--- product_id: 136884082 title: "Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models" price: "R101" currency: ZAR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/136884082-super-thinking-the-big-book-of-mental-models store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models **Price:** R101 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models - **How much does it cost?** R101 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/136884082-super-thinking-the-big-book-of-mental-models) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER! "You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts. If the facts don't hang together on a latticework of theory, you don't have them in a usable form. You've got to have models in your head. " - Charlie Munger, investor, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway The world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of frameworks and shortcuts that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones. They're called mental models, and you can find them in dense textbooks on psychology, physics, economics, and more. Or, you can just read Super Thinking, a fun, illustrated guide to every mental model you could possibly need. How can mental models help you? Well, here are just a few examples... • If you've ever been overwhelmed by a to-do list that's grown too long, maybe you need the Eisenhower Decision Matrix to help you prioritize. • Use the 5 Whys model to better understand people's motivations or get to the root cause of a problem. • Before concluding that your colleague who messes up your projects is out to sabotage you, consider Hanlon's Razor for an alternative explanation. • Ever sat through a bad movie just because you paid a lot for the ticket? You might be falling prey to Sunk Cost Fallacy . • Set up Forcing Functions , like standing meeting or deadlines, to help grease the wheels for changes you want to occur. So, the next time you find yourself faced with a difficult decision or just trying to understand a complex situation, let Super Thinking upgrade your brain with mental models. Review: Valuable Tool Kit - This book is filled with what the authors call "mental models" which are ultimately ways to frame a situation and respond to it based on the framing. They borrow from a wide variety of disciplines and provide a valuable toolkit to assess and act to events. For example, the economics principle of opportunity cost is not well known nor understood, but should always be part of decision making. The cost of dong something is not just the explicit costs (time, expenses) but also the cost of something else that could have been done. This analysis may help reveal another the mental mode of unintended consequences, for example, if taken into account. The book is full of these mental that can be applied to many personal and professional situations. At one point the boo begin to read like a how to manual for start-ups and seems restricted to that audience. Also, many of the tools are very well known and almost cliche. It did provide the clearest explanation I've read of present value. As a whole, however, the book is a must have as a ready reference to consult for meaningful and effective advise. Review: Might be the most important book in your life - I wish this book was written a bit earlier. 3 years ago when my husband and I moved to the US I started reading as many books on self-development/self-improvement as I could fit in my free time. By this time I've read more than 50 bestsellers on these topics. In 2016 I stumbled upon Gabriel's article on Medium called "Mental models I find repeatedly useful" which is a compilation of many concepts with a short explanation of each one. I would say it's been the best article I've read so far (and I read a lot of them). So, of course, I ordered the book as soon as it became available. I learned some new important concepts from it, but if this book had been available earlier it could have saved me a lot of time. Sure, reading a whole book on one topic could give you more insights and examples to better grasp the concept but at the end of the day you can't retain all nuances in your head and are left with the most important idea from the book. This is what "Super Thinking" is all about - it gives you an array of useful ideas with vivid examples so you could understand every concept without you reading an elaborate 300 pages explanation on every single concept. I would suggest not just read this book and put it on the shelf thinking "okay, I got it, it's simple" (actually all well-explained concepts are fairly simple), but to refer to it as many times as needed until you are completely satisfied with your life and can be proud of yourself. The main point is - we know so much more in theory than we apply in practice. Even the models which look like buzzwords and you think you're already familiar with them - ask yourself if you actually use them. There was a saying of Richard Feynman in the conclusion of this book that there is a difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. I strongly believe that every person could reach their fullest potential if really applied these models to their every single step, every single decision. If you want to achieve success in every area that's important to you, take "Super Thinking" seriously. Thank you Gabriel and Lauren for this amazing book. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #63,577 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #35 in Cognitive Psychology (Kindle Store) #51 in Business Decision-Making #63 in Business Decision Making | ## Images ![Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81spHh95SwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Valuable Tool Kit *by B***D on September 27, 2019* This book is filled with what the authors call "mental models" which are ultimately ways to frame a situation and respond to it based on the framing. They borrow from a wide variety of disciplines and provide a valuable toolkit to assess and act to events. For example, the economics principle of opportunity cost is not well known nor understood, but should always be part of decision making. The cost of dong something is not just the explicit costs (time, expenses) but also the cost of something else that could have been done. This analysis may help reveal another the mental mode of unintended consequences, for example, if taken into account. The book is full of these mental that can be applied to many personal and professional situations. At one point the boo begin to read like a how to manual for start-ups and seems restricted to that audience. Also, many of the tools are very well known and almost cliche. It did provide the clearest explanation I've read of present value. As a whole, however, the book is a must have as a ready reference to consult for meaningful and effective advise. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Might be the most important book in your life *by K***G on July 1, 2019* I wish this book was written a bit earlier. 3 years ago when my husband and I moved to the US I started reading as many books on self-development/self-improvement as I could fit in my free time. By this time I've read more than 50 bestsellers on these topics. In 2016 I stumbled upon Gabriel's article on Medium called "Mental models I find repeatedly useful" which is a compilation of many concepts with a short explanation of each one. I would say it's been the best article I've read so far (and I read a lot of them). So, of course, I ordered the book as soon as it became available. I learned some new important concepts from it, but if this book had been available earlier it could have saved me a lot of time. Sure, reading a whole book on one topic could give you more insights and examples to better grasp the concept but at the end of the day you can't retain all nuances in your head and are left with the most important idea from the book. This is what "Super Thinking" is all about - it gives you an array of useful ideas with vivid examples so you could understand every concept without you reading an elaborate 300 pages explanation on every single concept. I would suggest not just read this book and put it on the shelf thinking "okay, I got it, it's simple" (actually all well-explained concepts are fairly simple), but to refer to it as many times as needed until you are completely satisfied with your life and can be proud of yourself. The main point is - we know so much more in theory than we apply in practice. Even the models which look like buzzwords and you think you're already familiar with them - ask yourself if you actually use them. There was a saying of Richard Feynman in the conclusion of this book that there is a difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. I strongly believe that every person could reach their fullest potential if really applied these models to their every single step, every single decision. If you want to achieve success in every area that's important to you, take "Super Thinking" seriously. Thank you Gabriel and Lauren for this amazing book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ good and easy to read and packed with info *by H***I on January 21, 2026* This is a good book with much information and many mental models. However, I was expecting mental models of the type espoused by Charlie Munger. This book, in my opinion, starts off strong but then gets much too business oriented. 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