Mental Models To Help You Learn Anything

Basically, this illustrates that 20% of inputs (work, time, effort) often leads to 80% of outputs (performance, sales, revenue, etc.), creating an extremely vivid mental framework for making prioritization decisions.If you focus your effort on these 20% of tasks first, and get the most out of them, you will be able to drive results much more efficiently than wasting time on the 80% “long-tail” tasks

Pareto’s Principle (80/20 Rule for Prioritization)

Metcalfe’s Law is one of network effects, stating that a network’s value is proportional to the square of the number of nodes in the network.For example, if you build a personal network of connections, each additional relationship can provide more value to the other people in your network.

Metcalfe’s Law (Network Building)

Highlighting and breaking down the 12 most useful and universal mental models that will make you smarter and more productive.

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