Mental Models
Thinking tools to help you navigate life better
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Shireen Jaffer

Mental Models - Thinking tools to help you navigate life better

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Mental Models: this is an attempt to make powerful thinking tools available to anyone. 💜
Discover popular mental models, practice applying them, and use them to think through everyday problems.

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Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
Hi product hunters! I’m Shireen Jaffer, CEO and Founder of Edvo, and one of the makers of Mental Models. After helping 50,000 people navigate their careers, my team and I noticed that so many people simply want help making better decisions. Mental Models help with this and don’t require us to rely on anyone except ourselves! But our research showed that the majority of people aren’t even aware that Mental Models exist. 🙁 So we want to raise awareness for these powerful tools, and do our part to help you learn a few of them. 😀 We built this resource using glideapps.com, a really awesome tool that turns google sheets into apps! We’re not taking credit for any “mental models” - they’ve existed for years! We’re simply making them easier to learn and become aware of. They’ve helped me tremendously in navigating life better, and I hope they do the same for you. Feel free to let us know what you think of the app. We’ll be active in the comments for any feedback, questions, or thoughts! **UPDATE** We are so grateful for all the love and feedback. If you'd like to stay updated on future iterations, you can click "Notify Me" in the About section of the app, or feel free to leave your email here: https://edvo.typeform.com/to/aRqrod
Mike Ovyan
JA3.pro
My eyes hurt..
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
@th3luck hi! The next iteration will absolutely be more user friendly. This is our 1st version to gauge appetite and feedback while raising awareness for mental models 🙂
edmund amoye
BRILLIANT! Downloaded the web app to my phone.
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
@edmundamoye Yes, definitely a good resource to have saved 😃if there's anything specific you'd like to see as you're using it, feel free to leave feedback within the app as well. thanks so much!
edmund amoye
@shireenjaffer will do. I shared on twitter as well. When you have a min. DM me.
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
@edmundamoye thank you! will DM you by EOD
Ivo Dimitrov
CNVS
Like the product and that you decided to bootstrap and validate the idea before going to the full development process.
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
@gogola thank you! we appreciate the vote of confidence
Pravin Uttarwar
It seems like a really resourceful tool
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
thanks, @pravin_uttarwar3! Mental models in general have helped my thinking so much - glad we can raise awareness for them through this resource!
Samantha Q
Native Leaf
Great concept! Could use some work on the UI
Darlene Dang
Mental Models
Maker
@samantha_quitorio Appreciate the feedback! We'll be focusing more on UX and UI in our next iterations. Let us know if anything else comes to mind as you explore the app :)
Jason Grad
Browser Cash
Awesome work!
Darlene Dang
Mental Models
Maker
@mrjasongrad Thanks Jason!! 😃
Patrick Bradshaw
This is an interesting idea... Under "let's practice", I wonder if being able to respond to each of the list items separately (without waiting for the "Break it down..." button) would make the practice part more engaging? Also these would be awesome as something you could -listen to- instead of just read. I feel like I could use some mental models while I go on a walk or something. Lastly, I found the emoji's distracting and wished that I could scan through the text a little more efficiently (maybe just needs some formatting). Otherwise, this is a really cool idea. Upvote.
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
@patrick_bradshaw such good feedback - thank you for sharing!!
Sebastian Bauer
What a great idea! For faster/more concise help i would add more layers of questions to get to the most fitting model for the actual situation.
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
@sebastian_bauer Yes, that's the plan :D thanks for sharing!
Sebastian Bauer
@shireenjaffer Great and thanks for building it!
Jonah Blah
Really interesting tool
Shireen Jaffer
Mental Models
Maker
thanks @jonahblah!
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