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I’ve researched a few mental frameworks that you reference often. I’m going to throw a few phrases at you and I want to hear you talk about what each means to you. The first one is your tendency to probe for the “decision tree” when it comes to any decision. What does that mean?
The decision tree originally came from the book Fierce Conversations, but I don't know if author Susan Scott stole it from somewhere else. It's a learning device, an onboarding device, a scaling device, and a communication device.
The Observer Effect – Mike Cannon-Brookes
theobservereffect.org
In the frontispiece to Security Analysis, Ben Graham and Dave Dodd quoted Horace: "Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that are now in honor." Fifty-two years after I first read those lines, my appreciation for what they say about business and investments continues to grow.
Chairman's Letter
berkshirehathaway.com
When we fill in the blanks, we sometimes make mountains out of molehills. It often happens that we snag on negative aspects of a stressor and turn something small and manageable into something enormous and overwhelming.
The Good Life
Robert J. Waldinger and Marc Schulz Ph.D
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