A concept is a pattern, truth, or mechanism that has been given a name. Just like the primordial goop that collided together billions of years ago to spark life on earth, so do these conceptual collisions spark exciting and diverse ideas.
Daily reminders of powerful concepts
Why not string out these ideas into paragraphs? What a way to unearth hidden connections!
Starting some days, I’ll consider how to apply three strategic mental models: OODA Loop, Levels of Magnification, and Refraction Thinking.
For my work as an editor/AE in TV, I know to improve my craft means the steady application of getting Reps, creating the conditions for Flow, which involves environmental Forcing Functions, and considering when I can multitask Shadow Clone.
A single concept opens up new ways of looking at the world
Natural Selection is one of the mega-concepts. It helps me decipher the signal from the noise through the mechanism of considering the Lindy Effect, along with Hormesis and Antifragility—and also more broadly Cause and Effect. This reminds me of Concept Expansion.
In times of stress it helps me to broaden my perspective and consider concepts like: Yin and Yang, Synthesis, Seasons, and the Mountain Top Water Drop. Dealing with folks in the entertainment industry—and just throughout life really—there are plenty of instances to consider ways to handle ego and aggression. The most fascinating is No-Face from Spirited Away, which leads to The Id. Aikido is good to remember.
For more avenues to re-expanding my narrowed perspective, try to revisit the Rubik’s Cube, or pull from Munger’s Mental Models.
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Activate “LYT Vision” to resurface thoughts in context. When you twirl this open, it’s like you are putting on night vision goggles: you see things hidden in the shadows.
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