Mental Model Master List (Simmons)
19 terms across 5 themes — every definition in the Atlas sourced from this manual, with executive examples and counter-moves.
Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
Allocating finite resources across many fronts when the opponent does the same — no dominant strategy exists.
Compressing many small patterns into one larger unit your mind treats as a single object.
Who do you count as fully human, deserving consideration?
Targeted reps at the edge of your ability, with fast feedback, on a specific weakness.
Lifetime purpose → multi-year missions → annual goals → quarterly bets → weekly actions.
Four stages from unconscious-incompetent to unconscious-competent.
Pre-committing the exact when, where, and how of a behavior — 'if X, then Y.'
Intuition is trustworthy only when the domain is regular, practice is plentiful, and feedback is fast.
Adults move through orders of mind: socialized → self-authoring → self-transforming.
Some processes converge to the same equilibrium regardless of where they started — history stops mattering.
The point where a skill becomes 'good enough' and stops improving automatically.
Pareto applied recursively: the top 1% of inputs produces ~50% of the output.
A written model of how your specific leverage produces the outcome you care about.
Some tensions aren't problems to solve — they're polarities to manage (centralize vs decentralize, structure vs freedom).
A leader's conviction warps what others believe is possible — for better and for worse.
Whether the room stands depends on thresholds and who can see whom — not on quality alone.
Pulling information out of memory cements it better than passively re-reading it.
Practicing a way of thinking until it runs without conscious effort.