Mental models for creative professionals
A library for people who make things.
Every creative discipline teaches craft. None of them teach thinking. One model a week closes that gap: a real person, a concrete moment, the rule, and the first move for tomorrow. Free.
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Start with these three.
Three Beginner models, about half an hour in total. Each one changes a decision you will make this week.
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First Principles Thinking
Wilbur Wright stood in a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, twisting a cardboard box. 5 min readEisenhower Matrix
Charles Dickens sat at his desk in Devonshire Terrace on an October evening in 1843, reading sales figures for a novel that was bleeding readers. 7 min readFour Stages of Creativity
Henri Poincaré stepped onto an omnibus at Coutances in 1880. 7 min read
The book
165 thinking frameworks for creatives.
The cognitive architecture behind every creative career that works. 800+ pages of decision-making tools adapted for artists, writers, designers, and musicians.